I got offered $1000 JUST TO TRADE SEATS with a couple while sitting in first class on a DC-10 from LAX to DFW (the equipment was to continue on to Madrid after DFW)

Whoever the people were, they must have been very important, b/c the gate agent was walking around first class bending over in a hushed voice soliciting volunteers not to get off the plane, not to go back to coach, but simply take their middle seats in the 2-2-2 across seating so these people could have their window seats.

Give me a break (Give me a $1000)

The airline was AA! It was about 1989 or 1990...