I call BS. No way that the flight attendant would pick out this one person -- of a couple who are sitting there together -- and pressure that person to move. This is utterly nonsense.

The poll should ask "do you believe that this was a real story" cuz just reading through all these comments, the majority of people believe this is total BS

Hmmmmm, how did the other woman know the OP didn't pay for the ticket herself? And then OP said 'when I told my boyfriend...' bur he was travelling with her and stood up to the flight attendant. This has BS written all over it.

NTA. The entitlement of (some) mothers, eh?' "I have to get my own way 'cuz I birthed a child, which is a rare and speshiullll occurrence". Imagine a plane only filled with mothers and their kids, and this happened ... 😂 Also, they headed back to BUSINESS Class - confusing, admittedly, since Economy was mentioned too? Flight Attendants have no right to bully/shame customers from their booked seats. I'd have complained to the company.

I don’t believe this story for a second

This entire story is a lie and not a good one. They don't go up to a person in first class and ask them to move if they are traveling with somebody. Makes zero sense. Would the kid then have to sit with the boyfriend? Where is the mom? BS

Assuming this is a true story, the flight attendant was at fault: she needs to keep her personal opinons out of the execution of her duties as a flight attendant and those do not include glaring at a customer. Also, the mother asked a question, she was answered and that's that, just move on. It's weird though: if only the child was placed in economy and the mother first class, mother could have offered her first class seat to someone in economy, but apparently she wasn't prepared to do that for her son.

If I or someone else has paid for a first class ticket, then I am damn well going to sit in first class. If it had been a free upgrade then I might have relinquished. However, on any airline I have ever been on the seats are allocated long before you get on the plane and the woman should have known she was separated from her child and done something about it then. Waiting till you get on the plane, knowing full well that you are in a different part of the aircraft to your very young child is just stupid. If anything, she should have been offering her first class ticket to someone in business class so she could sit with her child in business class, with compensation from the airline if it was their mistake.

um ew no lol it's her ticket. The child should stay wherever the parent is at, sorry that's absurd of the parent to expect such accomodation. The kid will grow up thinking it's normal for everyone to go out of their way to make him comfortable. the parent needs to grow tf up & accept both her child & her live in the real world where most kids don't get a vacation, let alone a first class flight.

1 tiny little violin playing the YTA on behalf of the kid. F**k off. Lol. FA already had their s**t in economy and wanted to pass on.

Yes OP, I totally believe that your friends are not hypocritical arsewipes and would totally give up their first ever 1st class seat to a sprog who would, in no way, appreciate the experience

I don't understand why she was the only one being asked. Why didn't the flight attendant make an announcement to first class asking if anyone would switch. Her boyfriend was right beside her and he wasn't asked to switch. I'm betting she was the youngest in first class and they were trying to intimidate her into moving.

If Mom so badly wanted the kid to experience First Class, she could have trundled herself down to Business Class and let the kid have her own First Class seat. There are 8 billion people on this planet, and - this may surprise you - I don't give a flat f*ck about your kid.

They got bumped back to Business or to Economy? Which is it? Because Business is a closer experience to First than it is to Economy. That's the first inconsistency. The second is that the boyfriend both defended her AND was told about it after the fact? Which is it? Beyond the fact that *those* mistakes don't happen in First, especially an international flight. I call bulļśĥït on the whole story.

Why should a 5 yo get such an expensive gift from a stranger if the mother is not willing to pay for her son's first class ticket herself? Why did the FA target OP seeing as she was there with her partner. The mother's problems are her own to deal with. The FA was way out of line.

NTA. If this woman had the nerve to ask another passenger to give up their first class seat, she's also the kind of woman who would have raised holy hell if the airline had messed up her reservation to this extent. She didn't because she knew darn well there was no mix-up. She had bought her son a cheaper seat gambling there might be an empty seat in first class.

I flew when I was 5, my sister was 6. We found a row in the back, and sat on the floor, and had a great time. I remember see the lady's ankles in front of where I had flopped on the floor. Kids don't even sit in their own seats given the choice.

In the remote case that this really happened, OP should dump the YTA friends. Mummy made an error? Then mummy should shut up and not bother others. A 6 year old does not care whatever class. Mummy should do the locigal thing and ask somebody from economy to swap. You need others to solve your (unbelievable) mistske? Then the helpers should better better off, not you.

Completely ridiculous. Never should of asked. Shame on flight attendant for their attitude

If I knew what airline expected this, and treated a customer so in appropriately….I would NOT fly with them. It was very wrong of the flight crew to ask the woman to give up her first class seat. The parent of the kid could have switched out with the kid…split up the time, etc. versus expecting someone else that had paid for this to give it up!!! This use of the child to promote an entitled attitude is even more outrageous. I am glad it wasn’t me….. I would not only have kept the seat my boyfriend paid for….but challenged the woman who was trying to intimidate me into giving it up!!!

The obvious retort to these scammer is, "Why don't you go sit back in economy with you son? I'm sure somebody back there will be happy to switch seas with you! But I am going to stay here in the seat I PAID FOR!"

The mother sounds like one of those initial pos that the world owe her whatever she thinks it's best for her.. She can go and suck an egg, on my account.. I'm also glad the boy friend backed her up. That flight attended should be fired.

Absolutely justified. I don’t care what the woman wanted. Her son, her problem. She could have offered up her first class seat to a passenger next to her son if it was so important.

I think the mother should have given up her seat for her son and allowed him to experience first class She should have humbled herself

If the mom was concerned her 6 yr old was alone she could have given the economy seat adjoining her seat to 1st class and sat with the child in economy .

I would have said, "Why don't you ask everyone else? Why are you targeting me? Younger female, an easier pushover?" The whole thing is bs.

NTA!!! If Mom was so concerned about her child, she would have given up HER seat for her kid!!! Was anyone going to reimburse your boyfriend for that money? What about you? Are you not allowed to enjoy first class your first time? Where does Mom get off in asking for your seat? She should be calling the airline not bothering you. And shame on the flight attendant!!! Hell, just have the child sit in the cockpit, since it was so important for the flight attendant to seat the child in first class.

I find it funny that a number of people claimed the story was false because of the line about the 6 yr old appreciating it more. I desperately want to catch a foul or throwaway ball at a baseball game. I'm an uberfan! But if I even try for a ball nearby a kid (not on, standing next to, pushing, or taking from a kid), I hear disgusted noises or comments behind my back about how the kid deserves it more. You mean the little kid that won't remember the game? The 3 or 4 yr old a player hands a ball? I didn't deserve one at the few games I attended as a little kid. The second that ball is in my hands, it'll have that player's name, the game, and the date on it. Just one. But I can't even stand up at my seat if a kid is nearby w/o hearing how the kid deserves it more. So I would not discount this story for that alone. The other stuff yes. Alright attack me for wanting to take candy from a baby who's never had it than the laughable comments about the *one* line making the story false.

How would anyone know who'd enjoy the seat better? Women need not be gaslighted as being inept to enjoying something less than a boy or any other person would enjoy it. The airline needed a better way to please the boy for their mistake, one way may be to publicly ask if anyone would be willing to move, let it be with no responses, and keep it as civil as possible with the boy and his parent(s). There's compensation as in money or a first-class seat coupon for a next flight for one parent and the child or two parents and child if both parents were supposed to be with him, other parent not involved in the matter must book and pay same time to be with or near the parent and child, though it may not matter officially which parent gets the coupon and who pays.

Turn that flight attendant in. They're trained not to do that. I'd say that the mother was either a friend or family member. Booking error my backside.

Is the mother entitled much?

That kid could be with the Make-A-Wish foundation and his only wish was to fly first class and I still wouldn't give my seat up. They can damn well pay for his own seat instead of trying to guilt me.

Oh f*** off another case of people thinking kids come before adults. No. Sucks to be you kid!