Is it OK for families to ask fellow passengers to switch seats on a plane? One etiquette expert offers insight on an age-old dilemma.
In March 2023, Lucy Koch was flying back to New York City from Austin, Texas, when the gate agent called her to the podium before boarding.
"One responded with, 'You’re absolutely in your right to not have given up your seat… it’s yours,'" Koch tells TODAY.com"While another said, 'You absolutely gave up your seat... right?' and when I told them I didn’t, the look on her face was judgement enough." "If you’re sitting in a seat and someone with a family comes up to you and says, ‘hey, will you switch?’ — do you switch or not?” Garg says in the clip.
Another added,"Hell no. I paid and planned for my seat. I'm not switching unless you give me something better.", the Transportation Department told U.S. airlines to “do everything that they can” to make sure travelers under age 13 are seated next to an accompanying adult without additional charges.
"I would never book tickets when traveling as a family that I can’t book the seats together for," Bailey says."Paying the extra fee to book my seats is worth it and I don’t think it’s okay to ask another paying customer to move for me or my family."Courtesy Jennifer BaileyLiz Rondeau, a military spouse and mom of three, tells TODAY.
After exhausting two gate agents, Almefty, 38, asked a flight attendant, who told her she would need to ask a fellow passenger to switch seats.
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