Originally Posted by Alpha Golf
I was on Mesaba yesterday (aaaah... ARJ) when a woman came up and said someone was in her seat, could she sit anywhere since it was fairly empty? I would unthinkingly have said yes, but the FA was on to her, said that this is first class and she could take an open seat in her assigned row.
How about the family of 6 (including 2 very small kids) that boarded DTW-DCA at the last minute last night? Seemed odd to me considering the flight was still showing 8 empty seats an hour before the flight.