OP is just trying to be as functional as possible at her destination, just leave her alone. I have chronic pain and swelling that flares up at altitude/on flights. The best way to manage it is to stay as still as possible. Getting up and down to let people pass, or getting bumped by people walking down the tiny aisles really aggregate things. This woman did the right thing, dad and flight attendant are jerks.

FA wanted you to switch then I would say "ok, then I want to switch for a window seat in first class!" And screw whoever give you a dirty look! It's easy to do so when when it's not them going through it. NTA

Why didn't the father pay for a window seat if it is so important gar his precious offspring to look out the window? Why would anyone switch a seat they obviously wanted enough to pay for it? And why would anyone who wants a specific seat not just plan ahead and book accordingly?

I would have shamed them all by bringing up my medical condition and showing them the meds (there are a LOT of meds for lupus). he wasn't prepared to pay the extra for his kid to take her seat, so they need to sit down and STFU. I would also contact the airline if I had a medical condition and being shamed into giving up my chosen seat.

How is this even a question? It is obvious who carries the burden of guilt here and it is NOT the woman with Lupus. I also have Lupus and Fibromyalgia and a few other issues. To put it plain: I live in pain. I function, I enjoy days, I have a rewarding job and great friends. But I live in pain. It is part of my being. I also travel for my work. Whenever possible, I put my comfort above almost everything simply because if I am in great pain nothing gets done correctly. I pay extra for better seating. Thankfully, I've never encountered the "karen" seat traveler. The OP is merely trying to get through her day without being overwhelmed with pain. She is doing everything right: paying more for a better seat. Being (initially) polite about why she will not switch seats. The father with the kid is out of line. If he wanted his kid to see out the window, he could have purchased a window seat. End of argument.

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"If you pay me to upgrade to a 1st class window seat, I'll switch. Otherwise, shut TF up." And report all the FAs that were a**h*les to the airline.

„Daddy this woman is mean!“ - correct response: „no honey, your father is mean, because he did not want to pay for a window seat for you!“

Dean Ambrose-NOPE is enough of an answer and if they persist, just shut the blinds and tell them to live with it until dad pays for the window seat. Also, it would do OP good to lodge a report against the FA if possible (call me out on it if you want, but it seems the FA just wanted to take the easy way out too). The nerve of some morons! SMH!!!

Should have told the kid that if he didn't stop poking her, she was going to close the blind so nobody could see.

Yuppy dad jammed his big head at me and said, "switch seats with me or I'll park two toddlers next to you." "I'll teach them to swear." Big head quickly withdrawn.

If my kid was being annoying about wanting the window seat, I would’ve stopped that c**p immediately. But then again I wouldn’t have even asked to swap seats when I hadn’t planned accordingly.

Sounds like a father brought his untrained "service animal" onboard and then proceeded to let him cause a ruckus when he wasn't able to swap seats to see out the window. Pay for what you want when you book, train your kid how to behave in public, or leave the kid at home. The rest of us adults do not have the time or energy to deal with your choice to have children and then not properly train them to behave in public

My mother would have "blistered our @sses" if we had pestered an adult on a flight. If your kid wants to look out the window, buy the window seat. That said, how many different iterations of this same song and dance are going to be posted. We've had just about all of them now with the window seat occupant ill with lupus.

No honey, Daddy is mean for not buying you a window seat when he bought your ticket. He could have asked for one, but he didn't. Daddy is a mean mean badman. (Now Daddy has to deal with the spoiled tantrum thrower.)

There's more than one window seat on the plane. You needed yours. He might have been able to switch with someone else, and the flight attendant could have helped with this if it was such a big deal. NTA, he acted rude and entitled

I'm unconvinced this has anything to do with covid. It is however symptomatic of inconsiderate entitled fools. I bet if the OP were male this scenario would not have arisen. As for the flight attendant she needs retraining asap.

What an original topic!