YVR Bound

We're airbone on WestJet and I am once again taking advantage of their awesome Wifi - it's a little slow, but, it's very stable and, this time, FREE! I couldn't get it to work on my Macbook, but, it works fine on my phone and I am hotspotting, as I often do. If you are an avid user of Wifi but you don't know what hotspotting is, do yourself a favour and check it out. I have never not had it work great.

So, this flight is mostly full but I have an empty seat beside me. In the row immediately in front of us, there is an older Canadian looking couple that booked the aisle and window seat, no doubt hoping that nobody would take the middle. In the event, a miserable looking woman is stuck between them.

Question: is this, a couple booking the "outside" seats, bad behaviour? I think so. Not 10/10 bad, and I mean I'm sure they paid extra, but still. I would not do that. But I honestly don't really care that much. I am just so happy to have quiet time on an airplane. I for sure would take the outside seat if it were available, but I really don't mind being in the middle, even between strangers.

My spouse is planning to offer the empty seat in our row to her when and if she gets up. I agree.

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