Originally Posted by
zombietooth
^If her nut allergy was that important to her, she could have easily taken a seat in Y. But no, she wanted that F-seat and was willing to impose her affliction on her seat mate.
She showed no concern whatsoever for OP's needs.
I believe that UA would assert that she was a representative of the airline first.
Bolding mine. C'mon folks. We are going around the bend here. If a handful of nuts has been elevated to a NEED, we are losing perspective. We can debate all day long about the "right" way for her to have handled the situation, but putting a potential health risk at the same level as the "need" for a handful of nuts I think we have lost perspective.