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Air travel is stressful enough without entitled passengers making it worse. Whether it's armrest hoggers or seat recliners, there's always someone who makes the journey unpleasant. But one airline passenger took things to another level—flat-out refusing to move from a seat she didn't pay for.

Reddit user u/compile_commit shared the wild story, which involved his cousin flying from Ahmedabad to Kolkata on Indigo Airlines. He had specifically booked an exit row aisle seat and even paid extra for it. However, when he boarded, he found a woman already sitting there, completely unwilling to move.


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At first, she insisted she "always" booked an aisle seat, refusing to even check her ticket. When he calmly explained it was his seat, she escalated the situation, growing more defiant. Frustrated but not willing to let it slide, he called over a flight attendant to settle the matter.

"I spoke to the attendant. She confirmed it's my seat, but since you seem certain, she's offered me a complimentary upgrade to business class."
— @compile_commit

The woman was stunned by the mention of a business class upgrade. Before she could think twice, he offered to switch seats, saying she could have his "business class" seat instead. Eager to take advantage, she jumped at the offer.

With a smug strut, she marched to the front of the plane, only to be met with reality—there was no business class on the flight. Embarrassed, she returned to confront him, but by then, he was already settled in the seat that was rightfully his.

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The final blow

A small scene unfolded as she tried to argue with him, but a nearby passenger backed him up, confirming he had never actually promised her an upgrade. When the flight attendant stepped in again, things only got worse for the woman.

As she hesitated to produce her boarding pass, trying to argue her way out of the situation, the captain himself arrived. At this point, the flight had been delayed, and his patience was running thin.


"Ma'am, this says 22B. Your seat is nine rows back, and it's a middle seat."
— Airline Captain

The realization hit her hard. She had not only been caught in a lie, but she was now stuck in a dreaded middle seat, rows away from where she had tried to sit. With no other choice, she muttered complaints about the situation being unfair but ultimately shuffled to her assigned spot.

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Reddit debates whether the story is real

As entertaining as the tale was, some Reddit users were skeptical about its authenticity.

u/Shihaby questioned whether a captain would ever get involved in a seating dispute, saying, "There's no way the captain went to the back to check on a seating situation, simply fiction."

Another user, u/Waylander08, shared their own experience with accidental seat stealing, recalling, "I got on a mostly empty plane and ended up sitting in someone else's seat. Turns out, we had the same seat number!"

Meanwhile, u/Drazilou found the entire scenario hilarious, writing, "She just had to inform the entire plane of her entitlement, making sure everybody knew how obnoxious she was and taking her embarrassment from nose to tail."

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Regardless of whether the story was embellished or not, it resonated with many who have encountered entitled travelers. One thing's for sure—this passenger learned the hard way that stealing someone else's seat doesn't always work out in your favor.

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