United Airlines Dublin Passengers Battle Over Empty Seat: Who Does Extra Space Belong To?
Once the plane takes off, and the middle seat in your row remains empty, does it now belong to you for the rest of the flight? That’s the question that a passenger wanted to know after a recent trip where they were called nasty names for trying to protect the space.
- A married couple were flying United from Dublin to Washington Dulles. They had the window and middle seat together, but no one showed up for the aisle so they spread out and left the middle seat empty.
- That’s how it remained for the first half of the flight, until a friend of the passenger across the aisle moved up and tried to take it “to get away from an crying baby further back.”
- The couple sought out the help of a flight attendant to protect their turf.
The FA said the agreement was that they could take an available aisle seat but could not disrupt anyone’s…
