Excuse me, this is NOT your seat.

[Ausbt]

I had a good one the other day. Boarded a QF Dash 8 and was the last to board. Lady was in my window seat next to one largish guy on the aisle. "What seat does your boarding pass say?" Turned out it was in one in front - that had precisely no one at all in either A or C. "oh, don't get up, stay right where you are I don't want to trouble you. Completely happy to sit in your seat *mumbling-to-myself*..and enjoy your shadow*

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Thought it looked familiar! We spent many an hour each night watching the mantas feeding in the shallow water under the bridge. We stayed on the smaller island in one of the overwater villas with a spa on the deck **sigh**.

The photo was taken from Ithaa looking toward the pool (on the right in the pic). We had three villas ... a beach villa, a deluxe beach villa and a premier water villa. I don't think I've ever felt so ostentatious, but we wanted to try different types in case we go back. To be perfectly honest, they were all fabulous and as much as we enjoyed the millionaire lifestyle of the premier water villa, our favourite was probably the deluxe beach villa. The premier was right out the far end of the little island which made it a slightly minor pain getting there (doesn't that sound so pathetic) but was superb. The beach villa was certainly enjoyable but the sheer size of the deluxe beach villa won us. Absolutely wonderful and yes, I am looking again (in fact the prices seem cheaper then they did a couple of years ago).

 

[Jurahn]

Absolutely wonderful and yes, I am looking again (in fact the prices seem cheaper then they did a couple of years ago).

We'd love to go back but unfortunately the finances just won't stretch to it at the moment. If you go back, I'll hate you ....

 

[samh004]

How did he end up talking to LAX customs after the flight if it was QF16 LAX-BNE?

 

[FlyboyAl]

How did he end up talking to LAX customs after the flight if it was QF16 LAX-BNE?

Sorry, I think that was a bit of jetlag - he was in an animated discussion in Brisbane at customs. My bad.

 

[Skyring]

I had a good one the other day. Boarded a QF Dash 8 and was the last to board. Lady was in my window seat next to one largish guy on the aisle. "What seat does your boarding pass say?" Turned out it was in one in front - that had precisely no one at all in either A or C. "oh, don't get up, stay right where you are I don't want to trouble you. Completely happy to sit in your seat *mumbling-to-myself*..and enjoy your shadow*

I've been there. Canberra to Sydney, most likely. I got in the wrong seat, settled myself down, and along comes a lady who glares at me and says I'm in her seat.

She was right, I was wrong, but my assigned seat was the one ahead with a shadow, and I couldn't see the point in stirring myself for one row on a short flight. On a Dash-8! I indicated that my assigned seat was a better one, and she was welcome to it. She thought this was a fair deal.

Those things, I usually just look out the window or read the whole trip, there's no need to leave my seat, and half the time I wave away the sugary, fatty snack and the lukewarm beverage.

Another time I was flying QF HNL-SYD, J in the nose cabin. I'd wanted a window seat, but couldn't find one, and at checkin the lady looked at the screen and said, "oh your seat is a window one."

I got aboard, turned left, found the row, got into the window seat. Those nose cabins have skew-wiff seating anyway. My first (and only) time in one, so it wasn't familiar territory. After a few minutes along comes another chap, looks at me, looks at the seat, climbs in beside me in the aisle and we sat like that the whole flight. I had a grand time looking out my window, enjoying the tropical vistas.

Halfway home I got up to use the facilities, got a good look at the seat numbers and realised that my assigned seat was in fact the aisle - not the "isle view" - and I'd been sitting in the wrong seat, which my seatmate must have selected well in advance for the window view I'd been enjoying.

The embarrassment still burns.

I wish the other guy had said something at boarding.

Sometimes it's not rudeness or "trying it on", it's bad information and ignorance.

 

[NZflygirl]

I had a QF 737 flight and had swapped seats with my partner who is QF bronze so could only seat I think maybe row 9 at the foremost, could have been further back. Anyway, got on and noted a lady in his/my seat and the row was full yet there was a bunch of seating free in the first few rows like rows 4-7? I think 1 person was in row 4 either side of aisle and another in row 6 had the row to himself so I had alerted the FA initially saying "someone's in my seat" but following that had looked around noting the available seats and quickly said to the FA "it's ok I'll just sit here (somewhere up in these front rows) don't worry about it" . Had a great old snooze! The boarding call from the lounge was quite late so by the time we arrived at the gate they were calling and there were only 5 passengers including ourselves left to board so I knew there were only 3 people left to board so those rows weren't going to fill up.

Sorry I didn't get to have "the discussion" with the passenger involved to make the story more entertaining.

There was another time but I gave in and moved essentially but was in such a bad mood afterwards (and it seems like lots else went wrong that day for me) that I've sworn off ever letting someone have my seat again.....well, seat poachers that is.