On the rare occasions there is no more standbys for upgrades, I have upgraded a stranger as a companion. I do not do that if there are other elites on the wait list.

I will not, however, swap myself into a middle seat for anyone. Sorry, everyone has their limits.

In the golden days of another life gone by, I used to love a full flight, especially late in the afternoon on a commuter, when all were exhausted and most fell asleep a few minutes into the flight or quietly let the day pass review.

On hot summer days we would have a cooler brought to the flight with Hagen Daz Ice Cream and you should have seen the happy faces of the suits, sitting in their seats like little boys and girls, happily licking their ice cream. Those were the good days, the other days ———I had surgically removed from my memory so I could cope with the rest of my life!

Cheers, Happy

One more piece of advice: if you are a parent and someone gave up a seat for you all to sit together, buy them a drink. Or if they are sitting in front of you and are likely to get kicked the whole flight!

That’s so cool! You are awesome: ) Would love to have you as a pax: )

I have had plenty of people accept jelly beans, twizzlers and the occasional candy bar. I’ve also been known to hand parents small bags of mini-Oreos or chocolate chip cookies for small kids on flights that seem hungry and fussy.

If kids are happy on flights everyone around them is happier.

Happy Flying!

-Fish

Until Delta removed the Crown Room as a Platinum perk I used to bring servicemen & servicewomen into the CRC with me at SFO with some regularity as ‘cousins.’ The women who used to be at the CRC desk at SFO never questioned me (I was at the SFO CRC 3 to 6 times a week for a year) and let them stay long after I had left for my flight. On one Delta SEA-ATL flight I offered up my seat to a soldier and the FA’s instead moved the six servicemen on board into six empty seats up front on the 763 flown on the route.

I no longer get upgrades very often as I switched my frequent flyer programs to non-US programs, but they do happen at times and I still often give up my seat when I get the upgrades.

Happy Flying!

-Fish

I’m still waiting to see one of my FC paxs give up there seat for someone in the military…only wishing I could suggest it!

Do people actually take the candy from you? I normally always try to share my gum or give away my peanuts if I don’t want them, but people seem to always refuse now where in the past they didn’t…

David