Originally Posted by steve4031

Just out of curiosity, how would one handle it if two people had the same seat assigned, and the flight attendant told them to sort it out. I would be reluctant to go into business class on an economy class ticket unless authorized to do so by the crew. Occupying another seat would likely lead to being asked to move because in my experience most flights are sold out in economy. Maybe going to the purser would work I would not want to get off of the plane to talk to a gate agent. What is the protocol for handling this in a way that is not confrontational and not interfering with the crew?

Thank you.