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A passenger on a recent flight attempted to switch seats with three different people three times, raising the question: How many seat-change requests on one flight are excessive?
On the r/unitedairlines subreddit, a user shared a recent flight where he had to change seats multiple times and had little ability to decline requests — until things reached a breaking point.
“I was going to visit my family in San Juan… and I chose a first class window seat on the left side of the plane so I could see my grandma's house [during] landing,” wrote Reddit user and flight passenger “u/makeurownsandwich.”
“When I got to my seat, there was a very old lady sitting on the aisle and another lady on the aisle opposite,” he said. “The young lady said, 'This is my mother. She has dementia and can't even feed herself. Can we switch so I can take care of her on the flight?'
The passenger immediately moved to another seat.
A passenger on board a plane (not shown) was offered a seat change several times during one trip. (iStock)
Soon two more women came up and asked him to move again. They asked the passenger to take an aisle seat so that the two women could sit next to each other.
“I was furious at the time, but since I had just taken the new aisle seat, I just told them, 'Whatever you say,' and moved on,” the passenger added.
Then, the Reddit poster continued, “when a THIRD person came up to me with a 'hey, um' offer, I immediately said 'I've already changed twice. You can talk to someone else about this.'”
The passenger acknowledged that he or she could have refused the seat change each time, but stated that it was out of a desire to show compassion and a willingness to help others in similar situations.
A passenger on a recent flight was asked to switch seats three times during one flight. Other social media users have joined the conversation about the travel problem. (iStock)
“I understand that I agreed to move for these people, but I am so upset that I paid for this particular window seat and I basically had a choice: help the woman with dementia and still enjoy the view, or move and take the aisle seat next to the toilet,” the passenger said.
Other Reddit users also joined the discussion, sharing their opinions on the controversial transfer situation.
“Don't let other people's problems become your problems,” one user commented. “Sit in your seat. If people need amenity, they can ask the flight attendants.”
The original user responded, in part, with the following: “Empathy comes from the person doing the moving, sure – but what about showing empathy or gratitude in return when you ask someone to move and they do?”
Two women asked the same passenger to switch seats so they could spend the rest of the flight together. (iStock)
“They could have moved her to another seat next to her caregiver. They never want to move,” another Reddit user said, referring to
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