Originally Posted by
marcuslai
i've been in that situation b4. your approved seat blocking is in the flight manifest, call the FA / ISM and they will sort out the other fellow.
this is good to know...I also have been in that situation before where my seat blocking was then taken up by someone else...(but I also remember once where it's one of the FAs who asked the other pax to take that seat, maybe she didn't check the manifest beforehand?)