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2006-02-21 9:21 AM

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Master
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Subject: Would you have swapped seats?
Something got me thinking as I was flying back home. Would you always agree to swap seat with another passenger when asked? I said no to a guy simply because I didn't want to. And he let out a "da*n you, b*tch* sigh. Assuming that you are travelling solo, of course, and you are being asked to swap aisle for aisle or window for window. Would you have said "yes" under the following circumstances?


2006-02-21 9:27 AM
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Subject: RE: Would you have swapped seats?
It depends on the situation for me, how close to the front am I? Window? Aisle? and the mood I'm in (read: how tired am I). But if it was a couple with a young child, most likely yes.
2006-02-21 9:28 AM
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2006-02-21 9:29 AM
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Subject: RE: Would you have swapped seats?
I usually agree since it makes no difference when it's a stranger sitting beside me anyways.  Although I do prefer window seat as I can lean against the wall with a pillow and sleep. 
2006-02-21 9:31 AM
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Subject: RE: Would you have swapped seats?
I went with the kid option.  Laurie and I have be given separate seats on a few occasions, but we usually get them changed to be together.  If I remember correctly, we've only not gotten it changed once.  If you're gonna sleep at all, it's not a big deal. If I were alone, having two parents there to keep the kid quiet is worth it to me.
2006-02-21 9:31 AM
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Subject: RE: Would you have swapped seats?

i switch whenever asked unless it means I am stuck in a middle seat.

and I ask all the time if  i am traveling with someone, hell I even ask if I meet someone in the gate are and our covnerstation is a good one!



2006-02-21 9:32 AM
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Subject: RE: Would you have swapped seats?
You guys are so nice. May I am the mean one here... I didn't agree to it because 1. I was settled in, 2. if they really wanted to sit together so badly, they could have asked the guy sitting in the window too (they didn't). Well. Apparently I am thinking too much.

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2006-02-21 9:35 AM
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2006-02-21 10:22 AM
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Subject: RE: Would you have swapped seats?
I'd always switch as long as I'm not getting a middle seat. And if it was for a family I would even switch to a middle seat. It is so hard when we travel with the kids as it is, not sitting together is the worst. There was only one time we weren't able to get our seats together and it was a real pain, otherwise the airlines have been great in getting us all together.
2006-02-21 11:23 AM
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Subject: RE: Would you have swapped seats?
I'd probably change seats for almost anyone who askes politely. Doesn't usually apply though, because I seem to ALWAYS be in the last boarding group.

2006-02-21 12:10 PM
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2006-02-21 12:25 PM
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Subject: RE: Would you have swapped seats?
Oh no, he didn't say it out loud. incidentally, I overheard that he and his travelmate are flying in town to have a meeting with a guy I know. HA!

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2006-02-21 12:40 PM
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Subject: RE: Would you have swapped seats?
I'm not giving up my aisle seat. Unless, of course, there's a 9 year old child sitting directly behind me who plans on kicking the back of my seat throughout the entire non-stop flight San Francisco to NYC.
2006-02-21 1:52 PM
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Subject: RE: Would you have swapped seats?
Comet - 2006-02-21 9:27 AM

It depends on the situation for me, how close to the front am I? Window? Aisle? and the mood I'm in (read: how tired am I). But if it was a couple with a young child, most likely yes.


young child id get off the plane (i had one that screamed a quarter of the flight and kicked my seat for 6 hours. the monther did do sh%t. all she had to say was "im sorry")
2006-02-21 1:59 PM
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Subject: RE: Would you have swapped seats?
As long as I'm not moving next to Jabba the Hut. A man needs his elbow rooma and easy access to the toilet. Plus I don't want Jabba eyeballing my peanuts.

2006-02-21 2:48 PM
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Subject: RE: Would you have swapped seats?
In coach, I'll only swap my aisle seat for (1) another aisle seal or (2) for a window seat in an emergency exit row. In first, I'll swap since I don't mind the window in first.

Bill


2006-02-21 3:08 PM
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ChuckyFinster - 2006-02-21 12:59 PM As long as I'm not moving next to Jabba the Hut. A man needs his elbow rooma and easy access to the toilet. Plus I don't want Jabba eyeballing my peanuts.

Or Sally Struthers...





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2006-02-22 1:34 AM
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Subject: RE: Would you have swapped seats?
I got on the plane going from Toronto to San Francisco (I had an aisle seat) and by the time I got on, there was a family spread out over my seat and across the aisle. When I told them their 9 y.o. was in my seat, they said "Well, we're all together so you can sit in his seat," which of course was the middle one. Grrr. That was so rude, and of course no other seats in the plane I could switch to. Man, that was so rude of them and still irks me to this day. It was my seat, and their fault for not getting assigned seats before the flight so the whole family was in one unit. The only good thing was I was so hungover from the, uh, meeting the night before I slept the whole flight home.
2006-02-22 9:34 AM
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Subject: RE: Would you have swapped seats?
sparky - 2006-02-22 1:34 AM

I got on the plane going from Toronto to San Francisco (I had an aisle seat) and by the time I got on, there was a family spread out over my seat and across the aisle. When I told them their 9 y.o. was in my seat, they said "Well, we're all together so you can sit in his seat," which of course was the middle one. Grrr. That was so rude, and of course no other seats in the plane I could switch to. Man, that was so rude of them and still irks me to this day. It was my seat, and their fault for not getting assigned seats before the flight so the whole family was in one unit. The only good thing was I was so hungover from the, uh, meeting the night before I slept the whole flight home.


So you took the middle seat?!? Wow--you have a lot more self restraint and kindness than I. My reaction would have been along the lines of "not going to happen, Lady. Get your kid out of my seat." Had she not complied, a chat with the flight attendants would have been in order.

Bill
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