Has someone stole your airplane seat?
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Flew back from Thailand via Moscow (BKK-DME 9hours - VKO-LHR 4hours) on Friday to find 2 rather unhappy Russians had taken our seats (2 of us), we mentioned this to the flight crew who were rather confused.
The seats weren't specifically booked and just happened to be the first 2 of the economy class, just behind first class, so had a little more leg room, good tv view etc.
These two people did not want to move! They wouldn't get their tickets out either and kicked up a bit of a stink about it.
Long story short we got our seats back, two pissed off Russians moved, right to the back for that matter.
It was a 9 hour flight, they were good seats.
Has this happened to you? How did you react? How did the person react?
It's not this worst thing in the world, just seemed a little odd, trains sure, planes, not so much.
The seats weren't specifically booked and just happened to be the first 2 of the economy class, just behind first class, so had a little more leg room, good tv view etc.
These two people did not want to move! They wouldn't get their tickets out either and kicked up a bit of a stink about it.
Long story short we got our seats back, two pissed off Russians moved, right to the back for that matter.
It was a 9 hour flight, they were good seats.
Has this happened to you? How did you react? How did the person react?
It's not this worst thing in the world, just seemed a little odd, trains sure, planes, not so much.
I think he means they weren't pre-booked online when sorting out the flights. Just what was assigned when he checked in.
My guess anyway.
I'm always amazed when people plonk themselves down wherever they feel like it and are then surprised they're asked to move when the correct person shows up. Then again I'm surprised how people are when going through the whole 'air travel' process. Haven't got documents out at check in, haven't got documents out when going through immigration, completely surprised at security that they have to take belts off, take laptop out etc.., get to the gate and the boarding pass and passport is at the bottom of their handbag, get to the plane and the boarding stub is at the bottom of their handbag or back in a pocket but they don't know which one.
I live in Dubai so everyone, pretty much, has traveled by plane to get here in the first place. Always surprises me how unprepared are.
My guess anyway.
I'm always amazed when people plonk themselves down wherever they feel like it and are then surprised they're asked to move when the correct person shows up. Then again I'm surprised how people are when going through the whole 'air travel' process. Haven't got documents out at check in, haven't got documents out when going through immigration, completely surprised at security that they have to take belts off, take laptop out etc.., get to the gate and the boarding pass and passport is at the bottom of their handbag, get to the plane and the boarding stub is at the bottom of their handbag or back in a pocket but they don't know which one.
I live in Dubai so everyone, pretty much, has traveled by plane to get here in the first place. Always surprises me how unprepared are.
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I'm always amazed when people plonk themselves down wherever they feel like it and are then surprised they're asked to move when the correct person shows up.
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I find it happens a fair bit on trains - at least it seems to happen every time I am on a train with reserved seating.
It happened to me once, got to my seat to find someone sat in it who was with a group of friends. They hadnt managed to get all of their seats together and one of them would've been sat away from the rest.
I let her keep my seat and I took her seat. First World problems and all that.
I'm always amazed when people plonk themselves down wherever they feel like it and are then surprised they're asked to move when the correct person shows up.
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I find it happens a fair bit on trains - at least it seems to happen every time I am on a train with reserved seating.
It happened to me once, got to my seat to find someone sat in it who was with a group of friends. They hadnt managed to get all of their seats together and one of them would've been sat away from the rest.
I let her keep my seat and I took her seat. First World problems and all that.
I got an overnight train in Thailand once, when I got to my allocated seat there was some bloke sitting there which pissed me off a bit. The guard came along, and after a few minutes confusion we discovered my ticket was for the next day.
Bit of a communication problem at the ticket office I think, but they found me a place in the end (for a small consideration, obvs)
I think that was the same journey where the last 3 or 4 carriages became detached while we were travelling and we had to reverse back down the line for about 10 mins to go and re-attach!
Bit of a communication problem at the ticket office I think, but they found me a place in the end (for a small consideration, obvs)
I think that was the same journey where the last 3 or 4 carriages became detached while we were travelling and we had to reverse back down the line for about 10 mins to go and re-attach!
Asterix said:
I'm always amazed when people plonk themselves down wherever they feel like it and are then surprised they're asked to move when the correct person shows up.
Happens quite a lot.Boarded plane at CDG and found an American woman sitting in the seat already.
Following a rather strident and vocal exchange on her part she eventually admitted that really she had the centre seat but that she "always" had to have a window seat.
Japanese woman arrives looking for her centre seat. This is now too much for the American pax who more or less told her to f*** **f. "God there are so many Japanese on this flight" she remarked.
Quite normal, I replied, these flights to Kansai are nearly always full.
CC returned with Japanese woman and asked to see boarding card and got a similar tirade.
CC observed (with the tiniest of smiles) "While I realise that your flight for Newark left 5 minutes ago, boarding another one to Osaka is not allowed".
As already mentioned I think that OP means that the seats weren't requested upon booking or check but were the seats allocated by the Airline. I've experienced this problem on reserved seating on Trains as people seem to totally ignore the reserved slips on the seats.
On flights though as I understand it , it's a little more important that you sit in your allocated seats for the manifest to be correct. Although I was on a long haul flight last year that was half empty so I moved to the row in front and had 3seats to myself, got a good couple of hours sleep
On flights though as I understand it , it's a little more important that you sit in your allocated seats for the manifest to be correct. Although I was on a long haul flight last year that was half empty so I moved to the row in front and had 3seats to myself, got a good couple of hours sleep
On a flight back from Atlanta I arrived at my seat to find a huge man in it, sat next to his large wife. He indicated to me (in broken English) that his seat was one in front but that his wife was behind. Not wanting to stand in the way of true love, I just moved into the seat in front. A seat's a seat, eh?
My friend was laughing from a few rows away, until a very pleasant Cornish girl came and sat down beside me. It became apparent that (although I'm Devonian) I had lived quite near where she did so we chatted for a while, after I'd comforted her through her fear of taking off!
To top it off, I reported the headphone jack wasn't working, just for their benefit as I was using an iPod, and I was presented a hoofing great bottle of Champers on landing for my trouble!
My friend was laughing from a few rows away, until a very pleasant Cornish girl came and sat down beside me. It became apparent that (although I'm Devonian) I had lived quite near where she did so we chatted for a while, after I'd comforted her through her fear of taking off!
To top it off, I reported the headphone jack wasn't working, just for their benefit as I was using an iPod, and I was presented a hoofing great bottle of Champers on landing for my trouble!
4 of us used to have the joy of getting the early Monday Eurostar from Ebbsfleet each week. we'd pre-book a group of 4. We would find regularly that someone had spied empty seats on the way out of London and just moved to it and got all settled in. It always surprised me how arsey people would get when asked to move.
I had a seat facing the bulkhead on an Aeroflot flight back from Moscow once, right infront of the movie screen, room to stretch out etc.
I got asked if I wouldn't mind switching with a lady who came on with a baby... course not... ended up sat in the middle of a pissed up Engligh girls hockey team, great British Bulldogs the lot of them, and very loud, thankfully they mostly ignored me while I hid behind my book!!
I got asked if I wouldn't mind switching with a lady who came on with a baby... course not... ended up sat in the middle of a pissed up Engligh girls hockey team, great British Bulldogs the lot of them, and very loud, thankfully they mostly ignored me while I hid behind my book!!
A very large Italian gentleman was in my allocated (window ffs!) Seat on a return flight from sicily. 3 seat row, he'd left the middle space empty between him and his wife.
I asked him to move which he did, and sat next to his wife. I'm not sure why exactly he wanted a stranger to sit between them.. as I say, he wasn't small, so couldn't get the arm rest down. or fit entirely on his own seat. We became cosy.
I got pissed off, and resorted to full thrust farting. No concern given for volume or content. By the end of the flight he was crushing his missus instead, and I had a sore ring.
I asked him to move which he did, and sat next to his wife. I'm not sure why exactly he wanted a stranger to sit between them.. as I say, he wasn't small, so couldn't get the arm rest down. or fit entirely on his own seat. We became cosy.
I got pissed off, and resorted to full thrust farting. No concern given for volume or content. By the end of the flight he was crushing his missus instead, and I had a sore ring.
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