Mackenzie Click-Mickelson
Chugging along the path of life
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- Oct 23, 2015
Actually you said:Again, I might ask. I am amazed at how this is chafing so many people. If someone said no I'd say, "okay. I understand. Thanks anyway" I'm not taking advantage of anyone. I'm not stealing something you are entitled to. lol And me saying I would swap if someone asks is not an indictment on the character of anyone who wants to say no. It's just what I would do It doesn't have to be right for anyone else.
If I had a 6 younger child that I needed to sit with I would ask.
You also mentioned:
Which isn't a statement that I would personally make though of course this is just me personally. Each and every flight is different.Even if it's a full flight there are virtually always people who would switch with you if the situation came up so that your kids wouldn't sit alone.
And also this:
Which from your comments you've flown SWA at least 12-18 times with kids so you should know that Family Boarding is between A and B.But to be honest, this would never happen to me if I were travelling with young children because I would pre board and would make sure to check in at the earliest possible time so we could get a good boarding status
As far as checking in at the earliest time- we do that as well-on the dot 24hrs. Just this year alone for just me (as my husband is currently A-List Preferred) March 7th from DEN-MCI B33 (I don't have the e-boarding pass saved for my flight to Denver from MCI, ETA: but I did actually just remember as an odd fluke I got a C boarding position-first time ever in the years of flying with SWA that I got one- still convinced it was a random fluke lol), September 8th MCI to MCO A50, September 18th MCO to MCI B16, October 2nd MCI to LAS B17, October 9th LAS to MCI B24. All of these are without EBCI. Each and every flight is different. I don't exactly remember the boarding positions but last year when I flew (which I flew a total of 6 times spread over 3 trips) at least twice was in the A boarding without EBCI.
I can appreciate that and have the outlook as well on most things but one of them, even without having children, is not thinking that things will work out each and everytime with having my child sitting next to me if that is what I wanted. That to me isn't the outlook that is prudent. Of course there is a chance every single time it works out that is for sure but a chance and a certainty are two different things and for me if I was looking to provide advice to someone I would want them to plan for the worst and hope for the best rather than just say "yeah someone will likely switch for ya" (paraphrasing here). And that last comment is what drove the responses people had toward you.I don't worry about things a lot. Things work out.
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