Stealing a Business/First class seat

[dbaker]

Ex-Governor Runs for Empty Seat

So there he was, flying home Sept. 21 on United Flight 1227 from Washington -- where he had just received White House briefings on national security matters -- to California. Just as the plane was getting underway, Wilson moved himself up from the cheap seats to the back of the business class section, settling in an empty row in the half-empty Boeing 777. . .

Anyone here seen it happen or done it themselves?

I've had a few people sit next to me in first class when I was pretty sure that they stole the seat.

[dbaker]

Ex-Governor Runs for Empty Seat

So there he was, flying home Sept. 21 on United Flight 1227 from Washington -- where he had just received White House briefings on national security matters -- to California. Just as the plane was getting underway, Wilson moved himself up from the cheap seats to the back of the business class section, settling in an empty row in the half-empty Boeing 777. . .

Anyone here seen it happen or done it themselves?

I've had a few people sit next to me in first class when I was pretty sure that they stole the seat.

[tycoonjack]

There are always those questionable people that sit next to you sometimes, and you just have to wonder, how did you get here? But then I think that I myself don’t look like I belong in first class, I’m not some old business man going to Kuala Lumpur. So I let them slide. It’s victimless crime ones you get off the ground, because the airline sure isn’t going to sell the seat once the cabin door has closed.

[tycoonjack]

There are always those questionable people that sit next to you sometimes, and you just have to wonder, how did you get here? But then I think that I myself don’t look like I belong in first class, I’m not some old business man going to Kuala Lumpur. So I let them slide. It’s victimless crime ones you get off the ground, because the airline sure isn’t going to sell the seat once the cabin door has closed.

[dbaker]

I'm generally more suspicious when I'm on a narrowbody two-class aircraft and someone comes from the back to sit next to me, as opposed to from the boarding door.

What the hell, though, I don't really care that much. If the person smelled or something, though, I'd probably report it.

Sure, they're not going to sell the seat, but it's certainly not fair. The airline is a victim if it devalues their First Class or Business Class product.

Daniel

[dbaker]

I'm generally more suspicious when I'm on a narrowbody two-class aircraft and someone comes from the back to sit next to me, as opposed to from the boarding door.

What the hell, though, I don't really care that much. If the person smelled or something, though, I'd probably report it.

Sure, they're not going to sell the seat, but it's certainly not fair. The airline is a victim if it devalues their First Class or Business Class product.

Daniel

[tycoonjack]

I'm guessing that you got to that seat based on an already devalued price, upgraded for example.

[tycoonjack]

I'm guessing that you got to that seat based on an already devalued price, upgraded for example.

[dbaker]

Sometimes upgraded, but certainly not always.

I think that an upgraded seat is very well deserved, in most cases.

[dbaker]

Sometimes upgraded, but certainly not always.

I think that an upgraded seat is very well deserved, in most cases.