That rule is cast in concrete. The offered seat must be an upgrade, with space for my carry-on nearby.

On a 12h international flight had a woman ask if I would change my aisle seat for her boyfriend's middle of 5 seat. Uh, nope.

The thing is entitled people will be entitled whether they are parents or not. Yes, Some parents are entitled, but there are plenty of entitled solo travellers - I encounter them all the time. I always pay for seats with my children and we still get shuffled about and separated. I've been called an "entitled parent" by a solo traveller for demanding my original (booked and paid for) seat when the airline moved my two year old somewhere else on the plane for a long haul flight. I did the right thing when booking. I was distraught about my two year old being moved and the women was a straight up b***h. THAT sure as hell wasn't kind. We need to stop blaming parents and start blaming the airline for not honouring seats.

In Germany, workers with kids (who already go to school and thus have fixed holidays) are prioritized over workers who have non when it comes to days off. Since parents are bound to school holidays and closing days and those without kids are not. When it comes to switching shifts then, I think, coworkers should try to help each other out. No matter if they have kids or not.

I think it should be illegal for airlines to separate children from their parents. If a person is under 12 years of age, they should be in the next seat to their adult.

That's horrible with such young children. If course they should not be seated in a row with strangers. All these arguments about having to move for kids when it's so obviously the airline's fault. I'd say any child under 16 shouldn't be seated somewhere without their parents.

Airlines are horrible, and stupid! I got re-booked because of a hurricane (nobody's fault). At the new gate, an attendant announces they are over-booked and a few people will be bumped (makes sense). A few minutes later, a woman (from the other flight) is screaming at the gate attendant. The dumb*as airline was going to bump the last few tickets logged; which included her 3yo and 5yo, but not the parents. Like, WHAT?!?!?! Did they expect two VERY young children to wait by themselves for a connecting flight? OMG! A few other passengers (including myself) volunteered to be bumped instead. They had some no-shows, so we all made it on the plane. Still, that was unbelievable.

hmmm ... I understand, you were offered something as "consolation" and not rhe service that you paid for. I also understand, that family wants to move and not start legal dispute. Where I live they (transport provider) needs to inform You about options, when kids are involved these are evem more strict, but at the end of a long day we just wanna go home, and not to some strange hotel ... although it is good to have some legal knowledge regarding regulations of passenger rights ...

Are we talking about the planning of the seats or them havings kids? 😂

A navy drill instructor pounded the Law of 7 Ps into my head

Not always the parents fault. Sometimes the airlines overbook and switch things around. Not all parents are entitled, some are just desperate to work around the airlines crappy mistakes and policies and keep thier kids safe. There is a reason my family absolutely refuse to fly. We 100 percent pick driving no matter how long the trip is. It might be boring, but at least they are safe form being stuck next to strangers who might do who knows what to them.

They don't ask the people in the not good seats. A couple asked me to switch one time, and I was open to the idea. I asked where the spouse's seat was, and if they had asked the other person. It turned out the seat they wanted me to move to was next to MY husband! What are the chances?!?! I told her to go explain the situation to my husband, and I'm sure HE would switch. She didn't like that idea, because it wouldn't be an upgrade. Lol. I don't care about sitting next to my own spouse. We both just read the whole time, so where we sit is irrelevant. * more info: He got a a worse seat that me because he decided to come along last minute.

Probably people who just switch don't feel the urge to share their stories...

It's because you don't hear those stories. You never hear the stories of the many parents who changed to an inferior seat to be next to thier kid.

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Because the people in the "good" seats are also the seats with the extra leg room, often for the baby basinet or to allow a child to sit safely on the lap of their parent. The free/cheap seats are often not deep enough to allow a child on your lap. Also, people in the free cheap seats often move without complaint because one cattle class seat is pretty much the same as any other.

That was nice of you. I once paid for an in-flight move and let the kid next to me share my headphones, so he could watch too. He was so cute! He shared his M&Ms with me. Interesting note: He was about 10 years old, and his mom didn't ask me to switch seats with her. When she got him seated, she told me her name, that she was sitting a few rows back, and to yell for her if he misbehaved.

Yea but it's Twitter.... I'd take that with such a big grain of salt id die from it. For all we know her "disability" is that she is socially awkward or some other bull**** one. Twitter users love to make themselves stand out and act like their problems are bigger than the rest of us.

That would be my last Southwest flight