Originally Posted by
onthesam
Move this to any of the related threads if you want:
Sitting in 2F on UA 310 waiting for the door to close. Woman sitting in 1E has an ESA dog on her lap. Gate agent with a tablet comes on, addresses 2E by nameand offers him a $200etc to switch seats with 1E.
Best part, after the switch my new seatmate, the esa pax, gets on the phone with someone to complain about having to move back from row 1.

I could see if it was a regular pet that had to go under the seat. But an ESA doesn't have to.