DON'T book seats next to your travel partner🚫

Have you ever tried this? We've been doing this since our first flight together in 2015 and we've probably had the row to ourselves 80-90% of the time🙌

[praveendwivedi]

Worst case scenario, the guy refuses to change the seats and you learn your lesson that YouTubers may not be giving you smart ideas all the time.

[Loveonlydrivesouthate]

Don’t get mad when the stranger refuses.

[Marietta]

Flights are all overbooked. You definitely will have a person in the third seat. Prepare to negotiate.

[Orbonautic]

As an ex flight attendant, please don't do this. It's all fun and games until the flight is full and the other person doesn't want to trade places. There's also nothing we can do in those cases since the person is in their assigned seat.

[chinaberg]

Not guaranteed that the stranger wants to change seats.

[briennabradley]

Firm reminder!: you are never obligated to give up your seat for anyone. You paid and picked your seat and if someone else has poor planning it dosen't make an emergency for you. Don't feel guilty.

[Kittycupz]

I've been the stranger... But the guys didn't offer to switch. So I had to just sit in between two guys talking to each other all flight😒

[howardwayne]

you're assuming the person in the middle wants to switch. just book next to each other. in either case someone is going to be sitting next to a stranger.

[dropofsun]

I was seated in the middle of a couple who tried this and wanted to force me to sit by the window, which I hate because I sometimes need to use the restroom more than usual and a window seat means climbing over/inconveniencing two people instead of just 1 or 0 . I told them to either give me the aisle or let me sit in my assigned seat. They kept arguing with me and finally gave me the aisle.

[Crazt]

"Did you buy seats hoping the flight wouldn't be full and the middle would be open?
"Yes..."
"Well, now all of us will suffer."

[albratgaming]

Always book the seats you want.
Never book separate seats unless you want to be sat separate.
Actually had the Airline enforce seating assignments on a EasyJet flight. They made us move to assigned seats for "manifest safety reasons".

[b_to_the_b]

That’s the quickest way to cause an issue for yourself

[misscheif]

Casual manipulation of strangers is a red flag for me

[MariaMaria]

Nahh. If there’s 2 of you, book early and grab 2 aisle seats across from each other. That way you’re close enough to chat, share snacks etc but also have more space and it’s easier to get up and about if needed ✌🏼 ✈️

[pa-jama]

I think every flight i’ve been on so far has been full/near full. Just buy the seats next to each other

[pain]

“Your poor planning does not constitute an emergency for me”
-Stewie Griffin

[EleanoraDzen]

Literally reading Reddit stories on Karens flipping out when this dosent work

[jazzjazzy]

Don’t do this, it’ll go down as the most uncomfortable plane ride of your life…

[schprinklerrr]

life hack: if you want extra space on a flight don't book economy

[carlena]

We do this but don't ask the person in the middle to switch if the seat is filled. We just ignore each other for the duration of the flight so the person in the middle doesn't feel awkward. You don't often get uninterrupted time alone to just do what you want and not have to speak to anyone so it's a treat 😅