Has someone stole your airplane seat?
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I was flying back from Brussels on Sabena, I got to my seat 24B (or whatever) and there was a guy already in it. We compared boarding cards and both had the right flight, date & time and said seat 24B.
It was a full flight so the stewardess got someone else to sit their young child on their lap for the flight so I could get a seat. She also whispered in my ear "You know, Sabena stands for Such A Bad Experience Never Again". It went bust a few months later.
It was a full flight so the stewardess got someone else to sit their young child on their lap for the flight so I could get a seat. She also whispered in my ear "You know, Sabena stands for Such A Bad Experience Never Again". It went bust a few months later.
speedyguy said:
So all that security bullsh!t at the airport alluded to earlier isn't really worth a light then 
Nothing surprises me anymore. Some airports use a common jetway for 2 separate flights. It has a Y junction part way down.
Remember one occasion where the gate to the jetway was marked "Geneva" and "Munich". Where the jetway actually split the monitors showed "Munich" and "Zagreb" cue 100+ pax for Geneva walking round in circles, trying to get on the wrong plane or back into the terminal.
Geneva flight eventually left late and half empty. They should have sheepdogs at CDG
I was on an Easyjet flight recently where an older french couple got on late and had to be split up. I ended up next to the husband. Shortly after take off I wander off for the WC. Came back and the wife was in my seat. She then refused to move! After a polite bit of pidgeon french she eventually shifted. Only to reveal she had been sat on my meal deal. At that point my politeness left me. Properly annoyed me.
That is just rude.
That is just rude.
TheAngryDog said:
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.
And me. I was on one recently and took my assigned seat. Woman opposite says "This seat's not reserved is it?" I looked in the little window above where the scrolling message confirmed it was. "Yes" I said. "Oh, how do you know?" - so I pointed to the scrolling dot matrix above her head saying reserved from St Pancras to wherever. The a geezer across the aisle pipes up "yeah, that's great, it says seat 31 but you can't tell which one that is" I pointed out to him that one can indeed tell by the simple expedient of reading the number attached to each seat. He looked suitably embarrassed.2 months ago I boarded a European carrier for a flight back to Europe, to find someone sitting in my seat. I asked if he was sure he was in the right seat, he got out his boarding card and right enough he had the same seat number as me. It turns out when he checked in, staff gave him MY boarding pass (I printed mine out prior), even though he had a different name
I asked the cabin crew to sort the issue, they simply moved him to the row in front. Talk of lack of security!
I complained to the airline afterwards, to only receive a basic response of "We are sorry, we have notified the appropriate airport team to your concern"
I asked the cabin crew to sort the issue, they simply moved him to the row in front. Talk of lack of security!
I complained to the airline afterwards, to only receive a basic response of "We are sorry, we have notified the appropriate airport team to your concern"
speedyguy said:
Le TVR said:
Happens quite a lot.
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".
So all that security bullsh!t at the airport alluded to earlier isn't really worth a light then 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".
I fly a lot through business and find that certain cultures are far worse and get the right strop when things don't go their way.
Middle East princess syndrome can be quite wearing on certain airlines but does make me laugh when I'm watching it from afar.
However one of the best bit of luck I had a long time ago was moving so a family could sit together (even though they were clearly booked into seats all over the place) and being sat next to a delightful Japanese girl. I was young free and single at the time and the following two weeks were just about the dirtiest two weeks I've ever had.
Middle East princess syndrome can be quite wearing on certain airlines but does make me laugh when I'm watching it from afar.
However one of the best bit of luck I had a long time ago was moving so a family could sit together (even though they were clearly booked into seats all over the place) and being sat next to a delightful Japanese girl. I was young free and single at the time and the following two weeks were just about the dirtiest two weeks I've ever had.
Laurel Green said:
Am I the only one clicking on this thread expecting to see a photo of a chaved-up Corsa with the drivers seat replaced with an 'airplane' seat?
No - and I've been watching a row of airline seats the seller claims are from a 747 on eBay recently, I haven't bid cos I don't really have a use for them.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. 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.
Both being quite tall we tend to try and book the overwing exit row seats for a bit of extra leg room. Had one flight were someone had beaten us to it so we booked the row in front. Got on the plane to find it was a woman with 2 youngish kids who'd booked that row, despite the checkin info clearly saying you're not allowed kids on those rows. As the cabin crew were explaining to the woman they couldn't sit there this my Mrs was straight in with an offer to swap seats 
I have this thing with planes, I'll put my bag into the locker opposite my seat, because it's easier to get to without having to reach around above you while half standing when the doors open, so I can get off the plane quicker.
This didnt go down well with someone on a flight recently while boarding, the guy flipped out that he had nowhere to put his bag above his seat so decided to move everyone elses bags out so he could put his in. There was a space in the locker above my seat he could have used, but I think he just had tunnel vision of where his bag was going and that was that.
The problem was that he put his bag where he wanted it, but unloaded a few other people's bags into the aisle and left them, then the cabin crew turned up and moved him somewhere else promptly, leaving his bag where it was and packing everyone else's away again. He came back just after takeoff when the seatbelt signs had gone off, tutting and swearing that there wasnt enough room for anyone and they shouldnt have booked so many people onto the flight.
I can kind of see his point, but the thing with getting on a plane is that it's just something you have to bear with for a while and get past it in your head, people are too close to each other and things can get a bit tetchy at the best of times.
This didnt go down well with someone on a flight recently while boarding, the guy flipped out that he had nowhere to put his bag above his seat so decided to move everyone elses bags out so he could put his in. There was a space in the locker above my seat he could have used, but I think he just had tunnel vision of where his bag was going and that was that.
The problem was that he put his bag where he wanted it, but unloaded a few other people's bags into the aisle and left them, then the cabin crew turned up and moved him somewhere else promptly, leaving his bag where it was and packing everyone else's away again. He came back just after takeoff when the seatbelt signs had gone off, tutting and swearing that there wasnt enough room for anyone and they shouldnt have booked so many people onto the flight.
I can kind of see his point, but the thing with getting on a plane is that it's just something you have to bear with for a while and get past it in your head, people are too close to each other and things can get a bit tetchy at the best of times.
andy-xr said:
I have this thing with planes, I'll put my bag into the locker opposite my seat, because it's easier to get to without having to reach around above you while half standing when the doors open, so I can get off the plane quicker.
This didnt go down well with someone on a flight recently while boarding, the guy flipped out that he had nowhere to put his bag above his seat so decided to move everyone elses bags out so he could put his in. There was a space in the locker above my seat he could have used, but I think he just had tunnel vision of where his bag was going and that was that.
The problem was that he put his bag where he wanted it, but unloaded a few other people's bags into the aisle and left them, then the cabin crew turned up and moved him somewhere else promptly, leaving his bag where it was and packing everyone else's away again. He came back just after takeoff when the seatbelt signs had gone off, tutting and swearing that there wasnt enough room for anyone and they shouldnt have booked so many people onto the flight.
I can kind of see his point, but the thing with getting on a plane is that it's just something you have to bear with for a while and get past it in your head, people are too close to each other and things can get a bit tetchy at the best of times.
It's a big issue on budget airlines. Because they charge for checking a bag into the hold, EVERYONE just takes all their luggage as hand-luggage. This then means that there is invariably more luggage than the over-head lockers can take - certainly no way everyone can have their bags stowed near them. I've often seen luggage taken off of the aircraft and put in the hold.This didnt go down well with someone on a flight recently while boarding, the guy flipped out that he had nowhere to put his bag above his seat so decided to move everyone elses bags out so he could put his in. There was a space in the locker above my seat he could have used, but I think he just had tunnel vision of where his bag was going and that was that.
The problem was that he put his bag where he wanted it, but unloaded a few other people's bags into the aisle and left them, then the cabin crew turned up and moved him somewhere else promptly, leaving his bag where it was and packing everyone else's away again. He came back just after takeoff when the seatbelt signs had gone off, tutting and swearing that there wasnt enough room for anyone and they shouldnt have booked so many people onto the flight.
I can kind of see his point, but the thing with getting on a plane is that it's just something you have to bear with for a while and get past it in your head, people are too close to each other and things can get a bit tetchy at the best of times.
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