Originally Posted by
CitizenWorld
Almost certainly not. I rarely fly less than 9 hours per segment and if folks wanted to sit together or particular seats then they should have pre selected. This applies for Economy, Business or First. I was asked to switch last week on a LHR to HKG from Business to Premium Economy so a couple could sit together, some people astound me. If asked again in about 10 minutes time I'll probably refuse again.
Yeah that is outrageous. Funny how in these type of situations, the requester rarely ask, if ever, to swap for the worse seat.