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A woman has been praised for refusing to switch seats with a child in order to let him sit with his parents.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old took to Reddit to explain that she had bagged a free upgrade for her 13-hour flight to San Francisco, but that things quickly went downhill.<\/p>\n
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She wasn\u2019t the only person to get upgraded \u2013 some parents also accepted a free upgrade, but did not realise that their 10-year-old son failed to qualify.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had booked my tickets a year in advance,\u201d the passenger wrote on Reddit.<\/p>\n
\u201cAround about a month or two before the trip, the airline called me saying they\u2019d like to upgrade me to first class due to my points and being a member.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had never flown first class before so to say I was so excited was an understatement. <\/p>\n
\u201cI made sure to do everything possible in the lounge before my flight and I was welcomed with such a comfortable setting for the 13-hour flight. <\/p>\n
\u201cAbout an hour into the flight, a flight attendant comes up to me and asks me if I\u2019d be willing to swap seats with a 10-year-old boy who was in economy so he could sit with his family in first class.\u201d<\/p>\n
The flight attendant explained that she would be able to qualify for \u2018another free upgrade in another flight\u2019 or even a full refund if she agreed to move.<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked her if there was any chance I could stay in my seat because I genuinely thought I was being kicked out,\u201d she continued. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe said that the two parents and I were the only upgraded passengers on the flight and there were no other first-class seats available so if there was to be any chance for the boy to sit with his family it would only make sense for him to sit in my seat.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cIf this was a different situation such as they\u2019d overbooked the first class and the boy had purchased a ticket it would be a different story but I got this upgrade because of how much I fly on the airline. <\/p>\n
\u201cAlso, I may have considered it if the parents had bought their tickets but they hadn\u2019t either.\u201d<\/p>\n
The OP went on to explain that she didn\u2019t blame the flight attendant, but felt judged by other passengers for refusing to swap seats.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did get shamed by an old woman in the seat next to me who told me that I made a child sit on their own for 13 hours. <\/p>\n
\u201cI get a 13-hour flight alone for a child is the scary part but I saw him walk up and down the aisles like every hour to meet his parents so it wasn\u2019t like he was alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
One person commented: \u201cI\u2019m sure two people in economy would\u2019ve been glad to swap with the parents!\u201d<\/p>\n
Another said: \u201cThe parents never should have accepted seats away from their kid to begin with, especially not both of them. If they were so concerned, they would have gone back to coach and given up their seats to two other people.\u201d<\/p>\n
While a third put: \u201cOne of the parents could have gone into economy to join the kid. Why did one of them even leave the kid in economy alone to begin with!\u201d<\/p>\n
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