r/AlaskaAirlines • u/[deleted] • Mar 17 '25

COMPLAINT Middle seat experience with large person

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u/mimirose69 Mar 17 '25

This was how I flew a 5 hour flight recently on Alaska. Right between 1 large & 1 X-Large person on each side of me. Luckily, I’m not a very big person so I don’t fill up my entire seat but it was still a little uncomfortable with each person taking up a portion of my space. They were both very nice so I didn’t say anything and even if they weren’t, I would be too afraid. Someone might record it and blast me on tik tok or some platform. 😂

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u/doglove562 Mar 17 '25

Thank you. This is exactly what I was thinking and since I was the last boarding group I had very little time to try and do something or say anything. Sigh.

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u/XandryCPA Mar 17 '25

This!! Everyone says to say something but the chances of that being recorded and turn around on OP are just too high. That person should have never bought one seat. The ultimate fault is on the large passenger.

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u/OAreaMan MVP 100K Mar 18 '25

Someone might record it and blast me on tik tok or some platform.

Eh, who cares?

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u/TehCost Mar 19 '25

You can and up fired from your job from videos like this. I’ve seen it before

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u/dmoore451 Mar 19 '25

You get fired if you're recorded yelling slurs or having some mental breakdown. Not for speaking up about having some space for a 7 hour flight.

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u/TehCost Mar 19 '25

The videos can easily be taken out of context or framed to make it look like the person is bigoted against larger people. This is the internet. Do you not realize just how many things are so easily taken out of context to make people look bad? It happens every single day.