Originally Posted by
andset1191
As I sat at my table of four - in the one remaining unreserved seat a family of four appeared.
"You see we're actually all together. How about you sit in my seat over there?" said the father.
Agreeing, I asked for the number of his allocated seat.
"It's in Standard Class" he replied.
It soon emerged, he didn't even have a seat in Standard.
But it was too late. The choice now was sitting next to a family who hated me, or standing all the way.
I stood.
You're a bigger man than I am. I would not have accepted a swap of first for unassigned standard class. Imagine this playing out on board a 747!