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 think saying no is fine, I’d have done the same, but I also find asking them for 30 quid completely cringe,

💯 Someone phoned me to do a customer survey last week and asked me if “you could answer some questions for ourselves”.

I said I would on condition she promised not to use another “self” word during the survey. She had no idea that it was appalling grammar.

Not as boring as the awful grammar.

If I write or say something that’s incorrect (not just grammar), I’d much rather know than continue to make the same mistake. It’s much better than repeatedly embarrassing yourself.

You and the others are derailing the OP's thread which is about a different subject entirely. How rude and arrogant that is. Can you not just stop now? Start your own thread?

If anyone should be embarrassed it's you and your tone-deaf chums.

Years ago I was working offshore in Angola when I got news that my grandfather had passed away. He was irish and funerals in Ireland tend to mobilise very quickly so I had to get back to Limerick as quickly as possible. Back then direct flights to London or Lisbon were only twice a week and I had just missed one so had to cobble together a multistop 27 hour trip. This involved a helicopter from the FPSO to Luanda, Luanda to Dubai, Dubai to Milan, Milan to London, London to Shannon. I was broken by the time I got to London and on the final leg to shannon I was on the front row so I could escape quickly at the other end, avoid the rental car queues and whizz out the airport. I had been sat down with belt on and was slowly drifting off to sleep when a woman actually shook my shoulder to wake me and bluntly asked if she could sit there (my seat) so she could be with the rest of her family. I said no as it's only a one hour hop and I want to get away quickly at the other end. In response I got a big exaggerated sigh, a roll of the eyeballs and a "Well you're not very nice are you" at which point I just snapped, I did not shout but I had a barely contained rage as I hissed back through gritted teeth "This is my fifth fucking flight in 27 hours, i have travelled from fucking Angola to be here and I have a funeral to attend tomorrow and I do not need fucking entitled morons like you waking me up". I think she got the message and as she shuffled off down the aisle I was utterly mortified at what I had done, very out of character for me. Her DH was sat next to me and did not look at me once. Ah we'll.

This 100%!!

She does now. Another soul saved.

Works for you but maybe not for the OP. If a close friend repeatedly says something wrong, yes maybe have a tactful word in their ear. To someone you don't know posting about a non-grammar matter on a public forum? For most of us, that's a hard no.

This this this. It's so tedious and not to mention rude.

No doubt she thinks I’m raving.

You are beyond rude and condescending, which is far worse than bad grammar.

I said “Please don’t say “yourself”.
Thats not rude.

Bloody well done!

Of course not. Rude, entitled fuckers

No you said on the condition and made her promise. Not the same. Can you please explain how it affects your life one iota?

I can't ever imagine speaking to somebody like that 'on condition/promise'. I would be embarrassed but that one is strangely need and proud... please stop feeding it.

She shook your shoulder! How incredibly rude!

Nope. Feck them.

Hell no, it's your seat to do as you wish. I certainly wouldn't have given it them especially when they became rude and demanding. Shame that the airline steward couldn't move them somewhere else away from you. The cheek of some people, I don't blame them for asking, but once you said no they should have dropped it. Especially when you pointed out you had paid extra for the seat, it wasn't just a "spare free" seat. I'd have asked for the whole price of it or even double when they called you such an awful name for doing nothing wrong!! 😖

I'm with @coldcallerbaiter on this one. I wouldn't have moved either. Your comfort, or lack of, whilst flying is not my concern if you've failed to plan in advance.

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In any case, they wanted one of you to leave your paid for seat and shuffle into the empty ‘open’ seat, so they could have the paid for seat? If that’s the case, you’re still in the right. One of the entitled pair would have had to have the unallocated seat in the middle.
As an afterthought, don’t people buy extra seats for themselves, maybe overweight, maybe for a baby seat? Maybe just for extra space. If the airline gets the money, why would they care who sits in it, or not, so long as they know for weight distribution

As an afterthought, don’t people buy extra seats for themselves, maybe overweight, maybe for a baby seat?

Yep, some do…. Some owners of expensive musical instruments such Cellos carry them in the cabin strapped to the adjacent seat.