2015 First / Business Class Seat Poachers / "self-upgrading"
As I was traveling back to the states from PVR yesterday I witnessed an interesting event right as the door was about to close.
My wife and I were sitting in the FC/BC cabin, while 3A and 3B on the MD80 were still empty. A man and his female companion both in beach attire (female wearing only a swimsuit cover up sans bra, another topic altogether) were last to board the aircraft with their BPs easily visible showing Group 4.
Man says to his companion, "let's just sit here" and instructs her to put the boarding passes away. The couple continues to stow their bags in the overhead and settle into their seemingly gratis upgrades in 3A&B. In flight, the couple is loud, obnoxious, and the woman with him keeps revealing herself (due to poor clothing choice) and apologizing to the rest of the pax in the front cabin.
After clearly seeing their BPs I assumed the FA would check the manifest and instruct these folks to their original seats, but this never happened. This couple continued to drink away and speak very loudly, disrupting the flight.
So my question to you, fellow FTers, is what would you do? Would you ask the FA to check the manifest? Something else? Leave it alone?