Originally Posted by
Often1
In your OP, you said that you simply moved and the FA then approached you. Here you suggest that you asked the FA and she refused.
If you ask first, the FA can then determine whether there is an issue on the flight which requires her to ask the Captain or not. In your case, depending on which is correct, it sounds as though you took the issue into your own hands and then it was too late.
I moved and then the FA came at me, telling me to go back to my original seat.
She should have said, “for weight and balance the first two rows are off limits but you can sit somewhere else.” But she didn’t. So it sounds like there was somewhat of a basis for not wanting people to go to several rows, but she should have allowed me to move somewhere else when I mentioned the reason, but she didn’t.