{"id":120371,"date":"2023-11-14T17:59:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T17:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=120371"},"modified":"2023-11-14T17:59:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T17:59:05","slug":"flight-attendant-reveals-how-to-sit-in-an-empty-first-class-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/travel\/flight-attendant-reveals-how-to-sit-in-an-empty-first-class-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight attendant reveals how to sit in an empty first-class seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Flight attendant reveals the WILDEST stunts passengers pull to try and get upgraded to first class &#8211; as she lifts the lid on how plane staff are really trained to deal with them<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Destanie, 25, who flies domestically, shared how people attempt to upgrade<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>She said some passengers will angle for an upgrade to business class<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>However, she\u00a0 said many also try for a surprising seat change &#8211;\u00a0 to the exit row<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Everyone arrives at the airport with the hope they&#8217;ll be ungraded to first class &#8211; but one flight attendant has now revealed the very extreme lengths that some people go to for a little bit of luxury in the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Flight attendant Destanie, who often posts her travel tips and tricks to TikTok, shared what the flight staff do if they find someone in a seat class they&#8217;re not meant to be in.<\/p>\n<p>According to the 25-year-old, who doesn&#8217;t share what airline she works for,\u00a0 they would &#8216;never allow that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If someone wants to switch cabins or even get an upgrade, that&#8217;s to be dealt with with the gate agent,&#8217; the Philadelphia native\u00a0explained. &#8216;Flight attendants do not deal with any of that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/14\/77748091-12744147-Flight_attendant_Destanie_pictured_often_posts_her_travel_tips_a-a-5_1699971263159.jpg\" height=\"970\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Flight attendant Destanie (pictured) often posts her travel tips and tricks to TikTok. In a recent clip she shared what flight staff do if someone is trying to get upgraded to first class<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/14\/77749159-12744147-Philadelphia_native_said_flight_attendants_don_t_deal_with_seat_-a-6_1699971263160.jpg\" height=\"753\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia native said flight attendants don&#8217;t deal with seat changes &#8211; the gate agents do<\/p>\n<p>She went to explain that some people have told her the airline she works for even consider giving people upgrades as stealing because the passenger didn&#8217;t pay for the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Usually first class is always full,&#8217; she added. &#8216;So people don&#8217;t really have the room to pull some stupid stuff.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>If there are spaces in first class, Destanie, who often shares videos to TikTok about her life as a flight attendant, says they have a sort of tier system to allocating the empty seats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If you have a credit card or if you have some status with the airline, they usually end up upgrading people,&#8217; she explained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There have been multiple times that men have hit on me thinking that I&#8217;m gonna move them to first class,&#8217; Destanie laughed. &#8216;Because they told me I was pretty.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She even shared a story from a few months ago when a man tried this tactic, walking up to her and telling her she&#8217;s &#8216;so pretty.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Like, this is the most beautiful cabin crew I\u2019ve ever seen,\u2019 the man reportedly said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Destanie said she clued on to what he wanted after pointing out he could spot\u00a0 an empty first class seat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I literally dead a** looked at him and I was like, &#8220;I&#8217;m not gonna take that compliment now,&#8221;&#8216; she said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/17\/77748097-12744147-image-a-4_1699897729063.jpg\" height=\"1056\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>If there are spaces in first class, Destanie says they have a sort of tier system to allocating the empty seats<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/14\/77749161-12744147-Destanie_who_often_shares_videos_to_TikTok_about_her_life_as_a_f-a-7_1699971263161.jpg\" height=\"535\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Destanie, who often shares videos to TikTok about her life as a flight attendant, says if you want an upgrade, getting a credit card with good perks with an airline is the way to go<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/17\/77748101-12744147-image-a-8_1699897880481.jpg\" height=\"154\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/14\/77748085-12744147-image-a-8_1699971263162.jpg\" height=\"160\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/14\/77748087-12744147-TikTok_users_shared_some_of_their_own_experiences_when_flying_as-a-9_1699971263275.jpg\" height=\"159\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>TikTok users shared some of their own experiences when flying as passengers, or even as part of the cabin crew<\/p>\n<p>However, the flight attendant revealed it wasn&#8217;t the first class seats people are usually angling for when they board the aircraft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What people all the time pull is they try to move to the exit rows,&#8217; she shared. &#8216;Exit rows are upgraded seats and for my airline you get like free cocktails when you sit in the exit row.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She added the exit rows are not immune from people trying to sneak their way into the seat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;One time this guy moved and he literally argued with me back and forth,&#8217; she recalled.<\/p>\n<p>Destanie said the man argued &#8216;back and forth,&#8217; telling her he was able to assist in <span>an emergency &#8211; which she pointe out was not how it worked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You can&#8217;t move to the seat,\u00a0 It&#8217;s an upgraded seat,&#8217; she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Some TikTok users took to the app to share their own flight experiences and thoughts on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I got moved to first class when I was flying with my newborn and was having a hard time! The flight attendant was amazing for that,&#8217; one woman gushed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Free cocktails in exit row?&#8217; one said incredulously. &#8216;I always assumed they wanted sober(ish) people in those. I worry if I&#8217;m in an exit row Ill get the side eye for having a few.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I\u2019m a gate agent and have huge respect for my colleagues in the cabin. 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