Originally Posted by betsy
And yet I've heard stories about a husband and wife separated due to different tickets and one is in biz or first while the other is back with the great unwashed. The FAs wouldn't let them visit or sit together even for a few minutes! How rediculous!
It's not ridiculous. People try this as a cheap way of getting both of them into business or first class, hoping that the person on the cheap ticket will get a free upgrade. The only weapon the airlines have against these cheapskates is to maintain cabin discipline. Otherwise "a few minutes" turns into half an hour, and then into "have you got an extra meal", etc. etc.