Originally Posted by MSPeconomist

Suppose we change the scenario a bit: There's someone traveling along with a FC seat that he/she doesn't especially like. The passenger could be traveling on a G A P fare, it could be a DM who was upgraded at the window (and we could speculate probably has a reasonably high fare class), it could be someone who used an instrument (GUC/RUC/miles) to upgrade when the ticket was purchased, It could be a SDC directly into FC presumably from a G A P fare, or it could be someone who was upgraded at the gate.

Does such a passenger have the same right to ask others to switch seats because they "need" or want some other seat (for whatever reason or no real reason at all) if the passenger makes the request politely?