Originally Posted by
DJ_Iceman
First of all, I'm sorry for the extra hassle when traveling during what is already a stressful time. But I have to ask--wouldn't the simplest trade have been for your wife to give her business class seat to the passenger who ended up in the D seat? Unless that's what you mean by saying they didn't want to give up the seat on a trade (but that would be a very unusual refusal indeed)?
That does seem to be a reasonable consideration, I suppose. However, while we were put off by the passenger’s attitude, nothing was to be gained at that point other than rewarding her for poor social behavior. We were on a tight connection with a literal stack of covid + pre-check documents to be verified at a very chaotic gate, so we only had an opportunity to propose a seat trade after boarding. That said, our concern here is the split reservation for seating and the baggage fees, neither of which would have been resolved by giving away our (my!) business seat.
Thank you for the clarification, Gary.
