No one enjoys having issues on their travel day, no matter where they’re heading.

Maybe you’ve hit the jackpot and gotten a great price on your airfare, plus you’re already excited for your vacation, which is so close you can taste it, but then you hop on the plane and notice your seat is…already taken? What’s going on here? Unfortunately, this is a new trend that’s taking over airfare, and we’re here to tell you it’s a surefire way to get all your flight attendants glaring daggers at you the entire time.

When you’re booking your airline seat, it may cost extra for you to get the seats that are more desirable, such as the window and aisle seats at the front of the plane. Oftentimes, it’s a pain to pay extra for these seats, but if you want to be sure you have a more enjoyable experience, you’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do.

However, there’s a new (awful) trend taking over social media and beyond right now that’s really aggravating fellow passengers and flight attendants. It’s called “seat squatting” and essentially what it is is that a person with a less desirable seat will sit in a better seat in the hopes that someone didn’t book it. However, in many cases, someone did book the seat, and the person has to go through the awkward encounter of telling the flight attendant someone is in their seat and the flight attendant then telling that person to move to their actual assigned seat, which all holds up the boarding process.

Travelers have shared that these seat squatters sometimes won’t give up this seat easily. Some of them try to make a deal with you to stay in your seat, and therefore you take theirs instead. It’s up to you whether or not you’d like to accept this deal or not, but make sure it’s minimum what you paid for the seat, or else you’re the one who’s out a better seat AND some money, and that’s not what you want.

Remember that there is no issue at all speaking up if someone is in your seat — if you don’t want to take the deal you’re being offered (if any), a flight attendant will be happy to ensure you get in the seat you paid for. Yes, it can be awkward and sometimes a little scary, but you paid for that seat, so if that’s where you’d like to sit, then it’s your right to sit there. There’s no need to be rude to anyone involved, but you can stand firm in your decision to take the seat you paid for.

And if you’re thinking of seat squatting — just don’t. We know, if you can get something better without having to pay for it, it’s great, but you can also ask a flight attendant after the boarding door is closed if there are any empty seats that are more sought after that you could move to. The answer could very much be no, and you have to respect that no if it’s what you get, but you’ll likely get much further by asking than you would if you just take it from the get go.

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