A man has been wracked with guilt after he refused to give up his plane seat for a pregnant woman, yet online strangers are backing him after he shared his story. The 28 year old was flying from New York to Hawaii on a 12-hour flight and had booked a 'comfort seat' in advance, costing him around £200 and points. But his peace was disrupted when a pregnant woman, struggling with her condition, approached him for his seat.
Sharing his dilemma on a now-deleted Reddit post, he recounted: "About 15 minutes before takeoff, a visibly pregnant woman was walking up and down towards the front of the plane. "She and a flight attendant looked around for a moment, talked a bit, and then the lady approached me asking if I would be willing to switch seats with her due to her condition. I politely declined.
I explained that I had specifically booked this seat because I'm pretty long (I'm 6'4 tall) and that I needed the extra comfort and space." Despite the understanding flight attendant moving on to ask other passengers—who also refused—the man was left questioning if he had made the right choice as guilt set in. He explained: "If I agreed they would have reimbursed me for the extra cost via a voucher so that my ticket would've been the cost of the normal economy ticket.
I'm not certain if the pregnant lady would've had to pay extra to switch with me because I just politely declined a few times and we didn't get into that level of detail," reports the Mirror. "The pregnant lady then tol.
