Originally Posted by
newyorklondon
Hypothetically, what would happen if you added a 'fake' infant-in-arms passenger, qualifying everyone in the party to free advance seat assignment at the time of booking, only to turn up at the airport without the infant?
Hypothetically, you would have deprived a single mum with her infant (or a couple with an infant) of the seats that should have been theirs. Everyone is responsible for their own compass, but very personally, I would feel horrid and frankly pathetic if I saw such an unfair outcome because I had not returned that infant seat to its rightful allocation as soon as I would know that I would not need it for legitimate reasons. Flights when not enough bassinets are available in view of the number of infants in the cabin are far from infrequent.