Originally Posted by
SkyBuck
Obviously she would not be able to use the seat reservation, but if her 2nd class friend also foregoes a reservation and they can find a pair of unreserved seats in 2nd (a big if on some dates/times/routes), it would not be a problem to occupy them. The conductor will think it strange, but a voluntary downgrade is acceptable.
Next time you will book for both of them, right? Booking separately almost guarantees that the seats will not be together.
I should have realized something was amiss when I booked. I tried to book both, but the price was significantly higher. I thought, "Surely, it couldn't be that there is only 1 seat left at the cheap price." I was wrong!