To get ragey at people booking seats for a flight

[DwangelaForever]

And leaving the window seat seriously if you're a couple book the inside two seats, it's so frustrating.

Also what determines if an infant can sit on a particular seat, I've just selected my seats for the flight and me and hubby have to sit one behind the other in window seats because my daughter apparently can't sit in that row 🙄

I once booked a window seat as a single traveller on a long haul flight. It turned out the people next to me were parents with an infant. So every time I needed the loo, both parents plus infant had to get up, taking their child’s entertainment off the trays in front every time.

Another time I booked a window seat, a lady next to me put an eye mask and headphones on the minute she sat down, and didn’t take them off until the end of the flight. I couldn’t get out to use the loo without giving her a fright.

I never book window seats anymore!

I never book seats anymore, partly because it often involves extra cost and partly based on past experience eg missed connecting flights, children not allowed to sit in row near emergency exit so had to move etc etc. Now DH and I just say at check in 'We'll take whatever seats you've got' - it does away with all that frustration. On one occasion with our two young DCs the check-in staff were a bit sulky but they found us two sets of two seats. Now it's just DH and me we usually end up sitting near each other if not together.

Sorry op, but I book the seats I want for my flight, not the seats you think I should have!

Not that it makes any bloody difference t a single traveler if they are aisle, window or even middle seats.

Seriously, get worked up about shit that matters.

As for child seats, that is something to do with where the extra oxygen masks are placed, obviously those are the seats intended for se by families traveling with a tot on lap.

Sorry op, but I book the seats I want for my flight, not the seats you think I should have!

This sums it up really. We booked our flights for June months ago, when practically all seats were available. So we booked the ones we wanted. Ok not going to consider all the different seat configurations other people might want. We have a 4 and a 2 year old, and 2 middle seats plus 2 aisle seats next to each other suits us best. So I booked (and paid for) them.

I hate the window seat , so always book row of 3 then , isle and middle seat for family of 5- and genuinely couldn't care leas if this annoyed someone

YABU I hate sitting by the window and always book an aisle - surely you just need to book earlier

Although I would like the window seat I prefer an aisle seat so I can get up when I want to to go loo and not have someone get grumpy cos I woke them up or something.

Eh? The window seat is best one!

I booked Dh and I two seats furthest away from the window because i am terrified of flying and couldn't bear to be near the window. That ok?

seriously if you're a couple book the inside two seats

Ha ha...... no.

People book seats to make sure they get the seats they want..... not to make things convenient for other peone or who may or may not be suited by a particular seating configuration.

I have to go to the toilet a lot. Partner and I book aisle and centre every time.

Yes OP, it's a shame others didn't realise it's all about you. How thoughtless of them to not consider the 'needs' of a stranger who had yet to book to share a journey with them....

I think I might go get a biccie.....

YABsoooooU I’m going to give you an out and blame pregnancy hormones.

We always book extra leg room and aisle/middle seats. Going to Lanzarote in January this majorly worked in our favour we ended up with the row to ourselves in both directions 😬 the check in staff obviously allocate those last because of the extra cost involved. I’d never fly without extra legroom now and really only consider me and DH when booking.

I hope the random stranger in your aisle climbs all over you like I will be with my pregnant bladder and my husband will be when he has to change toddlers nappy

That's nice dear, but me and my IBS are going to sit where we don't have to clamber over strangers and shit on them if they're too slow moving.

Pre-children and on any flight of decent length DH and I would book isle seats across from each other.

Post-children we have only flown domestically and found kids like windows. Now they are teens we do the 4x aisle seats across from and behind each other in a square formation when possible but to be honest flights are only a few hours at most internally so doesn’t really matter.

Well there’s 5 of us. The other 4 all insist they need a window seat at some during the flight. 3 of us need to get to the loo frequently. 1 of the kids needs a parent next to him giving medical assistance. 2 of us won’t sit next to strangers. 1 of us thinks the back of the plane is the safest place. 1 of us likes to be further forward for a speedy exit on landing. 3 of us don’t like to be near the wing.

It’s hard enough booking seats to keep my family happy, let alone worrying about all the other passengers...

Haven't read the whole thread, so don't know if it's answered, but the seats you can sit on with a kid depend on where there is an extra oxygen mask. If you buy your child a seat, instead of doing lap baby you won't have the problem.

I prefer aisle seats. Dunno why 🤷🏻‍♀️

Well OP I hope we meet on a flight because I am the one who takes any old seat and then answers the call when someone wants to change. As long as it gets me there I don't really care.

Trains are different and I am a regular on the London to Manchester run. I book early and bag a table, and I don't help when families explain that they "need" a table and will I please move and sit with the back of a seat in my face? No. I won't.

@DwangelaForever - yes, you are being very unreasonable to:

• get cross because people dont like the seats you think they should like.

• think people should have been able to predict what seats you’d want, when they were booking, and should have selected their seats based on your convenience, not their own preferences.

As research, I tested how the reservation worked for that airline and pretty much all seats bar the emergency exits were suitable for a baby with parent.

Maybe there already is a child and parent sitting in row 5 of your booking?

YABU and hypocritical considering that you chose the seats in row 4&5 over 10&11 instead of leaving those for people who wanted to sit together.

Can people really not bear to be parted from their spouse, who they live with, for a 3 hour flight?

Like AnyFucker in our pre-children day's we booked an aisle seat each!

My son has autism and ADHD.
I always pay for seats so we can be one of the first off and he can sit by a window.
Also I would not want to have him fidgeting on a long flight next to a stranger - not fair for either of them.
If you saw my son you would not about his disabilities but they are significant and worth paying extra to ensure a successful trip for him.
Everyone has needs and wants which play a role in the seat they choose. Each person’s needs are as valid as yours.

I'm so confused by this thread. Why are single people more entitled to an aisle seat than a couple?

What specifically about the act of shagging make any two people more rude than two other non shagging people in the same seats?

Do they become rude if they meet on the plane and join the mile club together?