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On plane and couple sat in our seats

107 replies

ivykaty44 · 26/06/2017 19:27

I just sat down on the aisle seat but my DP then didn't know where to sit. Cabin crew asked to see this couples boarding passes but the woman started shouting that she's nervous traveller and has to sit by the window & can't be apart from her do.

There were seats behind free so we said we were happy to sit elsewhere, then we find another couple had been split up unnecessarily - so they moved to sit together. And we sat together

But really, why had ground staff split these couples up when it wasn't necessary - isn't it UR to split people up on planes when they don't have to be? Surely this is just churlish

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user1471545174 · 26/06/2017 19:29

Just ask for the seat on your boarding pass and call the cabin crew if they don't immediately move. There's no need to pander to people like this, it only encourages them.

VeryButchyRestingFace · 26/06/2017 19:32

Cabin crew asked to see this couples boarding passes but the woman started shouting that she's nervous traveller and has to sit by the window & can't be apart from her do.

Well then, they should have booked 2 seats together.

Get her telt. Grin

AHedgehogCanNeverBeBuggered · 26/06/2017 19:33

Is it Ryanair you're flying with? They deliberately split people up to encourage people to book seats.

If the woman was a nervous flyer she should have coughed up, not started shouting, what a knob! At the very least she could have asked you nicely if you minded.

SabineUndine · 26/06/2017 19:33

Am I right in assuming she could have paid to sit with her OH and didn't? I would have insisted on sitting in the seat number I'd been given.

InSpaceNooneCanHearYouScream · 26/06/2017 19:33

Whaaaat?? She took your seat and then SHE was shouting? You should have been the one shouting. Just explain to the staff that you and your husband want the seats you have been allocated and let them deal with it.

ExplodedCloud · 26/06/2017 19:34

I read another thread that said some airlines are deliberately seating groups apart to encourage people to pay to sit together.

Butterymuffin · 26/06/2017 19:35

Seat stealing couple have got a nerve. Make the cabin crew sort it next time. They need to book earlier if they want very specific seats.

witchofzog · 26/06/2017 19:36

I love a good plane thread. Smile She was shouting because she knew she was in the wrong.

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ivykaty44 · 26/06/2017 19:37

Not Ryan air

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Huldra · 26/06/2017 19:38

If you had paid for your seat preference and they hadn't then they should have reimbursed you, then offered to buy you a drink as a thank you. Did the airline compensate you?

Original poster
ivykaty44 · 26/06/2017 19:42

There were other seats behind together and we were all but last on plane ( three single men behind us) another couple then realised they were sat next to empty seats but we're together - so they moved to be next to each other and we sat behind them.

It seems madness to split everyone up

I don't care which seat I'm in as they all look the same to me - certainly not going to start shouting at someone if there are other seats identical

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Huldra · 26/06/2017 19:46

Ahh mis-read your op, I had assumed it was a paying extra for allocated seats issue.

Several couples, all allocated random seats by the airline. You sorted it amongst yourselves.

rightwhine · 26/06/2017 19:49

It all turned out ok for you but it gets my goat that the woman got away with it.

alltouchedout · 26/06/2017 19:58

Surely it makes so much more sense to seat people together when they're part of the same booking?

Brittbugs80 · 26/06/2017 19:59

How annoying. This is one of the reasons why we always pay extra for priority boarding and for specific seats. I'm fed up of people who think it's ok to shout and scream to get what they want.

We had similar on a flight to New York, where she hadn't booked a specific seat and kicked up a fuss trying to get herself moved into business class by claiming she had migrain and that the plane engine was making it worse!

Floggingmolly · 26/06/2017 20:02

I would have just insisted she get out of my seat, tbh. Rearranging complete strangers seating arrangements to make it "fairer" wasn't really your job.

sodablackcurrant · 26/06/2017 20:03

Air travel, security, having to be there hours beforehand, drunk and disorderly or drugs and disorderly passengers, entitled passengers, those who will not pay to sit where they want to and expect everyone else to sort them out, hens, stags, kids kicking the back of your seat.

No I have done all that, been all over the world to see what I want. It's the tunnel for me or the ferry or staycation now.

You can all rant away about airlines and airports. You're welcome.

Gingerandgivingzerofucks · 26/06/2017 20:03

Sorry, no way would I give up the seat I'd booked. Bitchy, me?! Yup. If I'd bothered to book, then others can jack off if they haven't.

VintagePerfumista · 26/06/2017 20:11

Me too.

In fact I did once. I was in my paid for (priority boarding, Ryanair) when dd was little, and a couple asked if they could have my seats because they always like those seats because she was nervous.

Fucking pay £8 next time then you skinflints.

Clearly not nervous enough to bother forking out, and just expecting everyone else to accommodate you.

imisschocolate · 26/06/2017 20:19

I'm a nervous passanger and need to sit next to my travelling partner.

I therefore always book seats together. She shoukd have booked.

Simple!

expatinscotland · 26/06/2017 20:21

If they offered to upgrade me to a better seat or pay me what I paid, I'm happy to move, otherwise, fuck off.

gunsandbanjos · 26/06/2017 20:22

I'd have insisted she get her cheap screaming body out of my seat. But then I'm a belligerent sod.

JamRock · 26/06/2017 20:23

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Quartz2208 · 26/06/2017 20:24

Had that once, the booked seats had gone so rather than been in extra leg room the couple were in window and middle and did not like that so took two aisle seats, one of which was oh across the aisle from us. He tried to make out that he had the boarding card for the seat but he didn't. OH was made to move to the front of the plane so they could find him a seat which caused both the kids to cry. In the end the couple in the aisle In front moved forward and he sat there. The cabin crew basically indicated that they knew he was in the wrong but were scared to cause a scene in case the flight got delayed (he clearly wasn't moving)

MimsyFluff · 26/06/2017 20:26

I had this 3 weeks ago! The couple tried to move my 3 year old from her window seat very bizarre behaviour that the crew allowed. My DD looked very confused about it all but I had non of it fuckers should of paid extra to sit together

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