Personally, you did the right thing BIG BRUDDAR PremEx, and the Frequent Flyer gods will award you soon for htat.

I too would have moved until I realized a very uncomfortable hour later that I was on an A-310.

Maybe what could be done is if you can explain that you need that seat for your own comfort.

On smaller planes, I normally get found first to move. I say "I would really prefer to sit here because of my bad legs and back but if you can't get anyone else then I'll move."

BIG BRUDDAR I'm sending you soem extra positive cat vibes so your NEXT flight you get the ultimate most comfortable seat.

Punki - that is a good one - reminds me of someone I used to work for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

On a flight from Boston to Zurich i was alone and quite comfortable in my C class seat. I had had a long day and since the flight was late I was starting to fall asleep when a lady asked me id she could switch with me to sit next to her 6 yearold son having sympathy for such requests I moved back 3 rows and started to read a magazine when I noticed a man, her husband take the seat that next to her. I wasnt mad just sort of laughed at the fact that this person could tell where i was willing to sacrifice my precious 11B on SR. The next morning we arrived in ZRH and deplaned. I went to the travelclub lounge and relaxed before my connecting flight and ran into that same couple. They thanked me again and I was polite. On my onward flight to Geneva (SR A320) I got into my aisle seat on the full flight ( 3 by 3) and here comes the lady asking if I will move to a middle seat so she can sit with her 6yearold son. I, said well since its a 20 minute flight Im sure your son will be okay by himselve and she walked to seat. I guess im not too memorable

Chess? ON THEIR HONEYMOON? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/rolleyes.gif

Loved the 6 year old boy story. Reminds me of the time I gave a well dressed man $30. for gasoline after a sob story and he drove off waving at me without buying one drop of gas. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

Punki, how come I never get to sit next to you??!!
And on the topic, when traveling with my partner, we don't take the upgrade if we cannot sit together. She doesn't mind coach and I would rather sit next to her in coach than anyone else in first class.

I never ask people to move, but I will move if asked, so long as it's to a comparable seat. Last time my wife and I flew CVG-LAX, she boarded in First while I stuck around waiting to clear.

After I finally boarded, I stowed my stuff in the overhead and then walked up to talk to my wife in her aisle seat. When I walked back to my seat, also an aisle, the man in the window seat asked if she would like to trade with him so she and I could sit together.

Seems he wanted the aisle seat if he could get it. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

We (wife and 2 kids) were flying from LAX to HNL in coach. We were in the center section (5 seats) which I specifically booked as OOXOO, so no one was more than 1 seat from the aisle.

Along comes the unfortunate traveler who got assigned the middle seat. Unfortunately for her, she allowed her exaperation to show. She rudely climbed in and, giving dirty looks to my children, threw open her newspaper. After about 10 minutes she turns to my wife and says "Wouldn't you all rather sit together?" (Meaning she would get one of the two aisles.)

Given her nasty attitude (even after 10 minutes, when she asked the question, it wasn't in a polite tone of voice) we told her "No thank you". So she sat in the middle for 5 hours. If, instead, she had said "hello" and been nice to the kids, she could have had an aisle seat.

Are you sure she was the one with the nasty attitude?

I don't think her look of exasperation was personal. I would also hate the seat in the middle seat, especially if I were caught in someone else's family row.

i had a couple ask me to switch seats with them on a flight from hel-tll(tallinn, estonia). the flight is 20 min long. please people, get real!! there will come a day that they'll be crying for that 20 min of separation!!

----Nonsequitur----

Probally the best seat switch I've made....

On a last minute weekend fare from BWI-ATL, I was headed to me seat steerage. I found someone in my seat and told him I was assigned that seat. He told me to take his seat up front in first class (yes told, but it was 1st so what did I care). I told the FA and gave them our names and went up front.

Across the aisle (actually in the aisle) from me was a drug and ordanance sniffing dog (with the handler). Before I saw it I couldn't possably imagine why someone travelling alone would swap a 1st for coach seat. Must have been a dog hater/allergic, bomber, or holding drugs.

Sbrower, unfortunately those types of pax are all too common. Too bad you had to put up with her for 5 hours http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

sbrowser... your story only goes to prove ancient Flyertalk addiage..

If you nice... you get upgraded.

Have a MEOWY DAY! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

You must get upgraded all the time Catman http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

> You and your significant other are
> tarvelling (sic) on your long awaited
> trip. You book your tickets (i dont
> care -- purchased or upgraded) and
> find you cant sit next to each other.
> You think, no problem, we will ask.
> Lo and behold -- noone is willing to
> switch. To me, thats a rotten start to
> a long awaited trip.

rotten start??? puhleeze ... they've got
seats together in coach. they willfully
chose separate seats in fc - that act alone
defines their priorities.

i can understand them asking, but politely
declining their request is not rude or
impolite.

-doug