‘Your travel issues are not my problem’: Passenger praised for refusing to give up seat for family on flight

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Reddit users have backed a passenger who shared their experience of refusing to give up their seat on a plane so that a family could sit together. The Reddit user u/Unlikely-Strategy596 shared a story on the forum on Saturday, asking: “AITA for not giving up my plane seat so a family could be all together?” In the post, which received over 9,500 upvotes and thousands of comments, the passenger explained that they had taken a flight back from Greece which they called “extremely hectic.” They went on: “I booked my ticket specifically to be closer to the front of the plane so I can be closer to the gate when it’s time to get out. According to the post, “the woman said that I was being an a**hole and should just give up my seat so she could sit with her husband and kids.” The passenger said thy responded: “Respectfully ma’am, your travel issues are not my problem. Another said: “Nothing wrong with asking, but they are definitely an a**hole for making a scene.” It follows another passenger on Reddit slamming an airline for switching his plane seats so that a mother and baby could sit together in them.