CW squatters?
Mar 19, 2018, 8:15 am
#16
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Mar 19, 2018, 8:16 am
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Not that this happens often, but last year I was on a flight from CPT in CW. There were about 5 empty seats, and after take off, I saw the cabin crew bring 5 passengers forward into these seats from WT. I didn't think much of it, but after overhearing them talk to the cabin crew, it turns out they were staff passengers. Maybe they were entitled to those seats, but it seemed odd that they were upgraded on board rather than given the seats from the start.
Mar 19, 2018, 9:36 am
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A similar thing happened on our last CW flight from NAS to LHR. The plane had already flown from GCN to NAS where we boarded. CW was packed with 'staff passengers' that had been moved up by the crew. We (and other CW passengers boarding at NAS) had to ask these passengers to vacate our seats. They did, but they took the CW bedding with them and left the seats covered in litter - my wife's seat left with molten chocolate on it which the crew could not remove so they gave her an extra blanket to sit on.
Mar 19, 2018, 9:44 am
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Sorry to hear that bakera, I don’t think the crew would have moved the staff and It sounds like they were staff that had a CW priority but were downgraded by NAS staff due to commercial customers, of course they shouldn’t have taken any bedding and should have been moved before you boarded.
Mar 19, 2018, 9:51 am
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Hmm, the thread's a day old, and still no reply along the lines of "mind your own business OP, nothing to do with you if someone else is upgraded" like we often see in other thematically similar threads.
I would have expected more grumpiness from you lot on a Monday
I would have expected more grumpiness from you lot on a Monday
Mar 19, 2018, 12:00 pm
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Mar 19, 2018, 2:29 pm
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Mar 19, 2018, 4:37 pm
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As a UM I was moved up front just prior to landing - once to J, once to F, both times on SQ. Assume it was easier for the crew to keep tabs on me to avoid my walking off in the very empty premium cabins.
Mar 20, 2018, 1:59 am
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Mar 20, 2018, 5:18 am
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Nattering women and enjoyable in a close confinement....really?? 😋😋
Mar 21, 2018, 1:38 am
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So long as the ‘squatters’ are not disrupting your experience, it would be nicer to just let them enjoy. We’ve all had an upgrade that we probably didn’t deserve, either through status, grace or favor.