Visiting higher/lower cabins during a flight. What's the etiquette?
Jul 16, 2018, 8:53 pm
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Jul 16, 2018, 9:07 pm
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"Hey! once we're in the air, why don't you come up and see how the other half lives! (and then go the hell away and fold yourself back into that taco shell they call a seat back there, for the next 15 hours) Now, I can't let you *sit* in my seat, heh heh, that's not allowed... but I can let you admire it from a respectful distance, if you promise not to drool everywhere."
Jul 16, 2018, 9:43 pm
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A couple is flying LAX-LHR. For the wife, they purchase J (to maximize AA EQDs). Husband buys coach, hoping for upgrade (miles/copay). Husband doesn't get upgrade. How do folks feel about a mid-flight switch?
Jul 17, 2018, 12:15 am
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I think it's cheap. Like bringing your own popcorn to the movies or taking a doggy bag from a buffet. Buy two J tickets..THAT will maximize AA EQDs, and you can maintain your dignity.
Jul 17, 2018, 8:41 am
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Jul 17, 2018, 10:23 am
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Two people traveling together in separate cabins happens for all sorts of reasons (the 1 upgrade clearing being a common one). When it happens, decide who sits in the higher cabin before the flight and then locate each other as soon as you can get out of the flow of deplaning traffic in the arrival terminal.
I seriously don't know why this is hard for people. We had a long thread where some people were suggesting that you shouldn't accept the one upgrade. Both people (able-bodied adults) should sit in coach instead of splitting up. OK, fine, if I'm next on the upgrade queue it's a win for me, but it boggles my mind why otherwise normal functioning people can't survive an airplane ride alone. I'm happy with *any* upgrade that clears these days, even if that means my wife goes to J and I'm in Y....
Jul 18, 2018, 8:08 am
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I was recently on a UA flight from LHR to IAH in J. After a few hours I felt a need to walk around and stretch my legs. I wandered do the back of the Y cabin and then back up the other aisle. Halfway back to J, I was politely told by a FA that I should please stay in my ticketed cabin. Just sayin'.
Jul 18, 2018, 10:07 pm
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I was recently on a UA flight from LHR to IAH in J. After a few hours I felt a need to walk around and stretch my legs. I wandered do the back of the Y cabin and then back up the other aisle. Halfway back to J, I was politely told by a FA that I should please stay in my ticketed cabin. Just sayin'.
Jul 20, 2018, 5:48 pm
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On AC, I was once seated in the first bulkhead row of economy while my parents were seated in the 2nd business cabin which was almost empty. Crew had no issues having me visit them (I came by twice over a 8 hr flight) and after the meal and they even gave me a desert I could eat beside them (lots of empty seats around). And for those wondering, no, I did not use the J lavs.
Jul 20, 2018, 6:54 pm
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Mid-flight switches are pretty much universally frowned upon.
Two people traveling together in separate cabins happens for all sorts of reasons (the 1 upgrade clearing being a common one). When it happens, decide who sits in the higher cabin before the flight and then locate each other as soon as you can get out of the flow of deplaning traffic in the arrival terminal.
I seriously don't know why this is hard for people. We had a long thread where some people were suggesting that you shouldn't accept the one upgrade. Both people (able-bodied adults) should sit in coach instead of splitting up. OK, fine, if I'm next on the upgrade queue it's a win for me, but it boggles my mind why otherwise normal functioning people can't survive an airplane ride alone. I'm happy with *any* upgrade that clears these days, even if that means my wife goes to J and I'm in Y....
Two people traveling together in separate cabins happens for all sorts of reasons (the 1 upgrade clearing being a common one). When it happens, decide who sits in the higher cabin before the flight and then locate each other as soon as you can get out of the flow of deplaning traffic in the arrival terminal.
I seriously don't know why this is hard for people. We had a long thread where some people were suggesting that you shouldn't accept the one upgrade. Both people (able-bodied adults) should sit in coach instead of splitting up. OK, fine, if I'm next on the upgrade queue it's a win for me, but it boggles my mind why otherwise normal functioning people can't survive an airplane ride alone. I'm happy with *any* upgrade that clears these days, even if that means my wife goes to J and I'm in Y....
Mar 14, 2019, 6:09 am
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On AC, I was once seated in the first bulkhead row of economy while my parents were seated in the 2nd business cabin which was almost empty. Crew had no issues having me visit them (I came by twice over a 8 hr flight) and after the meal and they even gave me a desert I could eat beside them (lots of empty seats around). And for those wondering, no, I did not use the J lavs.
Mar 14, 2019, 8:05 am
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Hi all, is this the consensus when parents travel in C and other family members in PE/Y? My parents don't speak any English and we might book a BA or Finnair flight to Asia soon. They will be in C and me and my wife in PE or maybe Y. Can I visit them occassionally for a few minutes and translate the menu for them etc.?