FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Seat Swapping, Seat Poaching and Seating Etiquette: The Definitive Thread

Oct 4, 2017, 12:50 pm

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cestmoi123

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Proudelitist

You poached a seat. You put your wants..and they are wants, not needs..over someone else. Your child was seated with a parent. There is no reason you HAD to sit together so badly.

By poaching the seat you forced the rightful owner into an uncomfortable social situation, even if you THOUGHT you were polite by asking nicely and being willing to move if they said no. They have no idea what your intentions are. Now they board and have to deal with this.

I would have booted you from my seat on principle, and you would have deserved it. Extra legroom or not.

Again, your seat, your call. How about if, instead of Comfort+, my seat had been in First? Would you have still taken your regular economy seat, and turned down the First Class seat, on principle? How about if I offered you $100 as well?