Airplane Karen complains through entire 5-hour flight because woman was sat between her and her husband, accuses woman of 'cheap[ing] out’ on flight tickets

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Aug 4, 2024 6:00 PM EDT

I'm sorry, I didn't know you owned the plane!

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  • Long flights in the air are not fun for anyone involved unless you're living it up in first class, tummy filled with glasses of champagne and better-than-you'd-think airplane food. For those of us that sit in economy, discomfort is almost always unavoidable. 

    Unless you snag an extra seat for yourself so it's guaranteed you have extra leg room and won't be going elbow-for-elbow with your row mate, you're in for a bumpy ride with a forecast of “pardon me, just have to sneak in front of you”. Some flyers think they're entitled to the utmost comfort regardless of their ticket status, but they're in for a real newsflash once they realize that the world doesn't revolve around them.

    The woman in this story was planning to fly and had picked her seat in advance for an extra charge. She was placed on standby due to a medical emergency on another flight that day, which caused her flight to get filled up by those passengers. She luckily snagged the last seat on the plane, but was placed between a Karen and her husband. The entire five hours were filled with Karen accusing the woman of being cheap and buying a middle seat (untrue), telling her she's not supposed to be sitting in the seat (despite offering to switch with either Karen or her husband), and Karen talking over the woman to her husband the entire flight. This is what happens when people think just because they booked seats with an empty one in the middle, that no one is ever allowed to sit between them. Read ahead to get the full story with some hilarious Karen quotes and opinions on the debacle.

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    I ruined this woman's plane ride apparently
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    I'm 23F, I don't know the ages of the couple but they seemed to be in their late early 30s. This was a flight about 5 hours long. I always pay extra and pick my seat in advance. However, due to a medical emergency on a flight from earlier in the day... I was placed on Standby because the people who got displaced from that flight were placed on our flight since it was the next
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    one headed to the same location. Fortunately, towards the end of boarding, my named ended up being called.. I got lucky and was able to get on this flight (I think they switched to a bigger plane), instead of having to wait for the next flight. On this new flight .. My seat ended up being the middle seat in a row of 3.
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    When I got to my row, the man and woman were chatting and sharing a snack.. it was obvious they are together. I mentioned to the man, who was in the aisle, that i'm in the middle seat and he got up to let me in. I asked them if they would prefer to sit together.. I said i'm totally okay with that. They can pick the
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    seats. The woman immediately reacted rudely to this.. she said something like 'you're not supposed to be sitting here anyway'. I explained the situation (i'm pretty sure everyone on the plane was aware of this though, as there had been announcements and rearranging happening). I
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    offered to show her my new ticket too (it said my seat number on it). She flicked her hand at my ticket and made a disgusted sound. I offered again, if they want to sit together.. to which she didn't reply. Her partner said 'its okay' and seemed kinder between the two. I sat down. He made some small talk about how the plane must be so full blah blah.
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    The woman didn't wait long and eventually interrupted us - she asked me 'did you use one of those third party websites to book your flight? it's so frustrating when people cheap out to inconvenience others'. I told her I booked direct, and the only reason I got placed on standby (along with many other
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    people) was due to the medical emergency that happened on another flight. None of us got to choose our seats. She asked me if I paid for seat selection. I told her I did. I was so done with her attitude, I put my headphones on and attempted to do my own thing.
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    This woman for the remaining 4ish hours kept reaching over me and tapping her partner and trying to talk to him in a way that was super intrusive to me being stuck between them. I could tell even her partner was trying to engage her less so that she would hopefully stop, but she didn't. And the whole time she acted as if I was the problem in this scenario.
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    The unforeseen part of this aside.. I think they tried to pull that tactic where they don't sit together on purpose, leaving the middle seat empty, hoping no one will sit between them. But on full flights (which most are) it doesn't work. And even so - it's not the other persons fault.
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    Junkman3 13 hr. ago • You nailed it in your last paragraph. She was disappointed and decided to take it out on you.
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    CoderJoe1. 11 hr. ago Like a toddler having a tantrum
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    AlarmedBechamel · 11 hr. ago As someone who absolutely has tried that same tactic I am so sorry the other person was a . Whenever my partner and I do it we always let the person joining know and ask if they'd like the window seat (so we sit together).
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    ketita 8 hr. ago • My partner and I do it... but he genuinely prefers window, and I prefer aisle, and we'll happily ignore each other for the whole flight while he sleeps and I game or whatever. Obviously it's nice if we end up with an empty
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    seat in the middle, but we'd rather not than compromise on our in- flight comfort. , we'd rather sit in completely different rows than have to give up the seats we like!
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    • Spirited Disaster · 13 hr. ago Sounds exactly like the middle seat thing. I really don't understand why they preferred to inconvenience themselves (and you) and didn't just swap with you. Weird hill to on.
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    GenXer76 13 hr. ago She sounds like an insufferable witch. She was probably spoiled growing up. Imagine having to spend every day with her.
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    Ravio11i 4 hr. ago Probably why the husband didn't say "sure I'll trade so I can sit by my wife"
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    jeajea22 13 hr. ago How entitled and shows she rarely travels. Every flight is full these days, especially long ones. In my experience the only ones that aren't full are the ones first thing in the morning on a commuter flight.
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    taco-belle- 11 hr. ago • My husband and I generally book a window and an aisle since I prefer the window and he prefers the aisle. However, if it seems like the person in the middle would be more comfortable in one of the other seats we offer to swap with them. Additionally we do not
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    ever talk over the middle person or intrude on their space at all. That woman was incredibly rude while you tried to be as accommodating as possible. Oh well, she probably has jerky interactions with people all the time if that's how she behaves.
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    Imbalanxs 12 hr. ago Yep, that's why people try to save money. In order to inconvenience others. You're a lot more diplomatic than I am OP. Respect. I'd have feigned surprise and said "Your majesty! I'm so sorry, I didn't recognise you. What are you doing mingling with us plebs? Cheaping out?"
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