No I will not move to another seat!
Bill
(I have long legs and big feet. An aisle seat is much more comfortable on
those smaller planes where the outside wall curves in where your feet go.)
Many times someone who made their reservation "one day ago" will want me to
move to a window seat so they can sit together...
I say "lack of planning on your part does not justify inconvenience on my
part". If you *must* sit together and can't be without each other's company
for 1 hour, then plan ahead and make your reservations in advance (like I
do).
Irwell
The flight attendants can 'order' you to
move to another seat, say if a amother and a small
child need to sit together.
Seat reservations are not guaranteed.
William Black
I've never been asked where I want to sit until after I arrive at the
airport.
--
William Black
"Any number under six"
The answer given by Englishman Richard Peeke when asked by the Duke of
Medina Sidonia how many Spanish sword and buckler men he could beat
single handed with a quarterstaff.
Sancho Panza
> Bill wrote:
> > I make my reservations in advance so I can get the seat I want...
> > (I have long legs and big feet. An aisle seat is much more comfortable on
> > those smaller planes where the outside wall curves in where your feet go.)
>
> > Many times someone who made their reservation "one day ago" will want me to
> > move to a window seat so they can sit together...
>
> > I say "lack of planning on your part does not justify inconvenience on my
> > part". If you *must* sit together and can't be without each other's company
> > for 1 hour, then plan ahead and make your reservations in advance (like I
> > do).
>
> I've never been asked where I want to sit until after I arrive at the
> airport.
If you would like to do so, it could be worthwhile to change
airlines.
DevilsPGD
<willia...@hotmail.co.uk> was claimed to have wrote:
>Bill wrote:
>> I make my reservations in advance so I can get the seat I want...
>> (I have long legs and big feet. An aisle seat is much more comfortable on
>> those smaller planes where the outside wall curves in where your feet go.)
>>
>> Many times someone who made their reservation "one day ago" will want me to
>> move to a window seat so they can sit together...
>>
>> I say "lack of planning on your part does not justify inconvenience on my
>> part". If you *must* sit together and can't be without each other's company
>> for 1 hour, then plan ahead and make your reservations in advance (like I
>> do).
>>
>>
>
>I've never been asked where I want to sit until after I arrive at the
>airport.
You're probably only flying budget/discount airlines, using bad travel
agents, and/or can't figure out online check-in.
If you care where you sit, you can make this choice well in advance of
arrival. If you don't, you're free to show up at the airport and have
your choice of whatever is left at that point.
William Black
> In message <hhdgc1$m0q$3...@news.eternal-september.org> William Black
> <willia...@hotmail.co.uk> was claimed to have wrote:
>
>> Bill wrote:
>>> I make my reservations in advance so I can get the seat I want...
>>> (I have long legs and big feet. An aisle seat is much more comfortable on
>>> those smaller planes where the outside wall curves in where your feet go.)
>>>
>>> Many times someone who made their reservation "one day ago" will want me to
>>> move to a window seat so they can sit together...
>>>
>>> I say "lack of planning on your part does not justify inconvenience on my
>>> part". If you *must* sit together and can't be without each other's company
>>> for 1 hour, then plan ahead and make your reservations in advance (like I
>>> do).
>>>
>>>
>> I've never been asked where I want to sit until after I arrive at the
>> airport.
>
> You're probably only flying budget/discount airlines, using bad travel
> agents, and/or can't figure out online check-in.
I fly with major carriers, usually on long haul flights.
It's almost impossible to buy 'flight only' from a UK travel agent these
days, and yes, I have tried...
I buy my tickets on the net like everyone else. Usually through a
specialist web site.
I use various check-in systems, including on-line, and that's the
point when you get allocated a seat.
The OP said he picks his seat when he books his ticket...
S Viemeister
>
> I fly with major carriers, usually on long haul flights.
>
> It's almost impossible to buy 'flight only' from a UK travel agent these
> days, and yes, I have tried...
>
> I buy my tickets on the net like everyone else. Usually through a
> specialist web site.
>
> I use various check-in systems, including on-line, and that's the
> point when you get allocated a seat.
>
> The OP said he picks his seat when he books his ticket...
>
When I fly between Scotland and the US, I use Continental - they allow
you to select your seat when you book your ticket. When you check in
online, you have the opportunity to change that selection.
Hatunen
It's one thing to turn down a polite request. It's another to be
an asshole about it.
--
************* DAVE HATUNEN (hat...@cox.net) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
Bert Hyman
<willia...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> I use various check-in systems, including on-line, and that's the
> point when you get allocated a seat.
Back when NWA was just about the only way to get out of MSP, I booked
lots of flights on their Web site.
Once the flight was confirmed, seat selection was immediately available,
and could be changed up 'til check in.
Recently, many seats were only available at extra cost, but could still
be selected.
--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN be...@iphouse.com
Kurt Ullman
William Black <willia...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
> The OP said he picks his seat when he books his ticket...
I have always picked seats when booking a ticket. Most of my flying is
on AirTrans or American, but both allow me to book my seat upon
purchasing the tickets.
--
To find that place where the rats don't race
and the phones don't ring at all.
If once, you've slept on an island.
Scott Kirby "If once you've slept on an island"
William Black
> In article <hhdq3g$952$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> William Black <willia...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> The OP said he picks his seat when he books his ticket...
>
> I have always picked seats when booking a ticket. Most of my flying is
> on AirTrans or American, but both allow me to book my seat upon
> purchasing the tickets.
>
It must be a US thing then.
Graham Harrison
"William Black" <willia...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:hhf71v$e5s$2...@news.eternal-september.org...
No, not really.
BA allowed you to pick your set immediately after booking IF you were
travelling in a premium class or held a silver of above Executive Club card.
They have just changed the system and now charge extra for seat assignment
if you want to do it before check in (with exemptions for silver/gold etc
card holders).
In many cases non-US airlines complete the booking/ticketing and then expect
you to go to the manage my booking (or equivalent) section of the website
for seat allocation.
Using a telephone to call the airline sometimes works too.
However, it is true that the whole seat allocation thing is much more an
assumed right in the US than other parts of the world.
kjwkjw
<billnoma...@yahoo.com> wrote:
What a whiny little bitch. If you don't want to move, politely say so
or suggest that they ask the other passenger. How do you know that
they made their reservation "a day ago" and weren't forced into a
standby situation by a connection delay, weather delay, etc., etc.
Bill
> or suggest that they ask the other passenger. How do you know that
> they made their reservation "a day ago" and weren't forced into a
> standby situation by a connection delay, weather delay, etc., etc.
>
I do just say "no". (I'm doing my venting here.)
As to knowing they did not make their reservations in advance, this is a
trend lately with younger people. They don't plan ahead for anything.
Especially financial matters. Then they expect others to bail them out when
they get into trouble. Then my favorite saying comes into play...
"Lack of planning on your part does not justify an emergency on my part!"
Actually I am quite the "giving type" and will bend over backwards to help a
friend in need. But if it is a problem which they could have avoided and I
even advised them in the past on how to avoid the problem, then I feel they
made their bed, they can sleep in it!
Irwell
need. But if it is a problem which they could have avoided and I
> even advised them in the past on how to avoid the problem, then I feel they
> made their bed, they can sleep in it!
Made their bed and lie on it, the assumption
being they will not be able to sleep.
DevilsPGD
I virtually always do. I primarily fly on Westjet in Canada and AA in
the US, using either or both to cross the border and I nearly always
choose a seat when I book.
hls
> Bill wrote:
>> I make my reservations in advance so I can get the seat I want...
>> (I have long legs and big feet. An aisle seat is much more comfortable on
>> those smaller planes where the outside wall curves in where your feet
>> go.)
>>
>> Many times someone who made their reservation "one day ago" will want me
>> to move to a window seat so they can sit together...
>>
>> I say "lack of planning on your part does not justify inconvenience on my
>> part". If you *must* sit together and can't be without each other's
>> company for 1 hour, then plan ahead and make your reservations in advance
>> (like I do).
>>
>>
>
> I've never been asked where I want to sit until after I arrive at the
> airport.
>
> --
> William Black
I routinely request my seating when I make my reservation, usually online,
but
occasionally via travel agents or the airline reservation desk.
Due to a bad back, I have to be able to move around during long flights.
Normally the airline is very helpful in trying to arrange that for me.
But I definitely have refused to move to another seat when requested by a
late ticketing passenger just so that he or she can sit by someone they are
traveling with. I have never been "ordered" to move by airline personnel,
but dont doubt that they have the authority to do so if it is really
necessary.