United staff 'forced frail grandma, 94, out of 2,800 Business seat into Economy for 16-hour flight

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19. These people don't realize that they, too, will be old and in need of assistance one day.

I would not, however, blame anonymous passengers in the absence of evidence. United most likely just assumed that its regular upper-class passengers would be bothered by a dirty Economy-Class passenger encroaching on their territory and breathing their air.

It is true that the person seated next to the elderly woman might have offered to exchange seats with the daughter, but Economy Class is so miserable these days that it's hard to blame someone on a long flight for not being selfless enough to make such a sacrifice.