Would you move seats to allow families sit together on flights?

Generally we travel as a family of 4, usually on a standard flight with 3 seats either side of the aisle we book 3 seats on one side & the aisle seat on the opposite side, so essentially have the 4 of us in a row. Have never been asked to move other than by cabin crew to sit in the emergency exit seats when no one had booked them on a far from full flight as they needed to have someone sat there for regulations, happy days.

We did once however board a plane having pre-booked & paid for the arrangement as outlined above only to be confronted by a mother & daughter sat in the aisle & middle seats on the side where we had the aisle seat booked, I politly advised the mother that she was sat in my seat, she however refused to look me in the face & muttered something about not liking the window seat & to sit in there instead, i politely refused and explained I had booked the seat to be across from the rest of my family, she however said she didn't want to move and she wanted an aisle seat, thankfully at that point one of the cabin crew saw what was developing & asked if everything was okay, I explained the situation and she promptly took control of the situation and advised the 2 ladies that they would need to move across into their assigned seats which they did, with a far amount of huffing & puffing. One they had moved across the cabin crew member looked at me smiled & roller her eyes as if to say she'd been through that a few times. I had to listen to them moan & bitch about me for about half an hour but I didn't care TBH. It was the fact they just took the seat & expected people to accommodate them that irked me, the attitude when I spoke to them just reinforced that & it was never going to work out as expected for them then.

Not my problem. Book early and pay for seat allocation.

I did that on a flight to the USA about ten years ago. I was at the window seat, and the flight attendant asked everyone around except me if they would move, no joy - so I volunteered. For my trouble I was brought a glass of champagne from First Class, and was mysteriously upgraded on the return flight.

Had a slightly similar. Mine was a late flight from Sydney to Singapore. There was a Chinese family with three small kids who needed me to move to allow each child to be beside a parent. Obviously I was going to move, but the Qantas cabin crew handled it really well. I’m 6’4” and had an aisle seat with legroom. The flight was packed so options are limited. Because my response was ‘if course, no problem’, I was assured of a seat with equal comfort. The only available was way up the front in the fancy section.

The downside of course, is that I now know what I’m missing out in flying coach long-haul. Sure, ‘twas nice while it lasted….

People are either unaware or Intentionally ignoring the fact that she had booked seats she just got the letters wrong, if it was me I’d have moved as well given they have small kids and I know how stressful it can be travelling with them, but it’s up to people to react however they want I suppose. A little kindness and understanding can go a long way.

must be amazing to never make a mistake.

If I go into a clothing shop, select and buy 3 French Connection shirts, I expect to go home with the 3 shirts which I chose. That isn’t unreasonable. It’s what I chose and paid for…

if I go book a seat 6A with X Airline, Flight ABC365 Dublin - Copenhagen, I expect to get that flight and sit in the booked seat which I selected and paid for…

people who make mistakes when booking, people who are not used to or familiar with traveling or booking… I am not inclined to care… you make a balls of things, live with it… don’t expect others to compromise their comfort to negate your abject uselessness. Take responsibility for your crapness at life and don’t expect others to be discommoded.

airline too, stop inconveniencing people and rewarding dipshîts.

I'll generally go out of my way to help people - if I can - if they are nice and it is a genuine issue. Manners goes a long way with me.

That’s the thing, there is ZERO complicated about it.

gullible how ?

WTF? She trolled us all...?

We need to find this fello..if he exists at all.

Je suis the "fuc king particular piece of sh it."

Because she's an idiot and a publicity addict. Her comments fake or true were nasty.

Some people need to be in aisle seats for toilet access reasons. They don't want to be climbing over people every half hour to get access to the aisle. You'd think someone who has been through pregnancy and the pressure it puts on the bladder in the later weeks would get that. But then some people only ever consider their own needs and aren't able to even comprehend that others may have particular, personal needs too.

You need to consider that people with out kids might need considerations for a variety of other reasons. It's perfectly reasonable for them to prioritize that over someone else choices.

Also it's not just a regular family. It's a very wealthy family who usually have nanny. They probably weren't travelling in economy.

Which means the person being asked to move probably paid a lot for that specific seat.

I'm all for giving some consideration to families with young kids. But theres a sense of entitlement in this story that doesn't sit well.

That's because it wasn't a problem for you and you didn't get a problem seat. That's not always the case.

Doesn't really change that sometimes people have a valid reason for not moving.

It was a joke!