Seat poacher

[Rangalad]

From the “orange” part of the QF family tree.

 

[Rangalad]

Which is a good way of having staff travel rights removed permanently.

One bloke in London made the mistake of moving himself 3 times before we'd taken off. Which left me with a very easy solution.

I used to pax a lot, and it was surprising how often you saw people attempt this. Never worked all that well if they took my seat though.

The ultimate self upgrade (if you can call it that) came from a young QF 'management' person, who approved himself and girlfriend to sit in the jumpseats of my (otherwise full) 767. I was outside doing the preflight when they arrived, so FO thought I'd given them a tick. When I got back, and asked who had approved the jump seats (there's only one person who can) he said that he had as he was manager of camel breeding or something similar. I don't recall the words used, but suffice it to say that they both beat a very hasty retreat off the aircraft. If only they'd thought to ask....beforehand.

In the G.o.Ds (good old days) when BA used to fly to MEL and BNE, got offered the jump seat on the domestic leg for two flights.

 

[SpudOz]

Can I clarify the story? She tried to grab a J seat but she should have been in Y?

Wow some people are so entitled.

Correct.

She was quite settled in with carryon in the overhead locker. (She left her bags there too)

When challenged, she didn’t look at her boarding pass either.

 

[CaptJCool]

Correct.

She was quite settled in with carryon in the overhead locker. (She left her bags there too)

When challenged, she didn’t look at her boarding pass either.

Some just like to make “carry-on” a series of episodes. How very British It provides more laughs

 

[ols]

Correct.

She was quite settled in with carryon in the overhead locker. (She left her bags there too)

When challenged, she didn’t look at her boarding pass either.

I would have kindly helped her out by getting her bag out of the overhead locker for her

 

[Flying Fox]

I would have kindly helped her out by getting her bag out of the overhead locker for her

Put them on the jet bridge so that they will be there for her return flight

 

[CaptJCool]

Put them on the jet bridge so that they will be there for her return flight

Send her on a

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Lots of Ziplines there !

 

[fly2earth]

Yesterday, flying on a 737 service from Perth to Sydney, I was seated in 2C.

A young woman came onto the aircraft and plonked herself in 1A.

I didnt think much of it except the real 1A duly turned up.

He asked her if she was in the right seat. She got up and then wandered down to at least halfway down the aircraft.

I am still wondering whether it was deliberate or she was an airhead.

Maybe she was trying to befriend @Seat0B

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They are just locating the position of the row number markings, so they know where to look. Good idea.

People do the same thing when entering cinemas, sports stadiums etc

 

[fly2earth]

Experienced this recently on a QF flight to Incheon.

Upon boarding my wife discovered an older lady who had made herself very comfortable in her seat - unwrapped the blankets, amenity kit and was enjoying a glass of sparkling. When advised 2A was not her seat, she just got up without apology and decided that she'd sit in 4A - which was my seat.

I had not arrived on board yet (I was on the second bus) to the plane, so my wife had to tell her that it was not her seat either. No idea where the crew were at this point but in the end, we noted that she was supposed to be in 5F, however had decided she'd sit wherever there was an empty seat during boarding.

Is there something you might have done in your previous life

 

[fly2earth]

Had this happen a couple of times. (Probably coz I usually towards the end when travelling J).

I was once told by the SP (seat poacher) "they're all the same just sit there".

Another time, a staff member was not upgraded, decided to sit in J (my seat).
Crew sent the staff member to economy after a bit of an argument with the staff member.

I bet that staff member was left to clean the toilets afterwards. The ultimate punishment especially if everyone in the plane got the B__i Belly. Rudeness aside how can he expect to remain in your seat without being moved that is the fascinating question.

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Both my window seats were stolen every time I take a J flight (once in Qantas, one in Rex). Perks of normal boarding with the MP (mugblood plebians) cos you decide to spend extra time in the lounge. On the Qantas flight the old man who stole my seat once he discovered that J was full kept guilt tripping me if I wanted to change to my assigned seat and asked Do you want to move? Are you sure? Don't want to be the debby downer so just sat on the aisle seat. For the Rex flight I took initiative and the other European woman was like But I want to watch the views! And afterwards switched with me but only cos she attributed it to my psychological health and if switching seats will make it better lol

 

[Seat0B]

Maybe she was trying to befriend @Seat0B

??????

 

[ols]

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our friend fly2earth is fond of hyperbole and using weird gifs

 

[anat0l]

This happened to me this week.

I was flying SQ Y SGN-SIN, operated by a B787-10, so 3-3-3 in Y. I was in boarding group 6 so amongst the last to board (since SQ board all the aft rows of Y first). I had selected a window seat (free of charge, not a upfront or exit row) mainly to guarantee that I didn't get auto-assigned a middle.

When I arrived at my row, there was a man in the window and presumably his wife in the middle. I stowed my bags then pointed at the window seat, indicating that it was my seat. He pointed back at the aisle seat. I showed him my BP and pointed again and repeated that that was my seat, just in case he didn't understand. I think his command of English was not great, as he didn't say anything but continued to point at the aisle seat.

A FA a few rows in front of me asked if I didn't mind taking the aisle seat. At this point I couldn't be bothered (didn't help that our flight was already delayed 2 hours), so I gave a look of "whatever" and took the aisle seat.

Had I wanted to sleep on that flight, I might have made more of a fuss. Given the plane was virtually full, I can only hypothesise that if I did argue, either I would be told sorry there's no other window seats, or it would have been socially awkward to force the man to give up his window seat (as he was older than I am) and then potentially I'd have two hostile passengers for 2 hours all the way to SIN.

 

[JohnK]

What always makes me laugh is people who are inevitably sitting well down the plane get on board and immediately look up at the displayed seat number overhead as though miraculously their seat will be one of the first they pass.

I'm about as experienced as anyone on AFF but to be honest I don't care to remember the seating plan of every single aircraft I board so you will often see me looking up at row number when I first board and then continue to look up at row number as there could be a gap between row numbers from cabin to cabin.

 

[ols]

I'm about as experienced as anyone on AFF but to be honest I don't care to remember the seating plan of every single aircraft I board so you will often see me looking up at row number when I first board and then continue to look up at row number as there could be a gap between row numbers from cabin to cabin.

Well, my experience is more within Australia and I'm referring to the usual situation where everybody normally enter from the one door and it seems to resonate with a lot of people.

 

[DC3]

Checking seat row numbers up the back is tame stuff, compared to plonking into a Business seat when the allocated seat is in row 59

 

[Happy Trails]

Once, on an EK B777 and knowing we had the A/B seats in the front row of J, I didn't bother checking the seat numbers when we sat down.
I was just thinking it was a little plusher than expected when the FA asked for our boarding passes and then discreetly ushered us back to the J cabin.
I'd had no idea that they had an F cabin with 2-2-2 open seating.

 

[RichardMEL]

Actually, checking row numbers can be helpful. This one time, nowhere bear band camp, I was on one if the first SQ 380 flights (because nerd). Well I was in J, I think 14A. So counted rows and got settled. Until the owner of 15A showed up and found I was uhhh poaching (by accident).

Bugalugs here didn't realise SQ skip row 13 so I was one row out....

 

[DC3]

Boarding pass says 59A.

What row is this where I’m standing? Oh, row 4. Oh, I’ll check the next row. Oh, it’s row 5. Never mind, perhaps row 59 is the next one. Oh, it’s row 6. Never mind, perhaps it’s ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[DC3]

QF ZQN-BNE recent flight. I’m already seated in row 2. A family boards. Mum says “this is row 2” and then looks at the number on the next row. Kid, aged maybe 7 or 8 says “Mum, stop checking, we’re up the back”