Man, fiance kicked off United Airlines flight en route to their wedding

[dixiegrrrrl]

The day after the "new rules" supposedly were in effect.

A Utah man and his fiancée say a U.S. Marshal booted them Saturday from a Houston flight en route to their Costa Rica wedding after they changed seats without permission — the latest in a string of negative headlines for the bedeviled company.

Michael Hohl and Amber Maxwell — whose destination wedding is still slated for Thursday — boarded flight no. 1737 along with friends to find a napping man sprawled across their assigned seats, 24B and 24C, they told local TV affiliate KHOU.

They relocated to empty seats three rows up, 21B and 21C, with Hohl telling the outlet they were “simply in an economy row a few rows above our economy seat” on the apparently half-full flight.

Hohl claims that after a flight attendant told them to return to their assigned seats, the couple did — only to be told to leave by a marshal who boarded the plane.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-fiancee-kicked-united-flight-en-route-wedding-article-1.3062286

[sakabatou]

1. So they went back to original seats

And then were booted off? WTF?

[oberliner]

3. Has there been any independent confirmation of their version of events?

"These passengers repeatedly attempted to sit in upgraded seating which they did not purchase and they would not follow crew instructions to return to their assigned seats," the airline said.

Something is not checking out here.

[elehhhhna]

4. It's an exit row so there is more leg room

[oberliner]

6. Row 21 is "Economy Plus" on that flight

Not sure how much more those seats cost.

[elehhhhna]

13. Plus. Correct

[oberliner]

2. This story is a little fishy

Some contradictory and dubious information.

A person was napping in their seats when they boarded?

They returned to their seats and then were kicked off the plane?

Seems like there is maybe more to this story.

[elehhhhna]

5. 8 pm flight, exit row.

[oberliner]

7. The question is: did they return to their correct seats as they claimed?

Or did they repeatedly try to move up to the more expensive seats as the airline claims?

Someone is lying here.

[Igel]

8. Yes, it would seem so.

But there's no way to tell, so until more information on an irrelevant issue comes up, not much to say.

In fact, I've already used up what I had to say on at least two other threads just in coming up with this.

[sharedvalues]

10. Who cares? The seats were empty either way.

Why ban people from moving seats when the better seats are empty?

[oberliner]

11. Wouldn't everybody want the better seats?

Seems unfair.

Why not just sit in the seats you paid for?

[sarah FAILIN]

12. Security

If you are supposed to be in one place, you should stay there. It makes sense that they would be wanting to keep an accurate "inventory" of where everyone is and staying in your spot is the best way to do that.

[kimbutgar]

9. Why didn't they tell the flight attendant someone was in their seats?

This story sounds made up.

[Bucky]

14. Why is it not "Woman and HER fiance kicked off flight"?

You sexist pigs, every last one of you!!