Originally Posted by Froggee
Ha ha - I once had an old guy sitting in my seat and I politely pointed out to him that I was flying to Miami (as was the plane) and he was flying to (if memory serves Pittsburgh). If I'd been a gent about it and just sat somewhere else then he could have started a whole new life for himself...
I don't know how old people always seem to manage to do this sort of thing although I doubt it would happen post 911.
It still happens. I was in Pittsburgh on a Miami-bound flight, and the person next to me was supposed to be on the Orlando-bound flight at the gate next door. He caught the mistake on time.