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On plane and couple sat in our seats

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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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ememem84 · 27/06/2017 07:09

Our local cinema does this now - allocated seating. It's a nightmare.
You don't pay any extra but can choose where you sit. Sadly there's no one "policing" this so the last time dh and I went we knew someone would be sat in "our" seats. No bother we sat somewhere else as did pretty much everyone else in the cinema.

Unfortunately a couple came in and insisted they had to sit in their pre- booked seats. It caused absolute chaos. Essentially the film was delayed because cinema staff made everyone get up and move.

There should have been someone showing us to seats initially. Would have saved the hassle.

On airlines though I book my seat. I won't move unless offered same or better seat.

GreenTulips · 27/06/2017 07:38

Those who pay for their seats should be in a separate Q. First on

Then everyone else is known to be a seat paying dodger and feck them.

This^ - Entitled because they chose to pay more for their he SAME service - which is a seat on a plane going to the same destination

Shall we also have a queue for people prepared to buy sandwiches and drinks on the flight? Then maybe those who won't be using the toilet?

Andrewofgg · 27/06/2017 08:08

I've never had to evict a squatter on a plane but I have on a train.

I booked that seat because I wanted a table seat. Yes, I can see you are travelling with children and No, you don't need a table, you just want one. Yes, I can imagine that if you only booked a day or two ago there were no table seats left to book but No, that doesn't mean you can have mine. I know that the unreserved carriage is already full - the moment the platform is announced people run for it and the people with no children or heavy bags get there first. I will sit down now in the seat I booked and your filthy looks don't trouble me.

PenguinOfDoom · 27/06/2017 09:06

The cinema thing gives me the absolute rage. We always get VIP tickets so we have the nice comfy seats. Without fail, there is some fucking chancer sat in our seats when we get there because Vue make you pay extra for VIP seats but don't bother to enforce it.

I had someone actually try and argue with me that he had booked the seats and wasn't moving, so I just stood over him and silently held out my ticket in front of his face. He moved after that.

nornironrock · 27/06/2017 09:14

Try flying in the Middle East. People seem to think the boarding pass is just a seating suggestion. They then demand that you move so they don't have to have their female family member sit next to a man! The horror! I always refuse point blank. They have the same opportunity as me to book specific seats. They should do so. Staff can only request someone moves. You have every right to say no, and to have the seat you have booked.

Allthebestnamesareused · 27/06/2017 09:25

I thought there were rules about having to sit on the allocated seating at least during takeoff (when risk of crash is higher) to do with identifying people!

OhhBetty · 27/06/2017 09:35

Paying priority boarding didn't even get my 2 year old and I sat together! I had to beg other passengers to swap with us because the staff wouldn't help. This was Ryanair on the way back from visiting relatives abroad. You'd think a single mum and toddler should be sat together anyway but I fucking paid for it and they still couldn't get it right!

HipsterHunter · 27/06/2017 09:50

Try flying in the Middle East. People seem to think the boarding pass is just a seating suggestion.

I flew to North America, but the plane was full of a huge party of about 80 Sikhs that all seemed to vaguely know each other and they were all transferring onto somewhere else cos they didn't go thru emigration - the plane was a nightmare!

No one was in their allocated seats, a woman was in mine and refused to move even when the stewadess tried to make her.

They were all leaving bags on the floor and wouldn'tt put them up in the lockers for take off.

We had a lot of turbulence they wouldn't sit down and keep their seat belts on.

The woman next to me hadn't taken on any baby milk for her baby and was demanding the air hostess get her some, but they don't carry baby milk! The poor stewardess was saying all they had was cows milk.

Honestly was a very unpleasant flight.

silentpool · 27/06/2017 10:12

I have a general policy against catering to entitled people. Getting their own way, only encourages their self-centred behaviour.

I will not move from my seat on a plane, unless it is for a good reason and it must be an equivalent seat. I like to sit in an aisle seat and will typically pre-book. If someone asked me to move because they were too cheap or too disorganised to book ahead, that would be an automatic no. If they wanted me to move because they refused to sit next to a woman, that would be an emphatic no.

nornironrock · 27/06/2017 10:26

Hipster and Silent, I've seen both of these things lots of times. I always pre-book my seats to make sure I get an aisle. I'm therefore not moving, unless it is further forward and to another aisle seat.

The Middle East is ridiculous for people refusing to sit down, not putting on seat belts, and standing when he plane is taxiing... But it's the religious bigotry that really makes me mad. If you don't want your female family member to sit next to me, book your seat ahead of time. Or walk.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 27/06/2017 10:31

"But that's the point. There is no option to pay £22 and do without a seat. You MUST pay something for a seat. Under EasyJet's pricing structure at least. EVERYONE is already paying thirty something."

@SerfTerf - I think you have misunderstood. When people say they have paid extra for a seat, they are meaning they have paid extra to have a specific seat allocated to them. Of course everyone will get a seat on the plane - no-one is going to get left standing - but if you are happy not to choose your seat, and to take your choice of whatever seats are left when you get on the plane, then you can pay a lower price than people who want to choose a particular seat or ensure their party is sitting together.

Mulledwine1 · 27/06/2017 10:32

Why the hell should a person who doesn't care where he/she sits have to pay more just because some cheap cunts don't want to pay to sit together and then try to take the piss

What a stupidly abusive comment in reply to a perfectly reasonable suggestion.

You may disagree, but did you really mean to be so rude?

Mulledwine1 · 27/06/2017 10:35

I usually find that I can choose my seats at online check-in. Sometimes I book seats in advance but choosing them at check-in generally works.

MissMooMoo · 27/06/2017 10:37

Happened to me once on BA transatlantic flight.
Woman was extremely rude to me and shouted all kinds of things.
I said I was alone anyways and willing to sit in her seat. Flight Attendant had a look and it was one of the seats in the middle of four and said oh no you can do much better and upgraded me

Pigface1 · 27/06/2017 10:49

Drives me insane when people do this. My DH is nearly 6ft 6 so he can't fit in a normal economy seat, and I'm an anxious flyer so I really prefer to sit with him. As a result we always, always have to pay to reserve bulkhead seats. Sometimes it's pretty expensive - for example for our holiday in September it cost an extra £240 return. But we have to swallow it - it's part of the ticket price for us. I'd never dream of not paying then trying to turf out people who had because of our ishoos.

Andrewofgg · 27/06/2017 11:53

DS - himself over six feet - was once asked to leave the bulkhead seat he'd booked so that a family could have the extra space. He agreed. And on his return flight he found they'd upgraded him without telling him. Virtue rewarded!

BabyPigeon83 · 27/06/2017 12:49

I think wizzair has it right: when you book they allocate you a random seat with no extra cost. But if you want a specific seat then you have to pay a fee which varies depending on where the seat is (window, front of the plane etc). So then ppl who don't care about where they sit don't have to pay for that.

expatinscotland · 27/06/2017 13:10

'What a stupidly abusive comment in reply to a perfectly reasonable suggestion.

You may disagree, but did you really mean to be so rude?'

I don't see it as a 'perfectly reasonable' suggestion. I don't want to pay a penny more than necessary if I don't care where I'm sitting, if people don't want to pay it, fine, but to then demand people accommodate their behaviour, well, fuck that. If you find that rude or abusive, that's your lookout.

GetAHaircutCarl · 27/06/2017 13:19

People are unbelievable.
I found a woman in my seat recently.
I showed her my boarding pass and expected she'd made an error. No, she said 'I want to sit with my husband, I'm in my honeymoon.'

So I said 'sorry but I want to sit with my DD and I've pre booked.'

Still didn't budge. In the end I called the steward who tried to convince me to love.

No. Fuck off.

expatinscotland · 27/06/2017 13:22

Increasingly, it seems the crews indulge this pisstakers. I pre-book and pay if necessary, too, because DS has autism. DD2 is 11, but she's not very savvy. So if someone's in our seats they'll have to get out. I've had it happen on both planes and trains. 'I need to sit in my pre-booked seat.' Over and over, calmly.

Quartz2208 · 27/06/2017 15:21

I think its because (in my case at least) all they want to do is get in the air and get to the destination. They basically told me on my ownthat they knew he was in the wrong but they did not want the plane delayed and had no idea of how to handle them.

And thats the issue how do you handle these people? In the end we were calm so it got sorted

Andrewofgg · 27/06/2017 15:24

If the crew know that you will not give way they will evict the squatters,

Shoxfordian · 27/06/2017 15:45

I don't pre book seats but then I don't care where I sit as long as it's inside

Maybe threaten to sit on people's laps? That should move them

expatinscotland · 27/06/2017 15:52

'And thats the issue how do you handle these people? In the end we were calm so it got sorted'

Kick them off if they refuse to sit in the seats given on their boarding passes.

expatinscotland · 27/06/2017 16:02

Can you imagine if people just sat wherever the hell they pleased? I'd plonk down in an extra legroom seat, or business or first class. You have an assigned seat, I don't see what's the deal, sit in it until you ask if you can move or get the fuck off.

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