Plane seat drama

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Just returned from a European break, booked 4 plane tickets for DH and 2 DS (19 &16) and I, eldest DS decided too old to go away with mum and dad so stayed at home. I contacted the airline as cheap non refundable ticket but said I can use it as a spare seat between DH and I so all good.

On return flight, only 2 hours long and we have seats A (me) B (spare) C (DH) and D (DS) then a couple with a baby in E & F

Couple with baby realised we were together and pretty much demanded DS moved to seat B - I politely pointed out it wasn't a random spare seat but a booked and paid for one, now I have 2 kids so appreciate it's hard to travel with a little one and would have offered the seat but they were so bloody rude and entitled. I pointed out we had paid for 4 seats and they had only paid for 2 - so asked for a contribution towards cost £30 (by this point they are just demanding the seat because they have a child)

They got pretty rude and offensive (called me a fat b**ch) so I said no, stewardess said was up to me

Should I have given them the seat?

I would not have given the seat even if they asked nicely.

Absolutely no fucking way!

Had a similar experience flying home from.Lanzarote with a broken ankle. Insurance paid for 3 seats (I had to put my leg up)
also one seat across the aisle for paramedic escort. Before we had taken off a woman thought she could sit in my paid for aisle seat and argued it didn't matter we had paid for 3 seats and after take off I was required to put my leg up
It took cabin crew to sort it out !
No you shouldn't give up a seat you've paid for especially when the asker is so rude

Absolutely not, and I would have said to them it totally because of your attitude

Why wouldn't the three of you want to sit together? I think that's odd. There's very little to be gained from having an empty space between you - it's more the leg room that's the problem. (Unless of course you are a fat b**ch). I would always be kind to parents with infants.

No. Obviously not.

But in this case, "between" is a preposition and always take the objective form of the pronoun, which in this case is "me".

So it will always be "between DH and me".

The example you gave is using the pronoun in the subjective case, which is not what the PP was correcting.

Definitely not especially with their attitude.

NO! Not a seat for negotiation! It's a seat paid for and is now yours for the flight duration!! Who made them seat allocator telling your DS to move into your spare seat!? And if it's difficult for them to travel with children then they should prepare an extra seat for their needs. It's not your problem to help with their problem. Say NO then get a book out to read!!!!!

You lost me with your woeful grasp of grammar. Let the family with the baby have the spare seat and you lot budge up

Always kind to parents with infants but happy to pass comment on the OP being a fat bitch?! Kindness flows from you!

It wasn’t a “spare seat”, it was purchased and confirm to be theirs by the airline.

Bad grammar doesn’t mean you owe a freebie to someone who calls a stranger a nasty name.

Absolutely not.

I would always be kind to parents with infants?

Even if they're rude entitled arseholes? More fool you then!

You ought to have replied well maybe i am a fat bitch but I can diet However you will be ugly until you die !!! Hindsight is a wonderful thing,

@TheMerryTiger Give an example of you being kind to the parents of kids that’s equal to the price of a plane ticket. Have you bought a family a whole weeks shopping or paid their weekly bills? Always good to see people following their own advice.

Window, aisle and aisle is sitting together. Nothing odd about wanting to keep some elbow room for everyone rather than squishing together.

No. Cheeky rude entitled.

Gimmy gimmy doesn’t get. Even my little grandchildren know that.

No. You were lucky to have the seat though! I had a middle seat suddenly spare after my eldest was ill and though it would give me and 3 year old dd room to spread out. But no! They sold it that same morning to a random grumpy old man! 8 hour flight! I then had to fight and fight for a refund!

To be honest, I feel sorry for your 16yr old son who had to sit next to the couple with the baby whilst you and your husband had extra space between you.
I would have put the comfort of my own child before my own or the couple with the baby and asked son to come and sit in empty seat between us.
I bet the drama caused between you and the couple added to the discomfort for your 16yr old.

I can see some really impressive efforts still being made here by some to try and make the OP feel that in someway they were at fault and were in some way unreasonable.

They weren’t.

You were right. Rudeness gets you nowhere!

There are a lot of people in this world these days that need to learn you get more flies with honey than vinegar!

The 16yo had an aisle seat. How would he be more comfortable sitting between his parents?

Whaatt???
This is a 16 yo boy. Given the a choice:

• the aisle seat where he can stretch his legs out, plug his earphones in and focus 100% on whatever video game or downloaded content OR
• squashed into the middle seat between his parents No contest!