Originally Posted by
noah
I've been in this situation before. Let it go. Unless the whole plane is pretty empty, which is about never these days, you're lucky as it is to get an open seat next to you. If some switching so people can travel together works out so that it disappears, so be it. You'll find yourself the recipient of it working out in the other direction on some upcoming flight.
This is my conclusion as well, thanks for the confirming thoughts.