Delta changed my seats!

[WDWisTheBest]

I can't help or understand why you continue to interpret my genuine confusion as 'rude and nasty'.

I'm not being nasty or rude, I'm ASKING. Again.

I share your confusion, but, this has been an interesting thread to review. The good thing is that hopefully the OP and her family will be able to enjoy their visit to WDW in December.

 

[WDWisTheBest]

ENOUGH with the whole 'let someone else deal with my infant' type arguments. IF they don't stop the thread gets closed.

OT:null comment, except to say that while reading this thread, the Saints won their game over the Panthers. Also, the Nascar race in Kansas finished.

 

[Elana]

I just received an email from Delta. Seat change. I will have to call and see if we get moved up towards the front. Dad is blind and needs a wheelchair for long walks, Mom is deaf and we are now in row 43. But at least the four seats are together.

Yes, that information was included when we booked. They not only change the seating for families with children, they change the seating for seniors too.

 

[delilah]

I can't help or understand why you continue to interpret my genuine confusion as 'rude and nasty'. I still don't understand, and still don't see any explanation why a passenger would transfer the AIRLINE'S apparent lack of caring over a seat assignment issue to another PASSENGER:





So I'm still confused and still trying to understand why any passenger would intimidate a fellow passenger as suggested in the first quote - again, joking or not - when that passenger isn't in ANY way responsible, at fault, or in control of the airline's seat assignments - and especially when one is angry with the airline????

I'm not being nasty or rude, I'm ASKING. Again.

I understand and empathize with the poor woman, and I think you are rude and nasty, too, feigning ignorance. I had the same argument with you six years ago, when my son was 6 and we were separated and placed each of us in middle seats scattered throughout the airplane. Some things never change. I hope the OP on this thread meets some nice people on her trip who are willing to help her out, and sympathize with her situation.

 

[DebbieB]

I just received an email from Delta. Seat change. I will have to call and see if we get moved up towards the front. Dad is blind and needs a wheelchair for long walks, Mom is deaf and we are now in row 43. But at least the four seats are together.

Yes, that information was included when we booked. They not only change the seating for families with children, they change the seating for seniors too.

You can call up your reservation online and change your seats. You only need to call if you can't find 4 together up front.

That happened to me for a trip at the end of this month. I bought tickets back in February and was in the third row of coach. They changed the plane model and moved us back to the last row! It's PIT-ATL and we're connecting, so that would have been a long time to get out and get to our connection. I called it up online and moved us back up to the front half.

 

[Elana]

I just received an email from Delta. Seat change. I will have to call and see if we get moved up towards the front. Dad is blind and needs a wheelchair for long walks, Mom is deaf and we are now in row 43. But at least the four seats are together.

Yes, that information was included when we booked. They not only change the seating for families with children, they change the seating for seniors too.

I just called. I had a very nice young lady to assist me. Although we could not get the 4 seats together except towards the rear of the plane, we now have two seats next to each other in two different rows on the wing. Much better than the rear of the plane. It was suggested that when we check in at the airport, that we try and see if we can get bulkhead seating for Mom and Dad.

 

[kaytieeldr]

You should be able to do that. The last time I flew Delta, without even asking, the Gate Agent moved me and another passenger in a wheelchair to the bulkhead row. Since we were each traveling alone, we each had the three seats on our respective sides of the plane to ourselves.

Just arrive at the airport as early as possible.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I understand and empathize with the poor woman, and I think you are rude and nasty, too, feigning ignorance.

Interesting. I wasn't addressing the OP in my, again, genuine confusion, and I'm not going to repeat my questions for a fourth time because the moderator asked us to stop. But if you'll reread what SmallWorld71 has written and what I've responded, and can actually answer my questions instead of criticizing me - because I'm not looking for an argument - I'd appreciate it. I'm truly confused. I'm not going to argue back. It just doesn't make sense.

 

[crashbb]

I just called. I had a very nice young lady to assist me. Although we could not get the 4 seats together except towards the rear of the plane, we now have two seats next to each other in two different rows on the wing. Much better than the rear of the plane. It was suggested that when we check in at the airport, that we try and see if we can get bulkhead seating for Mom and Dad.

That's great (that the agent was helpful, not that your seats were moved). I'm not sure where you are seated, but you might consider window/middle rather than middle/aisle if either of you parents find it difficult to get up and down.

Also, if your dad needs it, you should be able to arrange an "aisle chair" which is a narrow wheelchair than can fit through the aisle of the airplane.

 

[jdisnut]

Only on this board can a harmless thread about something as mundane as seat assignments on a flight lead to venom and hatred. Please try to remember the topic of this thread! Ultimately, this situation matters very little. I understand the original poster's concern and disappointment, but I think she realizes at this point that these changes happen regularly, and the airline will try to accommodate everybody when possible.

I vehemently disagree with the posters accusing the airlines of not caring about their passengers. The poor economy affected the air travel business as much as every other industry. Unfortunately, that leaves us, the customers, with crowded flight and constant schedule changes. It stinks, especially for people who plan ahead, but we must learn to accept and handle this new reality. Let us not confuse convenience with entitlement or necessity. We all would rather sit with our party. If it happens, we should consider it a luxury, not a right. So long the plane lands safely at the destination, we should consider the flight an overwhelming success.

I fly a lot, often on Delta, and generally appreciate their service. Honestly, I have never dealt with what the original poster described, but I admit I usually book my flights within a month of departure.

 

[goofy4tink]

Well, you guys just won't give it up will you?! Here's the point....saying something or doing something, to another passenger when you aren't able to be seated with your child (here's the diaper bag, have at it, or she gets airsick so I'll give you a bag to use when it happens) is way uncool. Generally speaking, and I believe this was kaytieeldrrs point, the airline does not want to split you up. IF it is unavoidable, they will ask someone to change their seat so as to enable you to sit with your young child. BUT...it is not the passenger's fault if the airline places your child next to them....it is the airlines fault. So why would you want to try to punish the poor passenger who has the 'honor' of sitting next to your child??? That passenger has done nothing wrong...they had no idea there was an issue finding seats together for a parent and child..they merely got on board the plane, sat down, and got settled. Now...some woman comes up, plops her toddler down next to them, and says..'here's her diaper bag. she has a tummy bag so you can find clean diapers in there quickly.' Can you just imagine??? That is what I believe the point was.

The point is this...yes, you get to choose seats ahead of time. The informed traveler realizes that seat assignments can, and do, change..and sometimes you don't know about it before you get to the airport. Fair? Not really, but the airlines do put a disclaimer in their contracts of carriage. We just never read the fine print.

So...this thread is done. There is, and never was, any reason for the venom that occurred. You are free to disagree but it has to be done in a polite manner. The OP has gotten the info she needed. Stick a fork in this one, it's done.