Peter has to fly coach!

[sc_rufctr]

Hysterical because this just happened to me...

Just like this clip the "lady" asked to sit in the aisle seat because she had a "medical condition".
But from Darwin to Adelaide she never went to the bathroom. lol

[Zeke]

I haven't been on a plane since the late '90's and don't ever plan on getting on one. To me the Greyhound would be easier. My car is king.

[Seahawk]

True story:

Late change of plans on a business trip so I go from my upgraded 1st Class sofa to a middle seat in steerage: LA to Dulles.

When you travel a lot and this happens you simply hunker down and hope for the best, that the guys my size keep walking down the aisle past your row.

I see a very large man coming down the aisle, he is what I call an easy two-seater. He is looking at the row numbers on my side, not a good sign. He stops right beside me and puts his carry on in the bin above my seat.

F...I am a domed Coboy.

To my surprise and great joy, he displaces the two guy sitting behind me. It is then I notice an older, diminutive Korean lady in the aisle, on her six is another, impossibly tiny Korean lady.

Korean lady #1 asks me: "My sister and I are flying together, would you mind if she takes the middle seat so we can sit together?"

My joyous reaction made every seasoned traveler within 6 rows smile.

I bought them both a glass of wine.

[Craig T]

Originally Posted by Zeke

I haven't been on a plane since the late '90's and don't ever plan on getting on one. To me the Greyhound would be easier. My car is king.

I guess Europe, Thailand, Costa Rica, etc are off your travel list?

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Craig T

I guess Europe, Thailand, Costa Rica, etc are off your travel list?

Never have had a passport. It's all in California if you look. Thailand?? Why would I punish myself? Long Beach has the largest Cambodian population concentration outside of Cambodia. I can go there on the hottest day of the year and bring my own steam, then say, "I'm here."

Then I can be home in 20 minutes.

[legion]

Flying home from Vegas in 2010, a 3.5 hour flight IIRC, I got the middle seat between two guys my size. I'm 6'1" and 270 lbs. with broad shoulders. In most economy classes, my back is up against my seat and my knees have to be wedged into the seat in front of me. I hate it when flight attendants make me put my backpack under the seat in front of me (instead of under my knees) because it means my size 12 shoes have no place to be. My shoulders are wider than most economy class seats. I ended up sitting with my back turned by 45º just to fit between the two other gents my size. My back was sore for the rest of the day and I had random back spasms for the next three days after that flight.

[Craig T]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Never have had a passport. It's all in California if you look. Thailand?? Why would I punish myself? Long Beach has the largest Cambodian population concentration outside of Cambodia. I can go there on the hottest day of the year and bring my own steam, then say, "I'm here."

Then I can be home in 20 minutes.

This is pretty hard to duplicate in Garden Grove, CA

[GH85Carrera]

On a recent trip I made to Dulles Airport I had the typical change airplanes in Dallas. On all four of the legs I sat next to different men on both sides, all the men were over 6 foot tall, and looked like NFL linebackers with huge shoulders. I paid extra on all 4 legs of the flight to have an aisle seat so I could lean out into the aisle just enough to not be in constant contact. All 4 men were virtual mutes, and fortunately no one wanted to chat. Maybe because EVERYONE on the flights are using headphones now days. Only 5% of the passengers ever turn off cell phones or tablets as requested. Even during take off and landing people around me were texting until out of cell coverage.

[stevej37]

On a recent flight, I was seated in the window seat. Another man seated in the aisle seat told me his wife couldn't make the flight, so instead of cancelling her ticket, he did nothing so that the seat (between us) would remain open..for more room.
Just before the plane door was locked, here comes a guy that looked like Chumley. Of course, he wedges himself into the seat between us. He said he was flying stand-by and it was the only seat available.
The guy who didn't cancel his wifes ticket was not looking happy.

[David]

When the wife and I travel we'll get the window and aisle seat hoping nobody wants a middle seat. If there is someone in the seat, it's their lucky day and they get the window.

I sat next to a really large guy once who turned out to be super nice. You could tell he hating being that guy. He was so large that when seated I was sitting behind his shoulder so I told him not to worry about it that I was fine.

On the flip side, I was sitting behind this little tiny old guy who kept kicking the seat of the woman in front of him on a transatlantic flight because she put her seat back. It was all I could do not to reach over the seat and cold cock him.

[GH85Carrera]

On TV and the movies the stranger seat-mate is an attractive, articulate interesting person of the opposite sex. All the travelers I have seen are not wanting to have an conversation, and dressed like it is laundry day and they put on the least dirty and worn out clothes they have.

The only time I actually talked to a stranger was a gentleman that was legally blind, trying to read the display on flight times. I read him the flights and we were on the same flight. He happened to sit across the aisle from me. This was back when food was served on many flights. The other passenger was trying to cut into something that was still wrapped up in cellophane. I asked if he would like some help and told him the food was still wrapped up. He felt around and unwrapped and thanks me. That was many long years ago when smoking was still allowed on the airplanes.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Craig T

This is pretty hard to duplicate in Garden Grove, CA

Hmmmm.... I guess I'd have to go to Chrystal Cove or Treebones for an approximate equivalent. A houseboat on a lake would be the same for me. IOW, I can live w/o what Thailand has to offer since I don't live in BF.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

On TV and the movies the stranger seat-mate is an attractive, articulate interesting person of the opposite sex. ..

More anything?

More EVERYTHING!

[Bob Kontak]

I loved the dental floss.

On Southwest flights with their ABC boarding cards, I would literally ask small people passing by to please sit in "our" (me and the other schlep's row on the window) middle seat.

[vash]

I’m wholeheartedly with CraigT on this one.

I’m not checking off this green planet without seeing as much of it as I can. PLUS meet people from all walks of life.

The plane is a necessary hardship. Hence my noise canceling headphone love fest.

[cmccuist]

I was on my way to Budapest awhile back flying coach (the company I work for is small). As I made my way down the aisle, I noticed this enormous black lady seated in the middle seat. As soon as I saw her, I knew that was going to be my row (I had the window).

Sure enough, 9 hours jammed up against the bulkhead. She turned out to be the sweetest lady ever. Very nice, enjoyable flight at the end of the day.

[vash]

Originally Posted by cmccuist

I was on my way to Budapest awhile back flying coach (the company I work for is small). As I made my way down the aisle, I noticed this enormous black lady seated in the middle seat. As soon as I saw her, I knew that was going to be my row (I had the window).

Sure enough, 9 hours jammed up against the bulkhead. She turned out to be the sweetest lady ever. Very nice, enjoyable flight at the end of the day.

Haha. Great story bud. If I was on that flight I would have had the other seat.

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

On TV and the movies the stranger seat-mate is an attractive, articulate interesting person of the opposite sex. All the travelers I have seen are...dressed like it is laundry day...

Too true...

[vash]

.......a $15 voucher from Cinnabon.

Haha

[brainz01]

I recently had a trip from LGA to IAH. No upgrade, but an aisle seat in Premium Economy. Flight app said the plane has loads of empty seats just four hours ago, so fingers crossed.

Getting near the end of boarding and the plane is filling up. Still an empty middle seat between me and the guy in the window on my row.

On walks this woman who’s wearing her best homeless beach attire, complete with neck tattoo. It wouldn’t surprise me if the ink spelled “PWT” in gothic letters, but I didn’t want to look. It’s December. One can only assume she’s headed to Mexico via Houston. That’s what I assumed, at least. She had the look of someone that went on Spring Break twenty years ago and forgot to come back. Please make your way to 29E.

Not today. She points to the middle seat and I get up to make way. As she’s squeezing into the row, she asks if I can change seats with her husband who’s sitting in the middle seat a few aisles up.

Me: “Sorry, no.”

As we’re getting seated, I notice that her similarly-neck-tattoo’d husband is coming back to our row. He has a drooling baby slung under his arm. The mind races. I’d not seen the baby. No one told there was a baby. Did other’s see the baby? I look like the biggest D-bag right now.

He tosses her the baby which she straddles over our arm rest as she messes about with her luggage under the seat in front of her. I can feel all eyes within 3 rows either side are watching the situation unfold. Decision time.

Me: “Actually, I’ll switch with your husband”

Lady one row back whispers aloud: “That’s so nice of him.”

Flight attendant thanks me and brings me a drink.

3 hours later, deplaning: Guy in the window seat of my original row looks exhausted and broken. He catches my gaze as I reach for my bag and says clearly “You made the right call.”

And we both knew that what he meant was that getting away from that woman and her child was absolutely the right call, and he’s sorry that I beat him to the middle seat.



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