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I would. It's a pretty insignificant matter, and it could brighten someone else's day. Yes I would even sit in one of the *le gasp* middle seats or back rows. It's only temporary. The "inconvenience" will end.
People with lap babies get the bulkhead seats by default, the only preference is given to people with younger lap babies (because of the weight limit in the bassinette). I went for years and years only ever flying bulkhead.
And don't forget, people with lap babies paid more for their ticket than anyone else in that cabin (adult, plus 10% of full adult fare plus two sets of fees). I've been quoted five times as much for my lap baby than for my own ticket (yes, I bought a full ticket for them on that flight).
Yeah this was a domestic leg of a flight with no bassinettes involved, though. We'd just come off a long haul international flight though and I had no complaints about my seating or treatment there!
I can't tell if you're trying to be obtuse? Read the rest of my post.
I'd be happy to.
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Originally Posted by likealady
Oh give me a break.
I flew back to the US at the end of my honeymoon (overseas, 10+ hrs) with my husband on a completely different airline, AND the IFE didn't work.
Thank God for iPads.
Cry me a river if a family can't stand to sit apart for 3 hrs. Most people are just watching a movie, reading, or sleeping anyway.
Yep, still says IDGAF if you 'can't stand' to sit apart from your kids.
You still don't understand that a parent doesn't actually want to spend the flight dealing with their small child, it's just that they're the only one obliged to do it, and the one (usually) best qualified to do it (I live in hope that one day the airline will mess up and put my kids next to a lonely preschool teacher who shoos me off to rest while she deals with them). It sucks for everyone, but that child is there and needs to be managed for the duration of the flight and the parent is usually the only one who can't get out of doing it. Or maybe you do understand now and that's why you're trying to backtrack. But why not just backtrack instead of pretending you didn't type what you typed?
Here's how you do it: "oh! When I answered I was only thinking of husbands and wives, I totally forgot about children because they're not on my radar. Of course I switch when the airline makes such a stupid mistake."
Yeah this was a domestic leg of a flight with no bassinettes involved, though. We'd just come off a long haul international flight though and I had no complaints about my seating or treatment there!
I think they do something odd with seat assignments when they do a multi stage trip. Maybe the computer only has one category and once you're in it for the long flight the domestic legs are automatic. I didn't even realise we were in the posh United seats on domestic legs until we aged out of the lap baby phase. Talk about a rude shock! Although liftable armrests are very nice.
Yep, still says IDGAF if you 'can't stand' to sit apart from your kids.
You still don't understand that a parent doesn't actually want to spend the flight dealing with their small child, it's just that they're the only one obliged to do it, and the one (usually) best qualified to do it (I live in hope that one day the airline will mess up and put my kids next to a lonely preschool teacher who shoos me off to rest while she deals with them). It sucks for everyone, but that child is there and needs to be managed for the duration of the flight and the parent is usually the only one who can't get out of doing it. Or maybe you do understand now and that's why you're trying to backtrack. But why not just backtrack instead of pretending you didn't type what you typed?
Here's how you do it: "oh! When I answered I was only thinking of husbands and wives, I totally forgot about children because they're not on my radar. Of course I switch when the airline makes such a stupid mistake."
Most parents do want to be with their kids, and the post your attacking above clearly is not referring to infants. Your desire to be antagonistic doesn't make that poster have to explain anything to you. My kids have sat separate from us after the ages of 10 or so without an ussue and yet I've seen parents raise a ruckus because they're not with their teenagers.
IDK...I think WildColonialGirl is making some great points.
According to a lot of these responses, perhaps we parents shouldn't even consider requesting another passenger switch so we can sit with our little ones. So rude to even ask!! I'd hate for some poor soul to have to respond "no" to a politely asked question. You all may be on to something...maybe we should just sit quietly and wait for the airline to handle it...after they screwed up our well-planned seating arrangements...
IDK...I think WildColonialGirl is making some great points.
According to a lot of these responses, perhaps we parents shouldn't even consider requesting another passenger switch so we can sit with our little ones. So rude to even ask!! I'd hate for some poor soul to have to respond "no" to a politely asked question. You all may be on to something...maybe we should just sit quietly and wait for the airline to handle it...after they screwed up our well-planned seating arrangements...
Or sit quietly and hope no one suspects we're associated with the screaming dervish up in row 14.
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