Flying AS for the first time in a couple of weeks so was browsing this forum instead of my usual FT haunts.
Originally Posted by
Raldal
Reading the post it appears that attempts were made to purchase a seat for the youngster but
"...She also informed me that only middle seats were available on the flight so I could not purchase a separate seat for my daughter at that point..."
I suppose the only alternative would have been to either insist on buying a seat and giving the check-in agent the problem to sort out at CKI for the flight or to schedule another flight
Let's be really clear here. The OP was hoping to get a free empty seat next to her for the toddler. If the OP had really wanted to get a seat for the toddler, she should have purchased a
ticket for the toddler, at the same time she purchased her own ticket for air travel. Then working out the seat assignments would have been easier, since the child would have been entitled to a seat.
The OP's self description, "I am a frequent flyer (both domestically and internationally)", doesn't mesh with her unrealistic belief that one can buy a second
ticket at the gate at anything less than outrageous full-fare walk-up prices, if anything is still left, which is rare enough these days. It sounds like she was trying to buy a 2nd
seat assignment for a traveler (the 18mo old) who didn't even have a ticket.
When my kids were that age, which was about 20 years ago, I always bought a ticket for them, and strapped their car seat into their assigned seat. Not only is being a lap child an annoyance to all involved, it is unsafe. Having a lap child while pregnant is just insane.
I do think the FAs may have gone over the top if they really filed a report, but I'm sure passengers were complaining. I know that kids being walking up and down the aisle for extended periods is really annoying to me, especially because it turns into running and yelling. Not to mention continued bumping. There's no way that a pregnant woman with a misbehaved child wasn't bumping passengers on a narrow 737 aisle.
I'm also thinking there's no such form as the alleged “Customer In-flight Disturbance Report”, or if there is, it wasn't really filled out. I've been known to tell people on the chairlift with me who light up that the "Colorado
Outdoor Clean Air Act" prohibits smoking.
Now we
do have a Colorado
Indoor Clean Air Act... This was an extremely rude-by-actions passenger (disregarding intentions, the behaviors were rude to others), and the FAs were probably fed up with all the disruption and wanted to put the fear of the Feds into this passenger so that she'd keep the little monster under control on the next flight.
Also: Typical first-time poster who believes FlyerTalk is consumer reports or tripadvisor or epinions, rather than its stated purpose.