Airline passenger warns others to NEVER change seats after he had a nightmare in-flight experience by giving up his seat to a woman who stole it from him

A frequent traveler sent a PSA to fellow passengers about changing seats after having a nightmare that saw him move five times because he reluctantly gave up his seat to another passenger.

The unidentified man took to Reddit to share his story about the seat swap, which “permanently changed.” [his] I’m thinking of being nice one day and trading places with someone.”

He sparked the heated debate about travel etiquette after a frequent flyer was praised for refusing to change seats so a woman could sit by the window.

He shared his experience in a thread on Delta Air Lines, adding that the disastrous incident happened eight years ago while on a flight from New York City to Utah.

He wrote: “That was about eight years ago.” I am very tired. I was working in New York last week and made my first trip there. I am completely exhausted from the long hours at work and the lack of sleep from going out at night.

“We fly straight back to SLC in the evening.” I look forward to falling into my chair; I prepared by taking some Nyquil sleeping pills. The seats you need to know are in row 12. ABC DEF.’

As he walked through the plane, he held his card marked 12F in his hand.

When he got to his passage, he saw that a woman was sitting in the seat assigned to him.

“As I walk down the aisle to my ride. The CDEF places are all filled. I keep my ticket for 12F. Of course I tell the woman in my seat that she has my seat.

“She claims it’s hers and I must be wrong. (See a sentence before I hold my card).

“She has to dig through her bag for a long time to find her ticket, to see that she has 12A, and asks if I can just sit in her seat so she doesn’t have to move because she is ‘settled’. Well. The same chair. I do not care. I’m in 12A and I’m falling asleep,” he said.

However, his nap was interrupted when the woman who had taken her seat came up to him and demanded that she sit back down.

He shared his experience in a thread on Delta Air Lines, adding that the disastrous incident happened eight years ago on a flight from New York City to Utah (stock photo).

A few moments later, the woman from 12F stands in the corridor, taps me on the shoulder and says she needs her space. She’s holding her ticket and says she’s claustrophobic and needs her seat (12B is empty, so 12A looks better than 12F now),” he explained.

Even though he is sure she was “full of shit” and just wanted the middle place for herself, he switches places with her again, because it is officially her place.

Nearby passengers notice this and tell the man that he is “nice” to put up with the constant seat changes.

“I agree, but Shit, I want to sleep so badly I’m falling asleep again,” he added.

However, his slumber is interrupted again when the same woman approaches him again.

“A few moments later the woman wakes me up again.” She offers me 12A again because she is suffering from a panic attack and has decided to get off the plane. (The door was still not closed due to the delay in waiting for a pilot.)

“I nod to 12E and tell him to take 12A. “He’ll have a better seat than the middle seat, but he’s settled, so I go back to 12A, 12E of course goes to 12F and I touch the sleep,” he said.

And again the passenger is woken up – this time by another traveler who now asks him to move so he can sit in 12A.

People flooded the comments section and agreed with the man, while many social media users shared their own experiences

‘A little later I am woken up by a man standing in the aisle and saying that I am sitting in his seat. He is holding a freshly printed ticket for 12A because the plane door is still open and he was assigned that seat after the claustrophobic woman got off the plane.

‘What can I do? He doesn’t know everything that happened, at least that’s where he’s officially based.

“I’m exhausted and I look at 12C and say, ‘I’m sorry, I’m going to 12B for a moment, I’m not going back to 12E, who is now sitting in my seat 12F.’ “I’m going back to sleep,” he added.

Of course, his sleep doesn’t last long. The man in seat 12A now offers him the backrest as he has decided to move to the back of the plane.

He explained: “A few moments later I’m woken up by the man in 12A telling me I can sit in his seat while he goes to the back where there are still empty seats.”

“The plane has just closed its door after three hours at the gate and is getting ready to take off while I lean back in seat 12A to fall asleep.”

READ MORE: DailyMail.com columnist Jaci Stephen reveals why she ALWAYS refuses to change seats on planes

At the end of the post, he advised travelers to definitely stay in their seats.

“Never give up your place, people,” he said.

People flooded the comments section and agreed with the man, while many social media users shared their own experiences.

One person said, “Traded a million times.”

Another user added: “Just reading made me tired and angry. ‘Wow.’

“I once had a window seat so I could curl up and sleep after work. Well, the guy next to me in the middle seat asks me if I can switch and sit on the aisle side so his little boy can look out the window.

“Okay, I remember what it was like. What I didn’t know was that across the hall was his wife and other children. Throughout the flight they talk over me, lean over me, give me snacks and constantly stand up. Never change seats,” wrote another.

Another said: “Wow, you win the award for craziest seat swapping story.”

“This is like my nightmare, I just want to be left alone on the plane. Thanks for sharing,” another user added.

“Musical chairs,” someone else said.

“Great story,” another user added.

“I will not switch if someone tries to ‘fool’ me by sitting in the chair and playing ‘dumb’.” NO. “If someone politely asks to swap equivalent seats and gives a good reason, like next to family or friends, I’ll do it,” wrote another.

Yesterday there was a passenger vehemently defended himself after he refused to switch seats with a married couple because the woman did not want to sit in the middle seat.

The anonymous man, 45, took to Reddit to share his travel experiences while sitting in a window seat next to a man and a woman. He admitted he refused to trade sweatpants with the woman in the middle seat.

In the past, a frequent flyer revealed that she refused to swap her window seat with a “suitable” passenger who wanted to sit next to his wife.

The unnamed woman shared on Reddit how she refused to move to a middle seat on an 11-hour flight from New York to Cairo, Egypt, so the man next to her could sit next to his wife.

The anonymous woman shared her story on the social media platform to talk about the man in a thread titled “EntitledPeople”, prompting others online to condemn the man for asking someone else to lower quality switch chair. he could be happy.

The rejection came months after a man sparked heated debate when he refused to give up his first-class seat for his boss, despite using his own credit card points to do so.

In the past, DailyMail.com’s Jaci Stephen even spoke her mind, confessing that she “absolutely refuses” to change seats, no matter how angry the passenger who wants to change.