Wozza2404

My two experiences of being asked to move from 64A or 64K, which the crew are generally quite aware are the best seats, have resulted in my new seat being in F.

Misco60

For those of us who don't know one aircraft from another, and haven't memorised seat maps, how do we subtly determine whether the seat we're being asked to move to is in First Class? I have two flights coming up in 64K and would like to be prepared.

Perhaps "I appreciate these passengers' desire to sit together, but am a little reluctant to move... is my new seat better than this one?"

Wozza2404

That's polite enough. Though generally from the crew's tone and language I can work it out. Usually along the lines of "Mr W, we have a passenger who would really appreciate a window seat. Would you be willing to change to a very comfortable aisle seat downstairs?"

That said, this particular situations has happened to me twice, out of probably 50 UD flights.

MPH1980

I realise we're wandering off topic - but a couple of years (and many many flights) ago I could see the crew were having a nightmare of people who were insisting on being sat together in club. It was a 777 and I was in row 12 or 13 at a window. There were 2-3 families all trying to re-arrange themselves.

I quietly motioned to a crew member and said I would be happy to move as I was on my own and just to let me know if I could help but that I'd prefer not to move to a middle pair. I figured it was better to move than to let the crew spend too much time rearranging people and delaying departure.

After 5 minutes - same crew member came up and said "Mr MPH1980 - thank you for your offer - would you mind moving for me?". I simply said "yes" - I had no preconceptions about where I was moving to. As I was led away - the crew member said "I've found you a seat in the first row - it's a nice seat". This raised my hopes. Sadly - the crew member meant a aisle seat in the first row of club.

Somethings are not meant to be.

ratypus

To be fair, on that last occasion the ground staff did try to call down to the gate to get me moved into F, but F was already totally full.

Back on topic...I have not yet flown in 2018 to have any DYKWIA behaviour to report...I will happily conclude with my late December "reverse DYKWIA" at Amsterdam, gate staff calling for Club & Gold when the lady in front of me catches sight of the yellow boarding pass on my phone and tries to jump out of the way on the basis 'but you're Gold and they might not let me through' - to which I could only insist she went ahead since I doubted the gate staff were being all that strict (they were not) and we would all arrive in London at the exact same time (which of course we did!).

itsmeitisss

I remember my brother-in-law being irritable because he wanted the window seat on an EZY flight. I relinquished my 'window' seat, which turned out to be one of those seats that have the wall not the window. I got daggers when I asked him if he was enjoying the view...

AlanA

kanderson1965

nufnuf77

jwhite9185

That's exactly my attitude. The worst is when you fly first in the USA, where 95% of the cabin are op-up's then pester you to swap so they can sit together. Erm, no, I've paid to sit in this cabin, if you wanted to sit together, stay in Y.

DrBernardo

I've said it before, I'll say it again: when you have window seat at night don't look down, look up. It doesn't quite compare to lying back on a mountain top at midnight,, but you'll rarely see a better display of the stars...

Cymro

I do know the arrested man’s name but I didn’t see the incident in question. Tonight’s BA427 AMS-LHR was held at the gate after landing while a passenger was detained for threatening and/or drunken behaviour.

PETER01

Just saw this. Not BA but Ryanair and apparently the passenger just didn't want to wait to get off! Here is some context to the story.

An impatient passenger forced his way out of the emergency exit of a Ryanair plane after he became fed up of waiting to alight. The man, a 57-year-old Polish national, was left perching on the wing of flight FR8164 as it sat on the tarmac at Malaga airport.He took his hand luggage with him, but was eventually talked into getting back inside the plane by ground staff worried he was going to jump off the wing.

The man, who was arrested by local police, had allegedly become frustrated when the plane was delayed by almost an hour leaving Stansted Airport on New Year's Day.

ng1265

Probably misunderstood when his friend said he wanted him to be his wingman :-)

V10

Regarding that particular story - someone on the same flight has since suggested that the passenger in question was asthmatic and having breathing difficulties. Possibly more a case of "don't you know what I am" - and it certainly underlines the importance of attentiveness and communication from the crew, both of which appear to have been unsurprisingly absent on the part of Ryanair.