Proudelitist

The FA is a stranger too.

kop84

You can't claim to be the rightful owner of a seat without being willing to show your boarding pass...If the situation was reversed and the poacher gets there first, are you going to just accept that he/she says they have the seat? "it's on my boarding pass, no you cannot see my boarding pass."

Is anyone here going to just accept that? Anyone here just going to accept it's a duplicated seat and be ok with being re-seated? Because that's essentially what you're telling the other passenger...just trust me, it's my seat.

I wouldn't even trust that from my kid , "Yes my room is clean, no you can't go check it."

zitsky

You're a stranger, so I can't listen to anything you say. Therefore, FA is not a stranger.

dmbolp

Obviously, if you're the rightful "owner" of the seat and a poacher is in it, you show them your boarding pass and say "get out of my seat"

kop84

But what if they say this is my seat, my boarding pass says so...but no you cannot look at it.

utahsnow

Recently flew LAX to PVG. After the door closed, a FA came through C+ and put a sticker on each empty C+ seat. The middle seat next to me was empty. She told me that no one was supposed to sit there and to let her know if someone tried to. No one did, so I didn't have to stick my nose into someone else's business.

StayingHomeIsBetter

An elegantly simple solution to the problem. ^

pvn

what if someone just removes the sticker?

pvn

I have a hard time believing that anyone who has over 2000 posts on flyertalk would actually not know what to do in this situation.

kop84

My point was the previously in the thread someone said that if they were in their proper seat there was no reason to show their boarding pass as it has personal information on it....I was simply turning the argument on it's head when if the reverse happened and that person said they were in their rightful seat but refused to show their boarding pass....and how it was not practical to insist on being right but refusing to show your boarding pass.

pvn

Whether you think a person should have to show you their boarding pass whenever you demand it and what you do if they are in your seat are separate issues.

StayingHomeIsBetter

I try to post something positive, and this is the response I get....



Granted, I would equate the sticker to a front door lock... a lock only keeps honest people out of your house.

Willful removal of the sticker establishes the culpability of the miscreant.

One would hope that the FA would then show up with her/his credit card reader, saying something to the effect of "Now that you have shown your intent to purchase the upgrade, here is the cost..."

Hopefully, DL is prudent enough to print something on the sticker that would support that course of action.

dmbolp

Obviously you then get the FA involved

If a stranger asks for my Driver License I don't show it to them. If the stranger is in my driveway I show them be Driver License and tell them to get out of my yard. If they don't budge I also get the proper authorities involved. Simple

And I'm sure there's some Texas Hold'em poker analogy...If I need to prove I won the hand I show my cards. If I don't need to prove, as everyone else has folded, I don't show my cards, even if they ask to see them

StayingHomeIsBetter

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FlyingUnderTheRadar

So what about premium seats? Recently flying TPAC long haul had seats in row 44 which has great legroom in a 3x3x3 config. SO in the window, me in the aisle, and no one in the middle. Great for a 12 hour flight.

Before the boarding door closes a guy asks about the middle seat from a couple of rows backs. Damn. He is in the aisle seat with no one in the middle and a person at the window who just opened some aroma therapy scents that we too can smell.

I reply, I do not believe anyone is sitting there but my wife and I are in the aisle/window. Then I quickly reply that the seat is a premium seat for medallions. I then remember looking at the seat map and noting that further up there is middle set of 3 seats with only one person and mention that to him as an alternative.

Boarding door closes. He stays, saying he is fine there as the vents come on full blast and disperse the smell. Which was good for everyone.