Originally Posted by
jp12687
I'll never understand the NEED to have to sit next to someone on a 90min flight. Sit in another seat-- it'll be ok. My wife and I often fly together and often are separated (sometimes one of us gets an upgrade and the other doesn't (hint: make sure the person with higher status ALWAYS is assigned to the worse seat that way when they get upgraded whoever stays behind isn't stuck in a middle). Flying HNL-EWR we often pick the middle row first class in the 767 which are individual seats.
you do not NEED to sit next to someone-- you want to. Your "want" should have been "planned" better.
The only time anyone ever needs to sit with someone is when a traveler is a child or otherwise has special needs, and that should be handled through the airline.
I had a poacher the other day. Took my exit row seat to sit across from 2 other people he was traveling with. When I said he was in my seat he didn't move and asked me to sit in non exit row.
I told him I would only give up my seat if a FA directed me to. The FA overheard this and told the guy to get out of my seat.