We both had been allocated Seat 19D, and both had boarding passes that had been scanned to this effect. I grabbed my ticket to show him his error. We sat down, waited, and in due course, someone turned up at the row and we directed them to the only available seat (the window) figuring it was the only “spare” seat going.Ībout five minutes later, another passenger appeared and stated that he thought I was sitting in his seat. We were seated in Row 19, seats A-C and D-E, with F being the “empty” seat that we figured would be filled with one random flyer or another. This was Jetstar’s last flight out of Sydney for the night, landing in Perth just after 11pm thanks to the two hour time difference. There were five of us, which is always an interesting proposition, because very few plane layouts allow for 3-2 style seating, and as much as I love my kids, I readily agree that they won’t be everyone’s cup of tea to sit next to on a late night flight. Recently on a Jetstar flight from Sydney to Perth with my family, I hit a wrinkle I’d not experienced previously. Triple bookings: how not to allocate airline seats I tend to board as early as I can on flights for precisely that reason. It’s usually only a small fuss, unless they’ve boarded quite late and suddenly realise that they’re looking at the wrong seat and that their carry on luggage might have to go somewhere else on the plane. 95 per cent of the time they have misread the seat allocations during the hustle and bustle of boarding.
Every once in a while when I fly, I’ll take my seat only to have a passenger approach me and inform me I’m sitting in “their” seat.
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