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In reply to the discussion: Airplane Etiquette [View all]blur256
(979 posts)I have asked on several flights to be put next to my wife but usually to no avail. When we fly we don't usually have the money or the convience of planning so early we can book our seats together. We normally have to go to the counter at the airport before we board and it is a crapshoot. Sometimes we get lucky and sometimes we don't. I hate it so much.
Last time we flew home I checked in my little nippers through the normal channels because just a little helps me calm down. Especially when I can't sit next to my wife. And the flight attendant told me it was illegal even though TSA let me through just fine. She said TSA isn't a governing body. So after that I was super pissed. Not only was I not sitting next to my wife I couldn't help the stress either.
Anyway I get them asking. You could have said no but I appreciate you saying yes.