PotomacApproach

I generally prefer to be as polite as possible on planes, but agree with you 100%. I had a woman walk up, ask for my C+ seat, cry a river, and I nicely as possible said she could have booked her and her kid there. I think she was hoping to save some $ by buying one C+ seat and expect to guilt trip someone into giving up theirs. Even worse, she was way in the back. Her problem, not mine.

exwannabe

Agreed. Another option is just to show your ticket and reply in a foreign language :-)

jetsfan92588

99.99% sure that if OP told the FA they'd give them whatever snack they give to C+ and free drinks as well.

jimrpa

So, what I enjoy doing, particularly in circumstances where I am being pestered by someone who KNOWS they are pestering me, in a place where English isn't the dominant language, is to say, in English, "I'm sorry, I don't speak English." In most instances, that throws them into a language processing loop, particularly people who are not native English speakers

jamesteroh

Heard a new one today for seat swapping. Guy in my office flew DTW/LAX yesterday on a personal trip and was WFBF. A girl who appeared to be 12 or 13 got upgraded to 3A and my employee was in 3B and employee boards and dad was sitting in 3B and told him he had to sit with his daughter and basically told him to take 1A. My friend refused and told him he wasn't sitting in a bulkhead window when he had booked this flight a couple months out and said maybe 1B would switch and he said he asked them and FA got involved.

Person in !b was also a male and dad didn't want a strange man sitting with his young daughter. My friend suggested to the FA that they should see if their seats they were upgraded out of were still available and if not offered to switch with the two people in them and dad didn't like that suggestion. Ended up people in 1c and D switched. One swapped with dad and took 1a and other took 3a.

If it's that important two people sit together they should uncheck the request upgrade box. I thought it was weird a dad would have trouble with another man sitting beside their daughter two rows back for four hours but wasn't willing to go back in coach to do so.

beachmouse

The Perfesser stumbled upon over the ear headphones in the ‘I’m listening to music’ position a while back as a big discourager when it comes to other passengers wanting to talk to him about anything.

whitesock

It seems common for C+ seats to be available for upgrade purchase right up until the end. I'm guessing Delta prefers it this way to try to maximize revenue - I've decided to pay for such an upgrade just a couple of hours before a flight before. But it incentivizes BE customers to wait until the last minute to check in in the hopes that only C+ seat assignments are left.

obscure2k

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