Couple split opinion after refusing to move seats for mum and baby during flight

A COUPLE was left stunned when a mum and a baby asked them to move from their seats for their husband – only for her to get mad when they said no.

The couple were travelling on a 10 hour flight from Europe to Asia, and had booked seats with legroom.

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They had booked two aisle seats in the front row, which are often used by parents due to being big enough for bassinets, but said they would move to the middle seat if it was empty.

He asked on Reddit if he was in the wrong for not moving for the mum and baby, who wanted to sit next to her husband.

The husband wrote: “This woman, before I even had a chance to put my bag in the overhead compartment, asked me ‘Can I be really cheeky and ask you to switch seats with my husband?’

“She then pointed towards her husband sat in the second row on the left side column of the aircraft (only the first row has extra leg space and requires additional payment to book the seat).

“She then told me that her husband needs to be next to her to help with the baby.

“My wife stayed quiet while I politely but firmly told her that unfortunately as his seat is in a second row, I wouldn’t be moving there as I had specifically paid for the seat with extra legroom.

“She then claimed that she and her husband had paid as well but they placed him in the second row, which seemed very suspect.”

He said that the flight attendant then asked them to move, only for him to say he had paid for those seats, which “made things quite awkward”.

He continued: “[The mum] then threw daggers at me for some time. The baby started crying after a while as well.

“Thankfully the steward came back and told me that there were 2 vacant seats in one of the other first rows and offered to move us.

“We ended up moving there but could hear this lady animatedly make comments about us to her husband from behind for sometime after that.”

The man said he told his in-laws about what happened and said they should have moved, to help her out with her baby.

Some people said the mum “wasn’t in the wrong” for asking, with another saying the mum needed the front seats because the bassinets hook onto the front wall.

However, most people said the couple were right now to move.

One person said: “I wouldn’t have moved either. My husband and I book and pay extra so we can sit together. Other people’s seating issues are not my problem.”

Another person agreed: “You paid for extra legroom, and paid for that seat. You were under no obligation to switch. If she wanted to sit with her husband, she should have booked side by side seats.”

A third added: “Her having a child doesn’t grant her any special privileges entitling her to boot you from the seat you paid for.”

The internet was divided after a woman refused to give up an empty row of seats on a plane to let a group of friends sit together.

And a passenger was shocked after being told by a mum not to eat snacks near her child during the flight.

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