Considering the situation, modern airlines often attempt to overcharge. Are you really planning to travel across the ocean, after all? They overbook, attempt to arrange the most odd seating combinations, and charge for standard-sized bags.
After seeing it posted online, a worried woman wondered if it was prudent to keep her first-class upgrade. She booked a long ticket well in advance, and the airline offered her a free upgrade to first class because she had accrued travel points. A few minutes into the flight, though, a flight attendant approached her and asked whether she would mind having her seat lowered.
Even in first class, flying presents its own set of difficulties.
She wondered if she was the bad guy when a woman refused to give up her seat so a family could sit together.
**AITA for denying a ten-year-old child the opportunity to travel in economy with his family rather than occupying my first-class seat?**
Background information: I (23F) had been planning a trip to San Francisco for more than a year at this point. I had booked my tickets a year in advance.
A month or two prior to the trip, I received a call from the airline advising me that, as a result of my points and membership, they would want to upgrade me to first class.
To say that I was happy with my first-class flight would be an understatement.
I took care to spend as much time as possible in the lounge prior to my departure, and when I arrived, the space was incredibly comfortable for the 13-hour flight.
After the trip has been going on for about an hour, a flight attendant comes up to me and asks if I would be willing to move a 10-year-old youngster from economy to first class so he may sit with his family.
I’ve been informed that the two parents were members who received upgrades without realizing their son wasn’t qualified for one with them. Although they were handed first-class seats, he had to sit in economy.
Acting as though I had to change, the flight attendant began offering me options. These included getting a full refund for the ticket or getting another free upgrade on a different aircraft. Since there were no other first-class seats available and my two parents and I were the only upgraded passengers on the trip, I asked her if there was any chance I could stay in my seat since I honestly felt I was going to be booted out. She answered that it would only make sense for the youngster to take my seat if there was any chance he would be allowed to sit with his family.
Due to my frequent travel with the airline, I was able to secure this upgrade; however, if the child had purchased a ticket and there had been an overbooking in first class, things would have been different. I might have considered about it if the parents had bought their tickets as well, but they hadn’t. The flight attendant was courteous and respectful; she handled the whole scenario with poise. She assured me that everything will work out and accepted my decision with grace and kindness.
The parents were sat far away; I had never seen them before. I was made fun of by an old lady seated behind me for making a child sit by themselves for thirteen hours. I have to take a child on a 13-hour flight by myself, which is terrifying, but it’s not like he was alone because I saw him walk up and down the islands nearly every hour to see his parents.
Because this is supposedly what a loser would do, AITA?
