Originally Posted by
kmandrew
My wife and I travel on award tickets somewhere nice (usually Europe) every summer. Around 5 times I was only able to get one seat in J and one seat in F, my wife gets to be the one who asks her seat mate in J if they would mind switching, then loves to see their reaction when they realize they are moving to F.
Your wife does that wrong. She should ask her seat mate in F and when turned down, briefly venture to C and update you "so, sorry honey, didn't work out ... see ya ion 9 to 10 hours. Don't forget to bring the duty free bags...".