Comfort during a long-hour flight is very important, which is why some airlines have a procedure for passengers of unusual sizes, both in terms of height and size. United Airlines, for example, requires the purchase of an additional seat for such people. If after take-off it turns out that there are one or more free seats on board, the company is to refund the customers’ money. However, this approach is not common.
The customer, who decided to buy an extra seat in advance, was surprised when she was approached by another passenger – a mother traveling with a child. The Reddit forum user emphasized that she had been struggling with the extra kilos for years, and she bought a double seat because she did not want to expose passengers who would be sitting next to her to discomfort.
I’m fat, so when I went to visit my brother, I booked an extra seat on the plane to make other travelers feel comfortable. It’s too bad that larger passengers have to pay for extra seats, but I can’t help it
– she wrote.
A plus size passenger bought an extra seat. “The stewardess asked if I could fit in one”
The young woman who approached her demanded that the author of the entry give one seat to her child who did not have a purchased seat. “She told me to squeeze in one seat so that her son could sit in the other,” the passenger described. She was surprised by the young mother’s behavior, but decided to refuse.
This mom told the flight attendant that I was stealing her son’s seat. I then showed her my boarding passes and proved that I had actually paid for the extra seat. The stewardess asked if I could fit in one seat, but I refused, still emphasizing that I had paid for it
– we read later in the entry. Ultimately, the woman still stood her ground, emphasizing that she had paid for the two seats out of her own pocket. The mother had to sit with her 18-month-old son on her lap. “I felt her angry gaze on me all the time and heard her passive-aggressive comments. I felt bad about it because I had the impression that it was difficult for the mother to control the child,” described the plus-size passenger.
Internet users supported the author of the post and pointed out that she should not give up the seat for which she paid from her own pocket. “The woman who paid for 1 seat wanted to use 2 seats. She asked you, the person who paid for 2 seats, to use only 1. So basically she is asking you to pay 4 times more than her just because she has little child,” one commenter noted.
You paid for a seat, you get a seat. If she wanted a place for her son, she should have paid for it
It already sucks that you had to buy an extra seat. But the situation where cabin crew tried to ‘steal’ it from you is outrageous (…) The only acceptable response from cabin crew in such a situation should be to say: ‘I’m sorry, this seat is occupied’
You paid for your seat and this woman tried to steal it. If holding your child on your lap is so difficult, ask him to pay extra for an extra seat as well
– we read in selected entries under the post.
Source: Gazeta
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