“Excuse me, ma’am. I think those are our seats.”
She immediately scoffed and said she’d ALSO paid for the window seat.
A flight attendant checked our boarding passes, sighed, and said:
“I’m so sorry, ma’am. The aircraft was changed this morning. Some passengers were automatically reassigned, and there was a mistake. This seat was accidentally assigned to two passengers.”
I explained that it was very important for Emma to have a window seat.
The flight attendant turned to the woman and politely asked if she’d be willing to move to an available seat a few rows behind us.
The woman frowned and said:
“I PAID for a window seat, and I’m NOT moving. THAT’S NOT MY PROBLEM.”
I stared at her and said:
“Ma’am, please. I paid for a window seat too, and it’s important for my daughter.”
She replied:
“Why should I move? I’m ALREADY settled.”
I didn’t want to make a scene in front of my daughter, so we walked away.
We took the available seats that weren’t by a window, and I silently prayed Emma wouldn’t have a meltdown during the five-hour flight.
