Originally Posted by civicmon
A fella in the row behind me was approached by a guy asking if he'd trade seats with him. They were in exit rows in Y.
He said "hi, you're sitting next to my wife, i'm seating in seat 5b, it's a first class asile seat, want to trade?"
Wanna sit near your relative? That's how you do it... move back don't insist on moving up..
Yup, that is indeed how you do it. Unlike the person with whom the OP had been confronted, the man above really DID want to sit next to his wife. Imagine that.