Flying passengers take a unique stance on seat squatters by encouraging others to test their luck in the hopes of avoiding seat-taking travelers .
On Reddit’s “R/UnitedAirlines” forum, one user posted screenshots of flights that were barely booked.
“Seat squatters can’t ruin your flight if you do it yourself,” the post was captioned.
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The attached photo shows the user selecting a central seat, suggesting that if you secure less desirable seats on the plane, the flyer is less likely to encounter stolen seats .
“If the seat map shows that the rows are empty, you can reserve a window to prevent squatters in your seat and sit while everyone else is playing the board,” one commented. I did.
A Reddit user (not in the photo) posted a trick to avoid stoking a seat, writing, “Seat squatters cannot ruin flight if they do that themselves.” (istock)
“We reserve window seats and (a) island seats, and we keep the central seat free. The idea is that no one will choose a central seat when checking in,” another user wrote It’s there.
“I once had my husband on the window, got the aisle and the man offered to switch to one of us.
One Reddit user defined the seat squatter as “someone who sits in your seat and asks who will almost always try to send you to a bad seat.” They don’t ask.
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“I play window/ays game when I travel with my wife. No one says no out of the window. But we don’t care,” commented another.
Gary Leff, a Texas-based travel industry expert and author of the blog View From the Wing, told Fox News Digital that squatting in a seat is a coincidence in most cases.
Some travelers on Reddit (not in the photo) claimed that the trick would give flyers the opportunity to stoke themselves. (istock)
“When it’s intentional seat squatting…it’s only to get a more desirable seat. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone else trying to take a seat in the middle of someone else,” Lev said. I said that.
“It is certainly true that choosing an unwanted seat makes you less likely to deal with a seat squatter. Then you… get caught up in an unwanted seat,” he added. .
Lev said selecting an unwanted seat might not be worth the trade-off, as it is unlikely to encounter a plane squatter.
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It appears that the flights for Reddit users were not fully booked and it could have been that he or she would switch to open seats on both sides.
“That’s why you’re a seat squatter,” one user wrote.
Some Reddit users (not in the photo) have allowed them to reserve seats on less desirable planes so that they don’t ask travelers to exchange. (istock)
“If you’re lucky that your flight is not fully booked, you’ll likely have a free chair between you two,” another said.
“My wife and I will do the same thing,” another added.
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Leff said the airline changed its seat switching policy when flights were not fully booked.
“When the doors closed, we were able to open the open seats in the cabin. We could approach the front, grab a seat in the aisle, and extend our heads towards an empty line behind us. I will,” he said.
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Lev said that if you encounter a seat squatter, he still recommends that you recommend seeking assistance from the flight crew.
“You are generally entitled to the assigned seat on your boarding pass.”
