Dear airline passengers of ALL future flights,
This post will serve as my open letter to the general public regarding the annoying trend that has presented itself way too many times in recent months, dare I say years- Fighting over seats on the plane. First, let me say I understand that you aren’t necessarily always going to be happy with the seat you end up with, but if you are like many passengers you likely ended up with the seat you have because you either didn’t book far enough in advance, you didn’t check in and pick your seat early enough, you chose to book online via a discount site (they often don’t get first pick by the way), you didn’t want to pay the extra fee for additional leg room or some other similar issue.
If you ended up with a seat you didn’t want and want to change it please do us all a favor and head to the ticket counter and request it mentally accepting ahead of time that you may be stuck with your designated seat anyway. Don’t be the rude passenger that decides you are going to sit in whatever damn seat you choose once you board the plane because this will just cause discomfort for everyone involved- the flight attendants, you, the actual person the seat was assigned to and potentially other passengers. Don’t be that guy!
Should there be a medical condition that is causing you to need a different seat, bring it to the attention of the flight attendants. If it’s that you want to be seated close to your family member and weren’t assigned a seat next to them, again, bring it to the attention of the flight attendants. Let them handle it because they can do so with courtesy and grace. After all of this you still might not get the seat you want and if that is the case, PLEASE- let it go or opt for another flight. Nobody wants to hear you complaining the entire way to the next stop or final destination.
Thank you on behalf of all the other flight passengers.
All the best,
Tammy Levent
CEO, Elite Travel