I once got to my seat where a heavily pregnant woman sat in the middle with her kid sitting on my paid window seat. I stood there patiently till she made the kid move. In the end I had to ask her also to get up so that I could take my seat. She first expected me to climb over her pregnant belly and kept sitting. Maybe she assumed if she sat long enough I would tire out and take the aisle. I just kept standing. She finally got up when an attendant intervened and asked me to take my seat and I replied saying "I'm just waiting for this family to move so that I can sit" and I pointed to the window. The lady finally got up to let me in.

Don't you also need to be in your assigned seat in case something happens and they know who is sitting there? Also, people are idiotic entitled a******s.

I hate this. I had to deal with seat stealers the last 3 flights I took! Airlines need to step up and deal with this. They could prevent it by having people who have purchased seats board first. Put a green S on our tickets for seat purchase or something. DO SOMETHING already. I paid $30 on one airline to reserve a seat. It is not cheap anymore. I purchased my seat due to having a health issue. Some old woman was in it and pretending to be asleep. I was glared at for trying to wake her up and then getting a attendant to deal with her. Then the would woman acted like she was dying when she had to move. Moaning and what not. Never even offered to pay for my $30 seat. I have an invisible disability and I need to sit in a certain seat due to that. The attendant told me to just leave it. I had to explain all of my chronic health issues to her. My PRIVATE business before she would do anything.

Absolutely NTA. The child's dad is a major a*****e for expecting people to just give up their seat because their precious child wants it without even asking first. When I fly long distance, I make sure to choose a seat in advance even if it's a little extra. And if someone comes along and expects me to give it up, especially for a selfish reason, sorry but it's a firm no.

Sell it to hm for cash in your pocket.

New Rule : If you pay (and especially if you paid extra) for the seat, it's your seat. Period. You are NEVER the AH for keeping the seat you paid for.

NTA. Maybe offering to sell him the seat at a premium would get him to shut up?

What I don’t see as part of this conversation is the REASON airlines assign seats. TRIGGER WARNING! GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS FOLLOW!!!! The reason seats are assigned, and those assignments should be strictly adhered to, is because they’re all the airlines have to identify whatever may be left of your body if the plane crashes (bombs or other mid-air explosions that are very strong would render everyone to pink mist, so won’t apply). Since crash protocol calls for securing yourself in your seat, chances are small that you would not “land” still belted in, and matching the seat number to the manifest is often the only way they can send the correct remains for your family to bury. On the flip side, if you switched seats, didn’t get the flight attendants to adjust the manifest, and you survived but the person you switched with didn’t, plus you were unconscious and didn’t have your ID in your pockets, just imagine the phone call your family would get—-by mistake. So yeah. Stay in your OWN assigned seat. FFS. (Sorry for being so graphic. Used to work for TSA, and believe me, this same stuff would be brought up in conversation at work after every major plane crash anywhere in the world made the news.)

Almost all airlines charge extra for window and aisle seats! If they want their kid to sit by the window the could have paid extra and reserved that seat for her!

You did the right thing. The father could have moved to the aisle seat gave the daughter his seat and she would have still been able to see out the window.

NTA. My mother literally calls me window seat bc I won't give it up and always get the window seat somehow. The one time she got me to switch was when we were in the middle row and she wanted the aisle instead of the center. Joke was on her as there was no one else on the other side so had 2 seats.

What the hell is wrong with all you people? Where do you get off thinking you can take over some else's seat in a plane? Especially since everyone has to purchase their seat in advance, this is not a damn free for all or first come first serve environment for Christ's sakes. Grow the f**k up all you entitled Karens and Kevins!! The answe is NO end of conversation.

If he was adamant he wanted his child to have the window seat, you could have offered to "sell" the seat to him as you'd already paid for it. Then when he refused it's him that looks like the a-hole in front of his child

"she's a child". "Yes, your child, you can switch seats with her. And teach her she can't take things belonging to other people"

Airlines need to do more to put a stop to these entitled people. Your chosen and paid-for seat is yours alone.

I haven't flown in awhile and I just had a conversation with a friend who flies quite a lot, and apparently there are now 4 tiers of economy seating with my local international airline, starting with only 1 carryon and no assigned seating, 1 carryon and 1 checked and no assigned seating, 2 checked luggage and you can pick your seat, and finally 2 checked luggage, you pick your seat and you get premium economy seat (whatever that is, maybe extra legroom?). There is no way I can travel 10+ hours overseas on a single carryon bag and I definitely want to pick my seat. I generally choose a seat in the rear of the plane because it's usually quieter. The last time I took that flight the seat was uncomfortable, I'm short but it was still a bit cramped, I sat on a pillow and blanket the whole way, and now they've done away with pillows and blankets on that airline. I now dread traveling by plane where I used to enjoy it.

The gall of anyone taking other peoples paid seat should be kicked off the flight. It's beyond reprehensible. Biggest POS s**t the both of them.

I'm sick and tired of this "entitlement mentality" people have.

Stop stealing from Reddit for stories and leave AITA stories off BP, please. This is not something to cheer us up.

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I would’ve just moved, not cry.