Has someone stole your airplane seat?
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littlebasher said:
Not a seat, but this miserable b
d bloke who boarded the plane after everyone else was struggling to find space in the overhead lockers for his stuff. He eventually ended up trying the locker above me (about 5 or 6 rows from where he was sat) and decided to remove my laptop bag / suit jacket in favour of his own luggage!
And then the fight started d
Hope you educated him.
Silver993tt said:
Any airline can change/move your seat allocation no matter what seat selection you have 'booked' or 'reserved'. It's always in the T&Cs. You don't have a leg to stand on.
That's a bit hostile isn't it? 
He's not talking about suing them or having them arrested, he's just upset he didn't get the seat he booked and was called a liar at check in.
el stovey said:
Silver993tt said:
Any airline can change/move your seat allocation no matter what seat selection you have 'booked' or 'reserved'. It's always in the T&Cs. You don't have a leg to stand on.
That's a bit hostile isn't it? He's not talking about suing them or having them arrested, he's just upset he didn't get the seat he booked and was called a liar at check in.
el stovey said:
Silver993tt said:
Any airline can change/move your seat allocation no matter what seat selection you have 'booked' or 'reserved'. It's always in the T&Cs. You don't have a leg to stand on.
That's a bit hostile isn't it? He's not talking about suing them or having them arrested, he's just upset he didn't get the seat he booked and was called a liar at check in.
Gong, your wrong, downloaded my phone account from Talkmtalk showing the time I called them to make the booking.
For what it's worth I sent it to the General Manager to prove that I did call.
Vipers said:
Close, booked a taxi on the 24th for a family evening lunch out on the 27th. No,taxi turned up so I called them, "Nothing in the book sir you couldn't have booked it with us"
Gong, your wrong, downloaded my phone account from Talkmtalk showing the time I called them to make the booking.
For what it's worth I sent it to the General Manager to prove that I did call.
Did you get the taxi?Gong, your wrong, downloaded my phone account from Talkmtalk showing the time I called them to make the booking.
For what it's worth I sent it to the General Manager to prove that I did call.
Vipers said:
Close, booked a taxi on the 24th for a family evening lunch out on the 27th. No,taxi turned up so I called them, "Nothing in the book sir you couldn't have booked it with us"
Gong, your wrong, downloaded my phone account from Talkmtalk showing the time I called them to make the booking.
For what it's worth I sent it to the General Manager to prove that I did call.
That sure showed them.Gong, your wrong, downloaded my phone account from Talkmtalk showing the time I called them to make the booking.
For what it's worth I sent it to the General Manager to prove that I did call.
I boarded a 'plane to Italy earlier this year.
Someone was sitting in my seat 3A. He was in the wrong seat - he should be in 4A.
No problem, I offered to swap.
More people board.
Someone else has 4A too.
More people found they can't sit where they are expecting.
Lots of loud arguing in Italian accompanied by outlandish gesticulating and petulant posturing.
All very impressive but I was not moving.
My secret weapon was that, being half Mediterranean, Southern European emotional displays are part of my heritage - and so are water off a duck's back to me.
My British reserve, however, is like kryptonite to the natives when tempers flare in hotter climes.
Someone was sitting in my seat 3A. He was in the wrong seat - he should be in 4A.
No problem, I offered to swap.
More people board.
Someone else has 4A too.
More people found they can't sit where they are expecting.
Lots of loud arguing in Italian accompanied by outlandish gesticulating and petulant posturing.
All very impressive but I was not moving.
My secret weapon was that, being half Mediterranean, Southern European emotional displays are part of my heritage - and so are water off a duck's back to me.
My British reserve, however, is like kryptonite to the natives when tempers flare in hotter climes.
AstonZagato said:
I boarded a 'plane to Italy earlier this year.
Someone was sitting in my seat 3A. He was in the wrong seat - he should be in 4A.
No problem, I offered to swap.
More people board.
Someone else has 4A too.
More people found they can't sit where they are expecting.
Lots of loud arguing in Italian accompanied by outlandish gesticulating and petulant posturing.
All very impressive but I was not moving.
My secret weapon was that, being half Mediterranean, Southern European emotional displays are part of my heritage - and so are water off a duck's back to me.
My British reserve, however, is like kryptonite to the natives when tempers flare in hotter climes.
Golden rule I've found on South American buses: no matter how empty the bus is, if someone's in your assigned seat turf them out. I found this out to my cost on a Peruvian bus whereby my initial kindness led to hours of being bounced around from seat to seat as more people boarded the various stops!Someone was sitting in my seat 3A. He was in the wrong seat - he should be in 4A.
No problem, I offered to swap.
More people board.
Someone else has 4A too.
More people found they can't sit where they are expecting.
Lots of loud arguing in Italian accompanied by outlandish gesticulating and petulant posturing.
All very impressive but I was not moving.
My secret weapon was that, being half Mediterranean, Southern European emotional displays are part of my heritage - and so are water off a duck's back to me.
My British reserve, however, is like kryptonite to the natives when tempers flare in hotter climes.
kapiteinlangzaam said:
Also, your repsonse of 'dont have a leg to stand on' would tend to suggest you think I was demanding some sort of recompense.....
No, that's your supposition. You were moved and that was within the rights of the airline. You got angry about it, that's all and when someone points out that you have no right to a seat you reserved you get even more angry. It's just a seat on a bus, live with it.Silver993tt said:
kapiteinlangzaam said:
Also, your repsonse of 'dont have a leg to stand on' would tend to suggest you think I was demanding some sort of recompense.....
No, that's your supposition. You were moved and that was within the rights of the airline. You got angry about it, that's all and when someone points out that you have no right to a seat you reserved you get even more angry. It's just a seat on a bus, live with it.Everyone knows they're not legally entitled to get that seat when they get on the aircraft. What's the point in posting that posters should just live with it. Then nobody will share their experiences, which is what this thread and the forum generally us about.
On the matter of finding yourself on the wrong flight, the nearest I came to this was a rush visit to Pontevedra in Galicia NW Spain. Airport was Santiago de Compostela. It was before e-tickets so a case of rush home, pack , grab work kit and off to Heathrow, pick up tickets at desk. All very tight timing.
Thankfully on the way to the check in desk looked at the itinerary, woah stop. Muppets at work had just said Santiago, and was nearly off to Chile. Presumably could have got off at Madrid and sorted things from there?
Thankfully on the way to the check in desk looked at the itinerary, woah stop. Muppets at work had just said Santiago, and was nearly off to Chile. Presumably could have got off at Madrid and sorted things from there?
That would have been a...fun diversion.
Crazy French bloke I met in Cambodia managed to get on the wrong flight during a transit in Beijing... Ended up in Guangzhou and impressively it wasn't until he left the airport and tried to get a bus to town that he realised he wasn't in Cambodia
Crazy French bloke I met in Cambodia managed to get on the wrong flight during a transit in Beijing... Ended up in Guangzhou and impressively it wasn't until he left the airport and tried to get a bus to town that he realised he wasn't in Cambodia
Flights from ABZ to AMS and CDG leave within five minutes of each other and board through the same gate, I fly this route regularly.
Several times now people who were supposed to be on the Paris flight have been on the Amsterdam flight and had to get off when they realised, I guess they find out when there is someone in 'their seat'
Personally I have never found anyone in my seat, but once on a holiday charter did sit a row ahead of where I was supposed to be, oh the embarrassment.
Several times now people who were supposed to be on the Paris flight have been on the Amsterdam flight and had to get off when they realised, I guess they find out when there is someone in 'their seat'
Personally I have never found anyone in my seat, but once on a holiday charter did sit a row ahead of where I was supposed to be, oh the embarrassment.
FiF said:
On the matter of finding yourself on the wrong flight, the nearest I came to this was a rush visit to Pontevedra in Galicia NW Spain. Airport was Santiago de Compostela. It was before e-tickets so a case of rush home, pack , grab work kit and off to Heathrow, pick up tickets at desk. All very tight timing.
Thankfully on the way to the check in desk looked at the itinerary, woah stop. Muppets at work had just said Santiago, and was nearly off to Chile. Presumably could have got off at Madrid and sorted things from there?
I would have played dumb and enjoyed a nice holiday in Chile!Thankfully on the way to the check in desk looked at the itinerary, woah stop. Muppets at work had just said Santiago, and was nearly off to Chile. Presumably could have got off at Madrid and sorted things from there?
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