Flight passenger says traveler paid $100 to swap seats because she felt 'claustrophobic'

An hose rider was seemingly consenting to wage the terms successful bid to unafraid their desired seat.

A Reddit user, who said they were flying Delta, wrote successful a station that a seatmate offered to wage them $100 to determination from the aisle spot to the model seat.

While boarding the level from Boston to Atlanta, the rider headed toward their spot connected the formation but archetypal ran into the seatmate.

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"As I approached my spot an aged woman was having a hard clip getting her container successful the overhead truthful I offered to help. She ended up being successful 1D and I was 1C," the rider wrote connected the sub-Reddit thread "r/delta."

A pistillate (not pictured) who struggled to get her luggage successful the overhead bin asked to power her model spot to the aisle spot by offering her seatmate $100, according to a caller Reddit post. (iStock)

"She instantly said she'd wage maine $100 to swap seats due to the fact that she feels claustrophobic successful the model seats successful this peculiar spot configuration. Even though I similar an aisle I told her that I'd gladly power for escaped arsenic agelong arsenic she wouldn't kick astir letting maine retired if request be."

The rider insisted connected not taking the wealth and hoped that the chap passenger would hide astir the offer.

As the 2 continued to board, they engaged successful speech and spoke astir 1 another's household and jobs, starring the rider to judge that "the outgo happening had been settled," the rider wrote successful the post.

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"Upon landing successful ATL she again insisted that I instrumentality wealth from her and tried to manus maine $100," the rider continued.

A formation rider shared a caller formation brushwood with an older pistillate paying $100 to swap seats connected an airplane. The rider did not privation to instrumentality her money, according to the Reddit post. (iStock)

"I tried to garbage again, but she told maine to instrumentality it and springiness it to my kids but to explicate to them however being bully to others tin pb to thing bully successful return. I yet relented and took her money, but I astir apt won't archer my kids that due to the fact that past they'll expect maine to wage them anytime they bash thing nice."

Other Reddit users commented connected the encounter, with immoderate calling it "awkward" and others uncovering it to beryllium a affirmative illustration of kindness from others.

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"My gramps erstwhile told me: if idiosyncratic is benignant capable to connection you a gift, you should beryllium benignant capable to judge it," 1 idiosyncratic wrote successful the Reddit thread.

Many Reddit users joined successful connected the speech and recovered it to beryllium specified a affirmative formation communicative successful the midst of the emergence successful "seat squatter" stories that person taken implicit travel. (iStock)

"Accept the acquisition - means much to giver than the receiver," different idiosyncratic wrote.

"I warrant spot swap requests would beryllium similar 75-85% palmy if they conscionable asked bully up beforehand similar this lady," 1 idiosyncratic said. "But truthful galore conscionable power without asking and astatine that constituent it’s nary longer astir ‘am I good switching’ it becomes ‘I volition ne'er alteration seats with you retired of spite for your behavior.’"

"I was connected the different extremity of this aforesaid concern and wanted to bash thing bully for the idiosyncratic that helped america out. She wouldn't accept, but the formation attendant overheard and sent her points (which I didn't cognize they could do)," different idiosyncratic wrote.

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This formation brushwood comes astatine a clip successful which "seat squatter" stories proceed to inclination connected societal media.

As "seat squatters" are inactive connected the rise, Reddit users recovered this enactment of kindness to beryllium a affirmative acquisition among galore antagonistic question stories. (iStock)

Another Reddit idiosyncratic shared their brushwood with an "angel squatter" connected a recent flight successful the midst of an uptick successful travelers who rob the seats that were selected and paid for by different aerial passengers.

"My hubby and I were past to committee connected our connecting formation due to the fact that [our] archetypal formation was delayed 20 minutes. We upgraded to archetypal [class] precocious and determination was an aisle spot and model spot disposable connected antithetic rows."

The rider said that her and her husband's seats were not adjacent to 1 another, and determination was already a pistillate sitting successful the spot adjacent to her husband.

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The pistillate sitting adjacent to the hubby was traveling unsocial and decided to connection her spot to the mates truthful they could could beryllium adjacent to 1 another, according to the Reddit post.

In an effort to get the spot she wanted, an older formation rider offered her seatmate $100 to power seats. (iStock)

Jacqueline Whitmore, a erstwhile formation attendant and Florida-based etiquette expert, shared proposal astir switching seats connected an airplane, adjacent if you are doing it arsenic an enactment of kindness.

"If you privation to beryllium adjacent to idiosyncratic successful particular, similar a person oregon household member, it’s OK to inquire different rider to power seats with you. It’s their prerogative to garbage oregon not," Whitmore told Fox News Digital.

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"Seat angels are each astir us, but it’s champion to inquire support earlier sitting successful a spot that’s not assigned to you," she said.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Reddit idiosyncratic and Delta for comment.