Originally Posted by
bisonrav
I guess that if you attempt to game the system by taking window and aisle in the hope of a free middle, you're going to end up having the conversation with the middle passengers quite a lot of the time. I rather lost sympathy after seeing that. It's a deliberate advantage play.
I think that is the one situation where, because it is so common, that the same issues don't apply. I will also sometimes deliberately book window and aisle with the hope of keeping the middle seat free. But that's an easier one to manage- we're actually travelling together, would you like to swap from the middle to the window or the aisle? I can't see many people who would turn down such an offer.
Indeed, when I am travelling alone and get allocated a middle then I always hope the other two passengers in the row are travelling together. I'm disappointed when they're not!