<p>“Not to keep being the Grinch, but that’s another one that I have an issue with the airlines asking people to do. American, apparently, does that a lot. Now it’s one thing for an individual to see a soldier, talk to them, find out they are on their way to a deployment, and offer up their seat. That is kind and classy. However, sometimes airlines will try to guilt the entire first class section into giving up their seats for soldiers onboard, and that’s just wrong.”</p>
<p>Interesting. I’m a very frequent flyer and I’ve never seen that happen.</p>
<p>OK, so what do you do in these circumstances? Let’s say I’m flying business class on an international flight. I’m by myself. Someone asks if they can switch seats with me so they can sit next to their business companion or partner. I’ll almost always say yes, because big whoops, I’m by myself … does it really matter and why not help someone else? But there have been times we’ve been on the asking end of things – and people say no even though it’s literally a move from seat 7F to seat 8F or some such, where there is absolutely no difference in the seat. I think that’s kind of jerky, myself. I’ll always switch to accommodate people traveling together if I can.</p>