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Home  >  Humor • United Airlines  >  "Would you mind moving from business to economy so my wife can sit next to me?"
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"Would you mind moving from business to economy so my wife can sit next to me?"

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 3, 2010 Leave a Comment

I will occasionally run into passengers, almost always families traveling together, who will ask me to move seats so they can be seated next to each other. I think it’s rude to ask, but will generally comply as long as I am exchanging my seat for an equivalent one. Sometimes I will refuse, for example when someone wants me to move to a bulkhead seat in first class or a non-reclining exit row seat, but to keep the peace and be nice, I will genreally comply as long as I am asked nicely.

But I’ve never been asked to downgrade cabins, especially on a 12-hr flight. Check out this account on Flyertalk of a recent incident onboard a FRA-SFO United flight. All I  can say is, wow…what nerve. But it sure makes for some good reading.

If something like that happened to me I would have simply told the guy, "A gentleman gives his wife the better seat," then shook my head as I scooted past him and into my seat. Or better yet, "I’m sure the person next to your wife will be happy to switch with you."

(tip of the hat to Lucky)

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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