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In reply to the discussion: Airplane Etiquette [View all]peacebuzzard
(5,148 posts)169. as someone who flies every week on long range flights,
I would have asked the gentleman tapping me on the shoulder to have his wife exchange with one of those passengers in his row... those guys probably would have said no and then it would have been the end of the story.
No one likes a middle seat.
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Brilliant idea! I once faked Polish when someone wanted to pick me up in Mexico.
fierywoman
Apr 2019
#31
Talking in a made up foreign language will get you kicked off the plane nowadays.
TeamPooka
Apr 2019
#133
Smart after the fact, of course, but I would have suggested that if he wanted to sit
question everything
Apr 2019
#13
I don't think it was rude to ask. I don't think it's rude to say no
California_Republic
Apr 2019
#14
Maybe the wife picked the seat to finally get away from her husband for 4 hours.
TheBlackAdder
Apr 2019
#39
i hate seat switchers. i book early, they didnt, then they come for my seat
Demovictory9
Apr 2019
#15
intl flight. family had sat child about 10 in my seat next to her older bro. parents where no where
Demovictory9
Apr 2019
#21
i really can't fault someone for asking around to see if they can sit next to their spouse.
unblock
Apr 2019
#16
The problem is if they're both in middle seats, neither has a seat that anyone would want in trade.
pnwmom
Apr 2019
#49
Practice saying, "Sorry I have a bad knee. I need to be able to stretch my leg during the flight."
politicaljunkie41910
Apr 2019
#23
It's honestly not your problem. I'm sure married people, even codependent ones can get by
UniteFightBack
Apr 2019
#26
They got them back later and went through a mechanics strike with them in the series too
TeamPooka
Apr 2019
#157
Tell 'em you're coming off a case of explosive diarrhea and need the aisle seat . . .
Journeyman
Apr 2019
#34
it would NOT have been rude for you to say no . as some others said, make up an excuse
JI7
Apr 2019
#45
I really am claustrophobic, and have refused to change seats as well. I have said "no" several
Nay
Apr 2019
#80
imagine if it were some other scenario with assigned seating (that you selected and paid for)
anarch
Apr 2019
#65
You're only feeling irked because you didn't have the cojones to say No at the time !
OnDoutside
Apr 2019
#67
Regardless of whether it was rude to ask, or whether you resent what happened,
bernie59
Apr 2019
#74
Perhaps the wife should have asked the person next to her husband to relocate?
Firestorm49
Apr 2019
#104
I was on a plane one time when an obnoxious guy ran up and complained he was sitting next to a woman
DFW
Apr 2019
#112
While it is always a good thing to be polite, politeness doesn't mean agreeing with the other person
Dankasaurus
Apr 2019
#130
If sitting together was that important, they should have booked in time to choose seats together.
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2019
#139
Flyertalk has over a thousand posts on seat swap horror stories in one thread.
Pope George Ringo II
Apr 2019
#152
Next time, just say you need an aisle seat for personal reasons, sorry... problem solved.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2019
#153
I'm surprised at all the DU members suggesting using fake excuses to say no!
GulfCoast66
Apr 2019
#164
For flights over 90 minutes, never give an aisle for a middle seat.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Apr 2019
#167
Politely decline, plug in the headphones and sip on your low end blended scotch...
Baconator
Apr 2019
#173