An airplane seat one- not had one of these for a while

[Cheeseandlobster]

Was flying back from holiday yesterday in an aisle seat. There was a mother and daughter on the plane, the daughter being about 14. They had originally been sat in someone else's extra legroom seats at the front and had to then move to the row behind me where there was an empty aisle seat. The daughter was very vocal about being unhappy with how little room she was going to have then insisted she had to have her suitcase at her feet which the cabin crew did not police.

Shortly after take off the woman in the seat next to me started vomiting. I am emetaphobic so as soon as I could I moved to the aisle seat behind.

Well you would think I was devil incarnate
The daughter and the mum made passive aggressive comments for a lot of the flight to each other. They wanted to stretch out and sleep and now they couldn't. The daughter said she couldn't handle this. They both had their suitcases at their feet so the mum's shoes were in my leg space, but no effort was made to move them. Lots of pointed elbowing when I was trying to sleep and just general whinging. I was damned if I was going to react and just ignored them. It was clear this entitled mum was raising an equally as entitled daughter. They must have known there was a strong chance there would be someone else in their space but they were just so annoyed by it.

When they got off the mum pulled a woman's hair quite hard by mistake but I heard her laughing about it with her daughter in baggage reclaim as the woman had pulled her up on pushing in shortly after so this apparently was funny.

I am sure I wasn't unreasonable but it would be great to hear about other entitled passengers. I I have always loved hearing these stories

@Nquartz pretty sure there's already been a AMA from a trolley dolley?!

In normal times, I fly between the UK and Germany about four or five times a year, both for business and to visit family.

On a short flight from Germany back to London I had a German-American Family behind me on their way back to the states. The parents handed the girl her IPad and she immediately started watching Frozen at full volume. Numerous requests from Cabin Crew to turn the volume down were acknowledged by mum, who did just that only for the girl to turn it back up.
About half way through dad got fed up by the requests and started an argument with his wife saying that it was all her fault because she had wanted to visit her family. He also said he'd never fly BA again as they hadn't upgraded him. Talk about entitlement.

On another flight, I had my cousin with me, I was in the middle seat, she was in the aisle seat. The flight was between two winter storms, so was very, very bumpy. Even when we boarded Cabin Crew said that they would be unable to hand out any hot drinks and might have to stop service without any notice as bad turbulences were expected.
The woman in the window seat was crossing herself and praying the whole time while staring out of the window.
We offered that one of us swapped with her but she didn't want to and said "I want to see out of the window if we are going to crash".

A good story: After my Christmas Holiday last year I boarded the plane in Germany and the flight attendant saw a little EU/UK pin I have on that coat. He offered me an upgrade on the spot, but I was already in Club Europe. So once the flight was in the air he brought me two little bottles of champagne for the flight and another two to take home just before we landed.

@AngelsWithSilverWings

We were once waiting to take off on a flight from LA to London and were pleased to have been given extra legroom seats when we had checked in.

A couple came up and announced that we were in their seats. They weren't very polite about it but we immediately checked our boarding passes which confirmed we were in the correct seats. The other couple produced identical boarding passes and insisted we move. They were really annoyed but we didn't know what to do.

The steward came to try and sort things out after the rude couple complained and he politely asked if we would mind moving. I was about to protest when DH gave he a sharp dig with his elbow and hissed at me to just move. He told me later that the steward had whispered to him that he had found us nicer seats.

We were then shown to the upper class cabin and were handed a duvet ,a pair of PJs and a glass of champagne.

We had a lovely flight home.

Oh, I dream of that happening to me!

And a train one. I was travelling from Sheffield to London and the train was solid. People getting on and standing as normal. On one of the pairs of seats a young woman was sat with her feet up on the second seat with her suitcase wedged in the foot space. Many people were coming up and asking her to move, she point blank refused as she’d booked both seats so she could do just that. Which is allowed, but cfery at boss level.

@PablosHoney

Yeah I mentioned it. You and the other poster decided to focus on it and it alone.

Lighten up.

😁 Yeah, ok.

I had to take a three hour train journey with my 2+4 year olds. So I booked a quiet time and booked seats at the table. All good we got on kids settled and so on. Just before the train pulled out a man ran on and sat in his reserved seat, or was at out table, he sighed and swore under his breath, he glared at me for three hours even though my kids very really quite well behaved. The ridiculous thing is that the carriage was pretty in empty, he could have moved at any time, even to another chair with a table.

@OnceUponATimeInHollywood

Oh dear. 🤦‍♀️.

I remember back in Jabuary. We were flying business class to Venice. My husband had the window seat and the guy behind him thought he could put his feet up & onto hubby's arm rest. Hubby stopped that immediately by elbowing his feet & putting the arm rest up. Hahaha. Nothing was said either!

Why was business class relevant here?

[quote thisstooshallpass]@Nquartz pretty sure there's already been a AMA from a trolley dolley?![/quote]
Thank you, I'll have a look!

@Puzzledandpissedoff

BA from Paris. After a couple of hours delay it turned out that the seat directly in front was broken and would not go upright

If this was Paris to the UK, at least it would have been a short flight - I flew from Heathrow to Arizona on another BA wreck with both seats broken, and that was in Premium Economy

The worst, though, was flying back from Istanbul where the only spare seat seemed to be the one next to mine. I thought I'd got lucky until a late arrival ran across the ramp and boarded, literally pouring sweat. Of course he was headed for that empty seat and his BO was so bad that it wasn't just a smell but a taste ... not a fun 4 hours

We had my awful BO next to us for a 4 hour flight once. The whole row stunk and DH felt ill from the stench!

Mr awful BO NOT my BO i have no odour issues and had showered!

On a 6 hour flight a few years ago. Flight was completely rammed full when a very smug young couple strolled on with their very small baby in its car seat. Cabin crew explain to Smug Couple that unfortunately there’s no space for the car seat anywhere on the plane as it won’t fit in the overhead lockers and everywhere is full to the brim. Smug couple say smugly that that’s fine, the car seat is suitable to travel safely in a plane seat that they haven’t paid for. Cabin crew advise that they’re very sorry but there isn’t a single spare seat on the flight. Couple refuses to budge. We sit there for over half an hour and everyone else glares at them in disbelief. Eventually a kind lovely woman offers to give up her seat and get on a later flight. The only small bit of karma we witnessed was the cabin crew very pointedly taking their details so that the bill could be sent to them for the cost of the extra seat! Cheeky bastards!

Feel for you, BashfulClam ... it's really no joke

He also refused to get up to allow me to use the loo halfway during the flight

I'd have been seriously tempted to piss in his lap!

This thread has reminded me why I hate flying. Unless it's business class.

oh so many airline stories (I flew 200,000+ miles every year for 10 years, for business) but this one was a holiday trip, booked using my miles account.

Flew SF to Germany first class Lufthansa. Wow. Best experience ever. Only two of us in the cabin, 4 staff (!) utterly attentive. Refilled our glasses constantly, chef came to discuss menu, dozens of roses and open bottles of the best champagne on a high bar, day blanket and pillow, swapped out for (slightly more luxurious) nigh set. You get the picture.

Return flight was via United Airlines. First class, again. Old plane, dirty and shabby leather seats, on lie down beds. Ah well. Get seated, and DH (in aisle seat) discovers the entire armrest is not attached, lifts it and there are large nails sticking out, it is black and sooty. He tries to plug in his headphones and realizes there is no power. There had obviously been an electrical fire that had not been dealt with. He called the steward over, who looked flustered, said 'oh, sorry sir. Let me take a look. Fiddled about with the chunk of armrest, put it back on precariously, walked off. It was a full flight, and there was no other seat to move to. So DH sat there, waiting. The steward - in fact, all crew - studiously ignored him. Refused to catch his eye. This went on for hours! He got up and asked what he was to do, they said 'oh, we'll have to see.' Never came back. So DH just watched for them coming, then allowed the the armrest 'bits' to slip off. Someone would come and put it back. This went on and on. No apology. Nothing. We ended up sharing one earbud each, and praying for the flight to end.

Last time I ever flew United. I am convinced that, if there is a heaven, it is Lufthansa first class.

@ripples101 posters are really getting OTT about your comment. I think these are the kind of people who can start a fight in an empty room. What you posted was fine.

I paid for extra legroom on a flight and a CF parent brought her toddler plus toys and used it as some sort of play area during most of it. She kept smiling at me as if I might think her previous dc was just completely adorable. I was pissed off that the CC didn’t say anything and they left just as I was about to say something.

Early 20s, flying back from Nairobi on a night flight. Aisle seat. Woman in middle seat moaned non stop to cabin crew that she couldn’t possibly sit in a middle seat, she had to have an aisle seat, she had a hurty knee and long legs. Told firmly by cabin crew that there were no spare aisle seats. She refused to sit down and was delaying the flight, so I offered her my seat. Prepared to move to the middle seat, when cabin crew woman said she had found me a better seat with a bit more leg room, and moved me to business class.

@Puzzledandpissedoff

Had I spoken up I reckon I could have got serious compensation for that

Depending on who you spoke up to, the airline could have had worse problems than just compensating you

I'd have to check with a pal who works for them, but I'm pretty sure there are strict rules about disposing of edibles after international flights - and they'd certainly include open containers of cooked and partly eaten food

Stop encouraging her 🤣🤣🤣

Really not @Daisyhut, disagreeing is hardly starting a fight ☺️

@Ellamiss

I paid for extra legroom on a flight and a CF parent brought her toddler plus toys and used it as some sort of play area during most of it. She kept smiling at me as if I might think her previous dc was just completely adorable. I was pissed off that the CC didn’t say anything and they left just as I was about to say something.

Why didn't you tell her to move her child out of your foot space?!

@Thisismytimetoshine because I didn’t want a confrontation..some people can be awfully stroppy you know.

I thought you were meant to stay in your seat unless going to the loo so I would have thought that CC would have enforced that.

Yes, I'm surprised they didn't.

Mine is quite mild in comparison to some of these, but a couple of weeks ago flying from Dublin to UK, the woman behind me decided it was a great opportunity to spend an hour filing and painting her nails. I was obviously delighted with her skin particles flying all over me (in the middle of a pandemic) accompanied by the melodic rasping sounds, followed by the chemical stench of the polish.

melodic rasping sounds