Delete this video. Telling other cheap parents how to avoid paying for a seat for their offspring is irresponsible. You should be ashamed for being a proud freeloader.
People who are complaining about this inconveniencing others, she’s flying with southwest where there is OPEN SEATING! She’s not stealing anyone’s seat as it is first come first serve. Whether she brings that seat on the plane or not, no one is inconvenienced as no one is assigned that seat. Also, when you have a flight that is not full and you have an infant with you, most people will not want to sit next to you if you don’t have to. Seat would probably remain unused. Leave her be
You say that till every other tik tok mom sees this and becomes entitled ...then seats become full fast and free for her means less money for the company
@@rachaelk7866 yeah exactly… she should’ve kept this one to herself lol. like seriously, what happens when everyone decides to take this shortcut? and funnily enough, tik tok moms tend to usually have the money to spend for the child they chose to have (and exploit oop).
@@rachaelk7866It's not like she's taking the seat from anyone. It's only if there's empty seats already. Sometimes there's flights that are not full. It's not even people with babies who benefit from this. My mom and I are both bigger people(not so big where we need to purchase an extra seat but big enough that it's uncomfortable on a flights squeezed next to people) on one of our last flights there were enough empty seats that they gave us a thing to put in the seat between us so we could have some extra space. It wasn't taking the seat from anyone as there was plenty of seating. Same things with this mom. It only happens when there's extra seating already
@@starlynncline4331 no but imagine other Instagram mom's get the same idea .. I mean I'm not saying its bad but you know tik tokers .. influencers .. etc they get annoying after awhile esp the dolled up mommy ones .. entitled is the word I'd use .. I'm not talking about reg mom's 😂😂
Sometimes I hate this because I pay and chose a window seat and then one time I got on the plane to go to my seat and the lady was like sorry I have to have the window seat because I have a car seat. Airlines should make it where you have the option to choose if you have a car seat and if so sit you at a window seat instead of leaving others blindsided like this tbh.
You have the option to refuse to give up the seat you paid extra for. Then the car seat wouldn't be allowed on. That is the parents fault for not paying for an extra seat in advance.
*chucks the car seat* “now you don’t😊” but seriously, as someone who goes out of their way to pay for window seats as well due to my flight anxiety…that wouldn’t have gone over well with me
Retired flight attendant here - here’s the catch - if I rearrange folks and move heaven & earth to get you seated next to an empty window seat (which is where the car seat had to go) - you have to KEEP THE BABY IN IT WHENEVER THE FASTEN SEAT BELT SIGN IS ON.
@@dreahdickinson9602it means that, as a parent, you better make sure you keep your little baby fastened in on that car seat when the seatbelt signs are on rather than keeping them on your lap where theyre at risk of getting dropped and thrown about in the cabin in case you, the irresponsible parent who wouldnt secure the baby in the car seat, happen to shit yourself on some turbulence and lose your grip of the baby.
@@hoesmad8445 that doesn’t discredit the point chief. Less than a 1% chance turbulence is strong enough to endanger a baby. Been flying my whole life. Landing is rougher than turbulence majority of the time.
@@Deadly_Potato If a person pays for the window seat they are entitled to sit at the window seat. They paid for the view outside the window. The mother can easily buy two seats besides each other if she wants to use the car seat. We always paid for extra window seats when our parents were going on airplane trips so that we could use our own car seat. I don’t understand why modern mothers have to be so entitled to demand a window seat when they haven’t payed for one in the first place.
@@theodoramina4142 this is southwest lol you pick your seat when you get on the airplane you just pay for a seat on the plane you don’t pick it before hand lol
@@Anthony-vt1kp I do if this is what u do on a daily basis when u fly seats can literally run anywhere from $150-300 so for someone to inconvenience someone else who paid for their seat is annoying sometimes people will move to have the child sit next to the mom and I’m sorry but that’s why people pick out seats before buying them
I may be in the minority but… just pay for the second seat. Or stay home. Airlines shouldn’t allow this scheme. Babies need to be in a car seat in a car. There should be baby alternate transportation seats. For buses, planes, trains, subways, light rail etc. Society does up all this child safety schtick… but.., only for cars/pickup trucks/Suv’s. Etc. Makes 0 sense.
Ok ,calm down,they aren’t being entitled there simply asking if there are any extra seats available at a time when pretty much no one else can get it anyway ,it would have been empty otherwise,also even if there wasent one it’s not a scam to check a bag for free somtimes people have to do that if they can’t lift the bag(flight attendants aren’t supposed to help)so plz calm down and get a life maybe you’ll understand when/if you ever have kids ,have a good life
People with kids are not second class citizen therefore they do not need their own separate transportation. You don’t like it? Take your own advice and stay home.
If people have to pay to take their dogs which go under a seat then people should pay if their kid takes a seat. Every person going on a plane should have a seat booked for them, it's also safer because holding a kid is not safe especially in emergencies.
Dogs aren't children and children, definitely aren't dogs. Children, believe it or not, are people (and arguably more important people) who need a little extra since the world today isnt built for them.
@@Haley_777.14 exactly. So if a lesser being (a dog) needs to pay for room on a flight, a human baby should need to have to pay for a seat on the flight. Your comment literally just backs up what OP is saying
@Ruffles2012 Kids do have to pay for a seat. The woman in the video was asking IF there was an extra window seat for her child. If there wasn't, she wouldn't bring the kids' car seat, and the kid would sit in her lap. Sometimes, I wonder if people actually watch the video before commenting.
@@Haley_777.14How are you not understanding what people are trying to tell you? The baby should have a seat bought beforehand, not sit in their lap. Sure it's a standard accepted practice, but for example if there is an emergency or even regular flight issues like turbulence, it's so dangerous for a baby. I always bought a seat for my kids so they could always have their own seats, would not have imagined to pull stuff like this.
Shoot, it's easier than it was 18yrs ago. Y'all have the ones that roll with handles now. 😂 I remember the first time I traveled with my oldest; I had a whole army of stuff in that big ol diaper bag 😂😂
I know flight attendants. They never check them. It's a safety thing. They know how much bag move and get handled. Which could very easily ruin the car seat, to where It's not safe. Plus, it is safer in cases of bad tabalance.
My 3 kids are older now 27,23,21 and I decide to drive yes it’s painful but could never put them on that plane with them crying screaming not staying still especially in public places is the reason why I waited until they where 8 each to go on a plane
A lot of women do this and when we tell them no they can’t carry their car seat on they get very upset and want to speak to a supervisor.. But yes this actually works with SWA if the flight isn’t full. At times I don’t think it’s fair because everyone else had to pay for a seat but it is what it is, life is never fair.
Why isn't it fair? If seats are free, even single adults use them without asking (putting up the armrests for more room, even lying down if the entire row is empty). You're saying you wouldn't take advantage of that if it happened? You'd want to be charged for taking up 2 extra unoccupied seats?
It’s an EMPTY SEAT!?! They check the seating plan before allowing her on! Remember she’s at the gate now so all seats are mostly designated and they can accurately check how full the flight is. I’ve never done this, & we travel with our 4 young children often but I don’t get why people are so stressed. Recently my lil sis went away (to NY via British airways) and they got bumped up to business class so they could sit a large family together. Those of you should be applauding this because it’s more likely you’ll get a free upgrade. Either this is an American problem or you all don’t know your rights?
It makes zero sense to not have your child strapped into their car seat that should be strapped into a plane seat when they have to be in one for cars. There's a documentary about a plane crash where every baby was killed because they told the parents to put them on the floor between their legs. No car seats, no seatbelts, not even to hold them. Of course they listened because they were panicked and why wouldn't the airline know what to do right? Think before you just agree to insane things like not having your baby strapped into a plane.
Even if you pay to take the car seat on you still have to hold the baby for take off and landing - the baby wears a seatbelt attached to the adult’s. I was surprised about this too.
Seatbelts and safety seats should definitely be mandatory for every age of human on board. Turbulence has caused many a head trauma and death. What’s so sad is that they could literally create a couple rows with built in “carseats” that basically fold down from the back seat cushion.
It wasnt every single baby that died on the flight.. But, yes they were told to put babies on the floor. 😔 (im guessing youre talking about United Airlines Flight 232?)
my mom, mom of three, has always paid for each of us. me and my siblings were only one year apart, so when i was flying as a baby with my super young siblings, my parents would pay for windows for us.
if you have to pay for your dog you have to pay for your baby because quite frankly a baby is more annoying than a dog in a plane. Cute Dog > Crying Baby
You know it's not fair when you have to pay 30 40 something dollars for a seat.. I always have to.. Heck ni..if there was a carseat in my seat they'd have to move it..
Ok, but if you ask me to switch with you for the window seat…I will decline. You made a choice not to book this destination advance and other people aren’t responsible for your child.
I am so sick and tired of entitled people who think everything in life should be free to them. It's not fair to anyone sitting in a seat next to her and her "lap" baby. That person isn't getting a free seat for having to deal with a parent holding a toddler in one already too small space! A toddler should be in their own seat and belted in properly. That involves purchasing a seat for the child. As a parent, one would think that would be a first priority. The airlines need to address this issue up front and not make exceptions for "entitled" folks who demand 2 for the price of 1! Perhaps they could offer a discounted fare for babies and their car seats. Window seats are now considered premium seats and cost more. Why should someone who has already paid more be moved to accommodate parents who want the space at no additional cost?
@@susancarter9351 Ok ,calm down,they aren’t being entitled there simply asking if there are any extra seats available at a time when pretty much no one else can get it anyway ,it would have been empty otherwise,also even if there wasent one it’s not a scam to check a bag for free somtimes people have to do that if they can’t lift the bag(flight attendants aren’t supposed to help)so plz calm down and get a life maybe you’ll understand and maybe you won’t but ,have a good life
@Starshinefox13 I totally understand and I am not referring to disabled and seniors. Stop twisting this to fit your agenda. I have a life but bless your ❤️. Maybe you should get a life and worry about yourself.
@@susancarter9351 what the hell are you on about? They are not asking to take someone else’s seat, they ask if there are any empty seats the baby can have. If the answer is no then she simply checks the car seat. Moron.
@@susancarter9351 why are you pissed because she isn’t dropping another hundred dollars on a seat when she could possibly get it for free? Babies are expensive, plane tickets are expensive. Its not costing ANYONE anything at all, she isn’t taking someone’s seat so deal with it. If it bothers you then stay at home
That's not a fair system and I'm saying that as a single person flyer. Why should I pay for extra when you just expect it for free. I hope you get blacklisted from all airlines with this tricck and have to cough up like the rest of us
I’m a mom and I paid for my kids seat..I have to make sure I secure a seat for my children-it’ll have my anxiety up. Still, I don’t think this is a big problem; As long as no one is giving up the seat they paid for then no harm done. This can be smart by doing it the right way, but to save the hassle and anxiety..i’d just pay.
Such a cheapskate 😂 you think that you are eligible to get a free seat because you have a baby needs to be in a car seat. People pay for seats because that’s what you should do. Or, just get a first class or business class seats has more space for your car seat. Just because the seat is empty, you can’t ask for a whole window side seat just because you have a baby. I had much younger baby sitting on my lap, being carried and I didn’t ask for an empty seat. You makes decent amount of money through RUclips and you still want to do this? It just doesn’t make a sense to me at all.
She is flying Southwest this means that there is no assigned seating and no one has paid extra for a window seat. And the people who have paid extra to board first and get first choice are boarded before families with small children (and yes families with small children do get to board earlier then most so she isn’t going to have to kick anyone out of that window seat.) She is doing everything right and is being very respectful and she even said if there isn’t seating she doesn’t complain. If she was flying another airline then some of these comment might be valid. Please stop calling every person who tries to save a bit of money (especially since kids themselves are expensive) entitled. Lots of flights aren’t completely full and this is obviously fine with the airline. I flew southwest just two days ago and when boarding both my flights we were told to feel free to spread out a bit as the flights were not full.
So you’re saying you brought the kids, and brought the chair with that you knew the kid would be in, but didn’t buy a seat for a car chair??? That’s something you plan ahead, just like those who needs an extra seat
@@meimei1) You don’t pay extra for window seats on SWA because there are no assigned seats. 2) You are entitled to the seat you paid for, and you cannot be forced from your seat unless you behave in a way to get walked off the flight in handcuffs. If asked to give up your seat, just say no.❤ 3) She brought a car seat because the baby arrived by car, and I’m pretty sure baby still needs the car seat after they get off the flight and presumably get… in a car… hence, the car seat… If you still don’t get it, that’s the best I got for ya, bud. 😅
@@that-weirdogirl ah okay didn’t understand the seat as it wasn’t in use// ofc they should have planned it better like the car seat stored away so people don’t lose their window seat, but it’s old now
As a first time mom to be, I can see this is why people think parents are entitled 😭 ruining it for the rest of us and I’m dreading the eye rolls when I finally can take my baby on a flight 😩
@@ifyousayso1466, or she could take her child on the flight because it’s faster and easier. And before you say ‘well the kid will cry and whine and bitch on the flight’, I’m going to respond with Suck. It. Up! They’re kids they can be a nuisance sometimes but also they exist in this world and we do have to make accommodations for them because so many things that are boring us are new to them and they don’t have the language comprehension yet or capacity even to understand what’s going on around them. And even if they can’t remember the trips that they went on they will still have those happy memories somewhere and the family (like the parents) get to experience some amazing moments with their kids memories that are more for the parents then for the kids and that’s beautiful because some people treat kids like ornaments and don’t really talk to them until they’re adults because they see them as nuisances. And as someone who has been flying since they were 6 months old, because my parents lived in the Middle East even though they’re from the UK, it’s not always possible to take the long route to visit family and places. Sometimes a planes the only feasible option.
That what I did with my 27,23,21 years old I couldn’t take them on a plane until they where 8 each cause seeing there behavior in public places crying and screaming not staying in one places is the reason y I we drove when they where babies
It is I couldn’t do that with my 27,23,21 years old when they where little unfortunately me and my husband took a long road trip more then 12 hours cause I hate to be stares at and get looks from people in public places when my kids scream and cry I had to wait until they where 8 each to go on a plane
New Parents these days feel they're entitled for any and all kind of help for taking care of their kid. Kids are a choice, if you don't wish to bear all expenses and care that they need help with, don't have one.
What expenses? The kid is under 2, he'd be flying free anyways in her lap. That is a service offered by ALL airlines. But if there's a seat free, there's literally no reason why she can't make both herself and her kid more comfortable. And tell me straight, if you were flying and there was an empty seat next to you, would you say in the confined of your own seat or would you take the rare opportunity for extra room?
Just buy the seats you need, it’s no different from asking if there’s free seats in business class, it’s not like you can just sit there when you haven’t paid for it.
You can just request for a bassinet in advance, in some airlines you don't even have to pay and you are also eligible to book the cot seat for free where you get space in front of the seat to attach the bassinet. If you are traveling with an infant selecting seat is almost always free.
@@lissaw4 Most flights have them. There are only some places in the plane where it's even possible to have them, in the area right in front of the cabin (sometimes charged as economy plus these days).
please don’t do this. many flight crew families rely on empty seats to see each other over holiday. therefore when you can’t pay for a seat for your car seat it is preventing our families for seeing each other. airline families need those “empty” seats.
By that logic flight crew families should also just pay for their own seats. I mean don’t do this over the holidays but other times it’s a great tip for moms
I get if you don’t want someone to take the seat you paid extra for, but this isn't that situation. I've been on plenty of flights where there are many empty seats in the back, nobody paid extra for them, nobody is flying their family in them. They are just empty and people on the plane will often ask to use them to lay down. It's doesn't harm or take anything away from anyone to simply ask if there are extra seats available. So many people here are just hating for no reason 😂
Airline girl here. Its mandatory for the carseat to be in the window but you should coordinate that in your reservation before hand. DON'T rely on is because its a hassle to move seats last night. Pay in advance so that you have no worries especially on a full flight.
@@blueeyedbatman well yeah.. it’s called endless possibilities😂😂😂 any outcome or explanation is equally likely, and that’s the entire point i was making. people who immediately assume things, especially negative things, expose themselves as the ppl who aren’t capable of critically thinking about things
So? If someone really tall or really fat sat behind me, I wouldn't be able to recline then, either. So what exactly are you asking for? That we ban certain body types from flights?
Super dangerous for your seat, they say it is no longer safe for your baby after a gate check. The other issue is, you should pay to ensure the seat because a child on a lap is at majorly dangerous. There was turbulence on a plane that cracked a grown man’s skull what would happen if a baby was on your lap.
@@jcrefasi1 There might be a vacant seat on the flight, but I guarantee you it's not a window seat. So this lady is going to sit down first, put her baby in the window seat and then make the person whose seat it is feel like they have to sit in the aisle. It has happened to me.
@@dcbrock24Yep! They tried that on me! Nope. Wasn't having it. I go on vacation 2x a year only and that's it. Was upgraded to a nicer seat. I didn't spend 1000 dollars to be separated from my partner and to sit in the back near restroom
It's up to the airline to provide her with the perk. She asked, first. They can decline. If the plane isn't full,they will probably allow it. Their choice.
@@roddo1955oh hush up. People pay for specific seats that get moved due to ridiculous Karen’s like this brat. The airline shouldn’t be able to charge people for which seat they get just to change it for bratty adults who never grew up
The chances of a seat being open next you randomly is NONE. That was someone paid for ticket that then had to be moved to yes an extra seat, rather than your child taking that extra seat Just pay for the seat. No one wants to sit next to you and your "lap" (almost 2) "baby". For those saying it doesn't matter because the seat was empty, many times people on stand by will get on plane before departure and the baby is the first to go on lap, and you know the mother going to be making faces. Please don't be entitle Edit: Jetblue you have to reserve the seat, so say yes there was a extra seat, but Johnny is sitting next to you and the extra seat is somewhere else then that means a)Johnny has to sit next to the 2 year old b) Johnny has to move c)Tell parents to reserve seats a head of time so families can sit together (bc the person that paid for that seat doesn't get reimbursed for being a "good" citizen when mom can afford the seat). Don't get me wrong I will move, but you have to move me to a better seat
….stop saying bullshit if you know nothing. Airlines do not allow you to pay for your seat is you have a baby. They force you to do counter check in where they will give you your sits. Even if parents of infants wanted to do as you say it is not allowed
Gate checking luggage is the most common way to experience having lost luggage. 10 yrs working at the largest airline in the US. Please be kind to airline employees.
1) why would there ever be empty seats on flights?? I’m convinced that never happens. 2) I understand that paying for another seat is hard but taking one for free isn’t right either.
I’ve been on a couple flight that weren’t full I think it’s mostly the destination. I have done this once before but because the plane had empty seats and my son was tiny and it wasn’t my idea either it was actually the flight attendant who told me about it.
I had flights not even half full. My row was empty as well as the two before and after my row. Well, the baby is free on the lap. I would say most people claim more room if the seat next to them is empty
@@tf3655 Yes! This! Every single ranting person here would 100% claim more room if the seat beside them was empty. I was on an international flight so empty that the crew told us all to pick out our own row and get comfy.
couldn’t imagine getting on a flight and seeing my window seat (that i paid extra for) was taken by a baby in a car seat with the mom saying “oh but he needs the window🥺”.
I watched a show once that showed a mother with tremendous guilt because her baby died in the plane crash because she felt she didn't hold onto him tight enough, that it was her fault. Another survivor showed her that the baby would have died no matter what, because she never could have held onto him through the impact of the crash. The airlines required parents to hold their child on their lap under 3 yrs old if you didn't buy a separate seat. So the 2 got in a car and strapped in the mother held a 30 lbs tool box in her arms as tight as she could then the driver drove 90 mph into a cement wall. The tool box was ripped from moms arms,, adults survived minus tool box.
I’m am crew and I would never allow that car seat to be strapped into a seat like that.. completely unsafe, car seats must be forward facing and the seat belt should be secured through the back of the car seat. This is shocking how this was allowed by the crew.
Yeah that's what it's called when you get to bring your baby on the plane for free because it is supposed to be on your lap at all times. But as she explains here, there are some hacks to actually utilize an empty seat for your baby for free. 😖
I don't get why so many of you are pissed in the comments. They are flying Southwest. There are no assigned seats. Nobody paid extra for that window seat. If there is an open seat the airline lets her use it. If there isn't an open seat she gate checks the car seat like normal.
@@deanaelizabart8595 The 737 that Southwest uses has 46 window seats available. Although not impossible it does seem highly unlikely that 46 passengers will pay extra for priority boarding specifically for a window seat, especially on a flight that has open seats, and on an airline designed for more affordable travel. Paying extra to board early doesn't guarantee you a window seat either. If having a window seat means so much maybe pay for an assigned seat ticket on a different airline.
They're mad because people can't stand good things happening to people who aren't them. Like who cares if a mom gets free seating for her baby every now and then? That's literally only gonna be possible for 2 years at most.
I checked in my car seat and my kiddo was in my lap the whole flight. For one, it's still free when they're 2 and younger. For two, you don't screw over other people who have already paid for a seat. And for three, my literal 11 month old, didn't make a peep so much so that people didn't know there was a baby on the 6 hour flight. 🤷🏽♀️ I accredit half to my kids personality but snacks were all I needed before he passed out for the rest of the flight 😂
She knows because, as she said, her kid is under 2 and would be on her lap if there were no empty seats... The listening + reading comprehension of this generation has gone down the toilet.
@@raerohan4241 clearly so is yours because you can't read my comment correctly. Also you can't misread a video genius 😑 I said it's fine to use a seat when you PAID for it but not just because you're kid won't sit down. You're literally stronger than them, just make them sit down it's not hurting them by teaching them to be respectful of other people's space. Also I said normally the child is just bored and hungry so they act out and it's not difficult to handle it depending on their personality. Leave to people like you on the Internet to not have the attention span to read.
As a flight attendant you shouldn't worry about what people spend their money on or how much they safe. You are there to serve and keep people safe in case of an emergency. As a flight attendant your opinion is of no concern. I hope that if you find yourself in this position that you treat the pax the same as everyone else. You represent the airline and your colleagues were the ones who granted the pax a vacant seat. If you were a paying pax, I could understand the jealousy. As a crew member; I cannot. Don't let your colleagues down.
I guess on the very idea it might ever inconvenience them if they wanted a window seat 🤷♂️. Or how dare a mother & baby get beneficial treatment when "I have to pay full price". It's kind of strange she literally said it doesn't always work if there's no room & the plan b is she packs up the carrier.
@hafsah6823 who the baby? Or the babies whining that they don't get the option of sitting on mom's lap when the Big Millon Dollar Company says "sorry ma'am this time we don't have any extra seats" on a plane that's half the time half empty going to nowheres busy Ville but now is magically always full of "don't take my seat" angry no fun people who hate children? She could be visiting family in Wisconsin for all WE know. I'm just joking, but seriously, people need to chill it's just an empty seat. I live in Orlando, and even when I went to SoCal, it was only 80% full. The only full flights I've been on are coming home or going somewhere touristy or in travel season. My flight to South Carolina was so empty that almost everyone got a window seat!
It's cool to hate on children + treat parents like second class citizens these days, that's why. If it was a single male doing this with a whole row of seats so he could lie down for the flight, people would be calling him a genius.
Yeah tbh if that happened I am taking that car seat smashing it and buying the seat she was sitting in so the child and sit on a lap or something or she can just not go on
No need for violent speech. Maybe don’t share your slightly selfish ways of problem solving which of course inconveniences someone else and then expect people to jump with joy .Most parents will get my empathy on a plane but making this content just seems not well thought out. I still stand by my buy a seat comment if they’re old enough to fly you should pay .
Shouldn’t the baby be facing towards? I would prefer to have my baby on my lap strapped in with a seatbelt so in an emergency I can do the brace position and protect the baby from flying debris.
All these people getting butt hurt because all you did was ask for accommodations and they *gasps* accommodated you😮 it’s not like you demanded a seat or anything you just simply ask if there’s space and then you even show what you do in a scenario where there’s not 😂 man the Internet is crazy
Lol, look how she hearted you comment but leaves sassy replies/ ignores all the one’s disagreeing with her 😂. Also, lemme explain: So, she asks if there is a free seat, and the car seat has to go in a window seat which is more premium and costs extra, so it is very likely that the extra seat is NOT the seat that was vacant, meaning that when she puts her car seat in that seat, whoever was sitting there is kicked to “the vacant seat” which will not have been a window seat (which they PAID for) meaning she gets to take someone’s premium seat. Do you get it now?
Lady tried to do this and move me from my window seat so she could put her baby there. I said forget it. The gate agent told her they couldn’t make me switch and she had to stick with the lap baby.
AND - The DAY your child turns two, you hafta buy a seat for them, and they must be secured in it whenever the seatbelt sign is on. Period. Even if they cry, fuss, even if you WANT to hold them - secured. In seat.
Hi, I'm cabin crew, and just to let people know, rear facing infant seats can only be used during flight when the seat belt sign is off. It has to be stowed in the overhead locker during takeoff, landing, and turbulence. This can be a struggle finding space when the overhead lockers are full.
I see a couple of issues: 1) Baby close to outgrowing this seat if not outgrown by height already (inch of shell above her head). 2) Seat is not installed securely - baby can move the seatbelt a great deal.
@@SadieDLdnIdk where you live but I am pretty sure the top methods of freight transport are boat, train, and truck. Especially since most people buy their car seats from retailers within the country rather than having one shipped directly overseas.
@@uncurled520 I said many, not all. I live in Ireland and while the retailers you buy from may be local, the company that makes them is often not, and the country that it’s actually made in is a different story altogether. Yes boats and road are used for freight, but cargo planes are also used.
@@SadieDLdn A new carseat in a box in a crate, secured in place is not the same as a carseat taken out of your car and chucked on a conveyor belt, a trolley and a luggage compartment
Why should you get free seat when you are seating two people? Entitled much! You have a child you have to pay for it! I can’t believe any airline did that for you!
Just pay for the second seat. My concern always is, if there’s turbulence or an emergency landing that doesn’t go well, and you’re trying to be cheap, that baby will fly out of your arms faster than you say boo. If that happens, don’t blame the airline. I know you’re probably thinking you’re being an influencer or something, but I beg to differ. This is your child’s welfare. Pay for the second seat, and stop trying to be braggy about how you’re saving money. I’d personally prefer to focus on saving a life if I had to choose which one to make the video about.
My wife and I are reluctantly traveling with our 1-year-old son for the first time. These comments are rough… regardless of whether we bought an extra seat, we had to pay $70 for our son to fly. We opted not to pay an additional $1,300 to buy him a seat for a 2-hour flight (as the airline allows). We won’t do what this video advises; he will sit in my or my wife’s lap. I’m sure this is a controversial decision, but this is the best option for our situation. I am hoping the flight goes smoothly, but children can be moody. I hope people are understanding and patient with us, although these comments indicate otherwise…
I think it would be more apt to ask if there are any empty window seats. Because people often have to pay extra for a window seat or they have that preference for whatever reason. Blindsiding people is not nice. Or you could book yourself a window seat always and ask for any free seats..
She did ask for an empty window seat. Nobody was blindsided in this video, but sure, I agree that’s not nice. People pay extra for window seats, but they also don’t have to give up their seat.
Did everyone miss the part when she said it was only in an empty seat???? I've flown multiple times and there's empty seats. The car seat doesn't steal someone's else's spot
Here’s the thing, people pay EXTRA for window seats, and the way she worded it is tricky, she said if “if they say there is an empty seat” she can bring the car seat on “I have to stick it by A window seat” so, that window seat may not be the seat that was vacant, meaning whoever PAID EXTRA for that seat is kicked to “the vacant seat” which means she is being entitled and taking seats that cost extra from real paying customers!
How did we manage in the early 80's? You had to check the buggy/stroller in with yr luggage. So you have toddler to deal with in departures. Then said toddler had to sit on yr knee. Try eating your in-flight meal. Anyway didn't spoil our holiday 😊
Why should you get a free seat? If you're old enough to have children then you should be mature enough to afford paying for everything your child needs. If not, you can't afford to have children.
Why is everyone in the comments so pressed😂 The creator is fully accepting responsibility that their might not be an extra seat and therefor they have a plan in place to tag the carseat, theyre simply pointing out there is a potential oportunity for utilizing a vacant seat. It's not hurting nor inconveniencing anyone and yet every comment is bashing this useful trick. Let me repeat the creator of this video is not expecting ANYTHING merely informing everyone of a trick that can be used.
Lap babies are in danger during turbulence. For the childs safety she should purchase a seat and use the car seat. This video is not a good recommendation, so people are vocal about it.
Here’s the car seat cover I use when I have to check it amzn.to/42WUdix
Delete this video. Telling other cheap parents how to avoid paying for a seat for their offspring is irresponsible. You should be ashamed for being a proud freeloader.
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Those doona seats or similar would be awesome for travel!
People who are complaining about this inconveniencing others, she’s flying with southwest where there is OPEN SEATING! She’s not stealing anyone’s seat as it is first come first serve. Whether she brings that seat on the plane or not, no one is inconvenienced as no one is assigned that seat. Also, when you have a flight that is not full and you have an infant with you, most people will not want to sit next to you if you don’t have to. Seat would probably remain unused. Leave her be
You say that till every other tik tok mom sees this and becomes entitled ...then seats become full fast and free for her means less money for the company
@@rachaelk7866 yeah exactly… she should’ve kept this one to herself lol. like seriously, what happens when everyone decides to take this shortcut? and funnily enough, tik tok moms tend to usually have the money to spend for the child they chose to have (and exploit oop).
@@rachaelk7866they have to ask the flight attendants
@@rachaelk7866It's not like she's taking the seat from anyone. It's only if there's empty seats already. Sometimes there's flights that are not full. It's not even people with babies who benefit from this. My mom and I are both bigger people(not so big where we need to purchase an extra seat but big enough that it's uncomfortable on a flights squeezed next to people) on one of our last flights there were enough empty seats that they gave us a thing to put in the seat between us so we could have some extra space. It wasn't taking the seat from anyone as there was plenty of seating. Same things with this mom. It only happens when there's extra seating already
@@starlynncline4331 no but imagine other Instagram mom's get the same idea .. I mean I'm not saying its bad but you know tik tokers .. influencers .. etc they get annoying after awhile esp the dolled up mommy ones .. entitled is the word I'd use .. I'm not talking about reg mom's 😂😂
Sometimes I hate this because I pay and chose a window seat and then one time I got on the plane to go to my seat and the lady was like sorry I have to have the window seat because I have a car seat. Airlines should make it where you have the option to choose if you have a car seat and if so sit you at a window seat instead of leaving others blindsided like this tbh.
I would be complaining to the airline to get some sort of compensation, if your window seat was taken by a car seat
I would refuse. F that
You have the option to refuse to give up the seat you paid extra for. Then the car seat wouldn't be allowed on. That is the parents fault for not paying for an extra seat in advance.
*chucks the car seat* “now you don’t😊”
but seriously, as someone who goes out of their way to pay for window seats as well due to my flight anxiety…that wouldn’t have gone over well with me
Could you not dispute this?
Retired flight attendant here - here’s the catch - if I rearrange folks and move heaven & earth to get you seated next to an empty window seat (which is where the car seat had to go) - you have to KEEP THE BABY IN IT WHENEVER THE FASTEN SEAT BELT SIGN IS ON.
Never heard such a stupid thing.
@@dreahdickinson9602it means that, as a parent, you better make sure you keep your little baby fastened in on that car seat when the seatbelt signs are on rather than keeping them on your lap where theyre at risk of getting dropped and thrown about in the cabin in case you, the irresponsible parent who wouldnt secure the baby in the car seat, happen to shit yourself on some turbulence and lose your grip of the baby.
@@GoneDeathModeI don’t think you’ve ever had a kid lol. No one is letting go of their baby over a little turbulence that’s an extreme example.
@@oliverbritez4turbulence is not always 'little' chief
@@hoesmad8445 that doesn’t discredit the point chief. Less than a 1% chance turbulence is strong enough to endanger a baby. Been flying my whole life. Landing is rougher than turbulence majority of the time.
If you need a seat, then you can pay for one before the flight.
This 100%
It’s not like she’s stealing anyones seat…why do you have such a problem with smart thinking
@@Deadly_Potato
If a person pays for the window seat they are entitled to sit at the window seat.
They paid for the view outside the window. The mother can easily buy two seats besides each other if she wants to use the car seat.
We always paid for extra window seats when our parents were going on airplane trips so that we could use our own car seat.
I don’t understand why modern mothers have to be so entitled to demand a window seat when they haven’t payed for one in the first place.
@@theodoramina4142 this is southwest lol you pick your seat when you get on the airplane you just pay for a seat on the plane you don’t pick it before hand lol
@@Deadly_Potato if we all have to pay for a seat, she should too
This is unfair for the people who actually PAY FOR A SECOND SEAT
No it's not if it's available. It would just remain empty.
@@Anthony-vt1kp I do if this is what u do on a daily basis when u fly seats can literally run anywhere from $150-300 so for someone to inconvenience someone else who paid for their seat is annoying sometimes people will move to have the child sit next to the mom and I’m sorry but that’s why people pick out seats before buying them
their not gonna give up a paid seat 🤣 thats why she saidd if not they pack up her car seat and place it up front.
It’s not unfair because literally anyone can do and ask for this. It’s only unfair if they do it just for her. Which isn’t a thing.
@@madilynellington clearly u didn’t read the initial comment
I may be in the minority but… just pay for the second seat. Or stay home. Airlines shouldn’t allow this scheme. Babies need to be in a car seat in a car. There should be baby alternate transportation seats. For buses, planes, trains, subways, light rail etc. Society does up all this child safety schtick… but.., only for cars/pickup trucks/Suv’s. Etc. Makes 0 sense.
No. You aren't in minority here. I agree with you.
Why do people with kids feel so entitled.
Ok ,calm down,they aren’t being entitled there simply asking if there are any extra seats available at a time when pretty much no one else can get it anyway ,it would have been empty otherwise,also even if there wasent one it’s not a scam to check a bag for free somtimes people have to do that if they can’t lift the bag(flight attendants aren’t supposed to help)so plz calm down and get a life maybe you’ll understand when/if you ever have kids ,have a good life
People with kids are not second class citizen therefore they do not need their own separate transportation. You don’t like it? Take your own advice and stay home.
How is this a scheme though?? She merely asks, if it’s not available then it’s fine. There’s nothing wrong with what’s going on here.
If people have to pay to take their dogs which go under a seat then people should pay if their kid takes a seat. Every person going on a plane should have a seat booked for them, it's also safer because holding a kid is not safe especially in emergencies.
Dogs aren't children and children, definitely aren't dogs. Children, believe it or not, are people (and arguably more important people) who need a little extra since the world today isnt built for them.
@@Haley_777.14 exactly. So if a lesser being (a dog) needs to pay for room on a flight, a human baby should need to have to pay for a seat on the flight. Your comment literally just backs up what OP is saying
@Ruffles2012 Kids do have to pay for a seat. The woman in the video was asking IF there was an extra window seat for her child. If there wasn't, she wouldn't bring the kids' car seat, and the kid would sit in her lap. Sometimes, I wonder if people actually watch the video before commenting.
@@Haley_777.14the world isn’t built for humans
@@Haley_777.14How are you not understanding what people are trying to tell you? The baby should have a seat bought beforehand, not sit in their lap. Sure it's a standard accepted practice, but for example if there is an emergency or even regular flight issues like turbulence, it's so dangerous for a baby. I always bought a seat for my kids so they could always have their own seats, would not have imagined to pull stuff like this.
Traveling with a car seat is a pain. I’ve flown all over the world will my 3 kids and I almost always just check them.
Yeah same. Baby wearing is easier at least until they’re 1.
Why flying with your vaby? Never heart of the fact tat flying is bad for environent
Shoot, it's easier than it was 18yrs ago. Y'all have the ones that roll with handles now. 😂 I remember the first time I traveled with my oldest; I had a whole army of stuff in that big ol diaper bag 😂😂
I know flight attendants. They never check them. It's a safety thing. They know how much bag move and get handled. Which could very easily ruin the car seat, to where It's not safe. Plus, it is safer in cases of bad tabalance.
My 3 kids are older now 27,23,21 and I decide to drive yes it’s painful but could never put them on that plane with them crying screaming not staying still especially in public places is the reason why I waited until they where 8 each to go on a plane
I don't pay for flights at all. I just pretend to be a 'lap-baby' and I sit by myself and read the paper. It's worked for the last 37 years for me
That’s one big baby
@@Haileyoutsidestill better than an entitled adult woman expecting the world to cater to her dumb baby
@@Haileyoutside and that's some big ego 💀
@@Haileyoutside still not as big as your hips or your self entitlement
A lot of women do this and when we tell them no they can’t carry their car seat on they get very upset and want to speak to a supervisor.. But yes this actually works with SWA if the flight isn’t full. At times I don’t think it’s fair because everyone else had to pay for a seat but it is what it is, life is never fair.
I agree and commented the exact same thing! They will make a fuss when they can't take the car seat
Yeah no wonder many people hate women that already get married and have children. Because many of them just dumb and ignorant
It is not fair. Children are not golden tickets to board first, get free seats, break in line, etc. Pay like the rest of us or stay home
Why isn't it fair? If seats are free, even single adults use them without asking (putting up the armrests for more room, even lying down if the entire row is empty). You're saying you wouldn't take advantage of that if it happened? You'd want to be charged for taking up 2 extra unoccupied seats?
I don’t think flights have empty seats anymore. Most of them have multiple people waiting to have a seat open to fill.
It definitely depends when and where you're flying.
Last flights I’ve taken have had tons
Yeah it totally depends. I've been on numerous flights that were not full.
It’s an EMPTY SEAT!?! They check the seating plan before allowing her on! Remember she’s at the gate now so all seats are mostly designated and they can accurately check how full the flight is. I’ve never done this, & we travel with our 4 young children often but I don’t get why people are so stressed.
Recently my lil sis went away (to NY via British airways) and they got bumped up to business class so they could sit a large family together. Those of you should be applauding this because it’s more likely you’ll get a free upgrade. Either this is an American problem or you all don’t know your rights?
*privileges
@@sunshineandp
This is smart. Not keeping someone from a seat
Baby or not. You should pay fir your seat. That’s like someone asking to be flown for free.
Doesn’t hurt to ask
@@Haileyoutside Be responsible and buy your child a seat. Stop mooching!
@@susancarter9351 exactly…if it’s that much of a necessity for her, plan ahead like the rest of us lmao
I agree.
@@Haileyoutside , THAT is nothing to be proud of.
It makes zero sense to not have your child strapped into their car seat that should be strapped into a plane seat when they have to be in one for cars. There's a documentary about a plane crash where every baby was killed because they told the parents to put them on the floor between their legs. No car seats, no seatbelts, not even to hold them. Of course they listened because they were panicked and why wouldn't the airline know what to do right? Think before you just agree to insane things like not having your baby strapped into a plane.
Even if you pay to take the car seat on you still have to hold the baby for take off and landing - the baby wears a seatbelt attached to the adult’s. I was surprised about this too.
To be fair *most people* don't survive plane crashes
Seatbelts and safety seats should definitely be mandatory for every age of human on board. Turbulence has caused many a head trauma and death. What’s so sad is that they could literally create a couple rows with built in “carseats” that basically fold down from the back seat cushion.
It wasnt every single baby that died on the flight.. But, yes they were told to put babies on the floor. 😔 (im guessing youre talking about United Airlines Flight 232?)
True, but planes crash so much less than cars do
In all the flying I have done in my life, there has only been one flight that has not been completely full or overbooked.
Someone was moved to accommodate the child unless she was going to Ohio
Probably over half of the flights I take are not full. I was on a flight just a month ago that only had 22 people on it.
@@ceasewatercolorarts Where were u going? Bc every flight I been on even off peak Jetblue is packed.
@@ceasewatercolorarts I fly to Miami, D.R and back to NY frequently and every time pack when holidays and summers are over
I fly mostly between sw Florida and Missouri.
Mom of four children. I have never not paid for an airline seat.
my mom, mom of three, has always paid for each of us. me and my siblings were only one year apart, so when i was flying as a baby with my super young siblings, my parents would pay for windows for us.
Or just pay for a seat like the rest of us ?
EXACTLY
nowaday parents are so entitled.. my mom would book ahead for me and my 2 siblings smh
@@serenam361She didn’t take a paid seat, so what are y’all actually complaining about…?
@that-weirdogirl because this is encouraging other people to do this 🙄
@@_.kalico._ Okay. She didn’t take a seat that was paid for by anybody else, so what are you actually complaining about?
@@that-weirdogirl what i just wrote? can you read?
if you have to pay for your dog you have to pay for your baby because quite frankly a baby is more annoying than a dog in a plane. Cute Dog > Crying Baby
Take it up with the airline because they’re allowing it.
You know it's not fair when you have to pay 30 40 something dollars for a seat.. I always have to.. Heck ni..if there was a carseat in my seat they'd have to move it..
You’re not wrong Mari Lou. If a car seat in your seat, someone would have to move it. That’s why I ask if there’s any empty seats 🫡
@@Haileyoutside still a freeloader 😡
@@Haileyoutside still kinda scummy tho
@@DawnieG Is it though? If you had an empty seat beside you on a flight you wouldn't utilize it to be a bit more comfortable?
@@toxicginger9936 that’s coincidence. She’s coming with that idea in mind instead of paying for it.
Ok, but if you ask me to switch with you for the window seat…I will decline. You made a choice not to book this destination advance and other people aren’t responsible for your child.
I miss the days of integrity.
Just wondering if you know what integrity means
@@Haileyoutsidedon’t stress, dude. It’s not like you’re demanding a free seat. You’re just asking. People always hate to see others find a loophole.
@@melaninmonroe007 If your wanting a seat if your little human, just pay for it. I wouldn’t even ask,, I have morals.
@@Haileyoutside aparently you don't know that entitled clown
@@Haileyoutsideit’s not asking someone else to switch seats because you’re too cheap to pay for your own offspring. That’s called entitlement. 😅
And why wouldn't you buy your child a seat?
I am so sick and tired of entitled people who think everything in life should be free to them. It's not fair to anyone sitting in a seat next to her and her "lap" baby. That person isn't getting a free seat for having to deal with a parent holding a toddler in one already too small space! A toddler should be in their own seat and belted in properly. That involves purchasing a seat for the child. As a parent, one would think that would be a first priority. The airlines need to address this issue up front and not make exceptions for "entitled" folks who demand 2 for the price of 1! Perhaps they could offer a discounted fare for babies and their car seats. Window seats are now considered premium seats and cost more. Why should someone who has already paid more be moved to accommodate parents who want the space at no additional cost?
@@susancarter9351 Ok ,calm down,they aren’t being entitled there simply asking if there are any extra seats available at a time when pretty much no one else can get it anyway ,it would have been empty otherwise,also even if there wasent one it’s not a scam to check a bag for free somtimes people have to do that if they can’t lift the bag(flight attendants aren’t supposed to help)so plz calm down and get a life maybe you’ll understand and maybe you won’t but ,have a good life
@Starshinefox13 I totally understand and I am not referring to disabled and seniors. Stop twisting this to fit your agenda. I have a life but bless your ❤️. Maybe you should get a life and worry about yourself.
@@susancarter9351 what the hell are you on about? They are not asking to take someone else’s seat, they ask if there are any empty seats the baby can have. If the answer is no then she simply checks the car seat. Moron.
@@susancarter9351 why are you pissed because she isn’t dropping another hundred dollars on a seat when she could possibly get it for free? Babies are expensive, plane tickets are expensive. Its not costing ANYONE anything at all, she isn’t taking someone’s seat so deal with it. If it bothers you then stay at home
Not fair to others, u and ur children arent the only ones who exist
That's not a fair system and I'm saying that as a single person flyer. Why should I pay for extra when you just expect it for free. I hope you get blacklisted from all airlines with this tricck and have to cough up like the rest of us
I’m sorry, where are you paying the extra? I missed that in my video that has nothing to do with you
Girl why are you so sassy… making shameful videos to get more likes, I see how the world works now
@@Haileyoutside we PAY for our seats, you are just a freeloader😡
@@Haileyoutsideyour so entitle man. This is crazy - ppl pay extra to select there seat. There is no free or empty seat right next to you magically
@@Haileyoutside but it could have something to do with him or someone else. It's inconsiderate.
I’m a mom and I paid for my kids seat..I have to make sure I secure a seat for my children-it’ll have my anxiety up. Still, I don’t think this is a big problem; As long as no one is giving up the seat they paid for then no harm done. This can be smart by doing it the right way, but to save the hassle and anxiety..i’d just pay.
Such a cheapskate 😂 you think that you are eligible to get a free seat because you have a baby needs to be in a car seat.
People pay for seats because that’s what you should do.
Or, just get a first class or business class seats has more space for your car seat.
Just because the seat is empty, you can’t ask for a whole window side seat just because you have a baby.
I had much younger baby sitting on my lap, being carried and I didn’t ask for an empty seat.
You makes decent amount of money through RUclips and you still want to do this?
It just doesn’t make a sense to me at all.
If you’re upset you never thought to ask, just say so
Southwest doesn't have business class or first class. That is the airline she appears to be flying.
@@Madison1676 I am just talking in general lol
@@aprilnoah3500 ah fair enough 🤝
@@Haileyoutside you're just a freeloader 🤮🤮🤮
She is flying Southwest this means that there is no assigned seating and no one has paid extra for a window seat. And the people who have paid extra to board first and get first choice are boarded before families with small children (and yes families with small children do get to board earlier then most so she isn’t going to have to kick anyone out of that window seat.) She is doing everything right and is being very respectful and she even said if there isn’t seating she doesn’t complain. If she was flying another airline then some of these comment might be valid. Please stop calling every person who tries to save a bit of money (especially since kids themselves are expensive) entitled. Lots of flights aren’t completely full and this is obviously fine with the airline. I flew southwest just two days ago and when boarding both my flights we were told to feel free to spread out a bit as the flights were not full.
So you’re saying you brought the kids, and brought the chair with that you knew the kid would be in, but didn’t buy a seat for a car chair??? That’s something you plan ahead, just like those who needs an extra seat
I think you need to rewatch the video
@@Haileyoutside people have commented how they pay for window, and then have to give it up for this
@@meimei1) You don’t pay extra for window seats on SWA because there are no assigned seats.
2) You are entitled to the seat you paid for, and you cannot be forced from your seat unless you behave in a way to get walked off the flight in handcuffs. If asked to give up your seat, just say no.❤
3) She brought a car seat because the baby arrived by car, and I’m pretty sure baby still needs the car seat after they get off the flight and presumably get… in a car… hence, the car seat… If you still don’t get it, that’s the best I got for ya, bud. 😅
@@that-weirdogirl ah okay didn’t understand the seat as it wasn’t in use// ofc they should have planned it better like the car seat stored away so people don’t lose their window seat, but it’s old now
@@meimei This is Southwest, they don't have assigned seats, so that doesn't apply here
As a first time mom to be, I can see this is why people think parents are entitled 😭 ruining it for the rest of us and I’m dreading the eye rolls when I finally can take my baby on a flight 😩
Why do you want to take your kid on a flight? Go places on holiday by car. You don't need to go on a flight with a child unless it's an emergency
@@ifyousayso1466 I would like to visit family and it’s an 8 hour drive vs 45 minute flight so flying would just be way easier!
@@ifyousayso1466, or she could take her child on the flight because it’s faster and easier. And before you say ‘well the kid will cry and whine and bitch on the flight’, I’m going to respond with Suck. It. Up! They’re kids they can be a nuisance sometimes but also they exist in this world and we do have to make accommodations for them because so many things that are boring us are new to them and they don’t have the language comprehension yet or capacity even to understand what’s going on around them.
And even if they can’t remember the trips that they went on they will still have those happy memories somewhere and the family (like the parents) get to experience some amazing moments with their kids memories that are more for the parents then for the kids and that’s beautiful because some people treat kids like ornaments and don’t really talk to them until they’re adults because they see them as nuisances.
And as someone who has been flying since they were 6 months old, because my parents lived in the Middle East even though they’re from the UK, it’s not always possible to take the long route to visit family and places. Sometimes a planes the only feasible option.
That what I did with my 27,23,21 years old I couldn’t take them on a plane until they where 8 each cause seeing there behavior in public places crying and screaming not staying in one places is the reason y I we drove when they where babies
It is I couldn’t do that with my 27,23,21 years old when they where little unfortunately me and my husband took a long road trip more then 12 hours cause I hate to be stares at and get looks from people in public places when my kids scream and cry I had to wait until they where 8 each to go on a plane
New Parents these days feel they're entitled for any and all kind of help for taking care of their kid.
Kids are a choice, if you don't wish to bear all expenses and care that they need help with, don't have one.
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So it's about money, really. Greedy bunch. She's not stealing out of your pocket.
What expenses? The kid is under 2, he'd be flying free anyways in her lap. That is a service offered by ALL airlines.
But if there's a seat free, there's literally no reason why she can't make both herself and her kid more comfortable. And tell me straight, if you were flying and there was an empty seat next to you, would you say in the confined of your own seat or would you take the rare opportunity for extra room?
Just buy the seats you need, it’s no different from asking if there’s free seats in business class, it’s not like you can just sit there when you haven’t paid for it.
You can just request for a bassinet in advance, in some airlines you don't even have to pay and you are also eligible to book the cot seat for free where you get space in front of the seat to attach the bassinet. If you are traveling with an infant selecting seat is almost always free.
That's interesting - I've never heard of bassinet/cot seats on airlines. Is this just international flights? What airlines have you seen this?
@@lissaw4 Most flights have them. There are only some places in the plane where it's even possible to have them, in the area right in front of the cabin (sometimes charged as economy plus these days).
please don’t do this. many flight crew families rely on empty seats to see each other over holiday. therefore when you can’t pay for a seat for your car seat it is preventing our families for seeing each other. airline families need those “empty” seats.
Dumb lol. You’re just saying her reason for getting a free seat isn’t valid but yours is. Still handing out free seats.
Flight crew families should pay for seats too.
But she seems proud after doing this
By that logic flight crew families should also just pay for their own seats. I mean don’t do this over the holidays but other times it’s a great tip for moms
Bet this woman is one of those who says a fat person should pay for an extra seat, yet feels entitled to get a free seat for her baby.
I get if you don’t want someone to take the seat you paid extra for, but this isn't that situation. I've been on plenty of flights where there are many empty seats in the back, nobody paid extra for them, nobody is flying their family in them. They are just empty and people on the plane will often ask to use them to lay down. It's doesn't harm or take anything away from anyone to simply ask if there are extra seats available. So many people here are just hating for no reason 😂
Airline girl here. Its mandatory for the carseat to be in the window but you should coordinate that in your reservation before hand. DON'T rely on is because its a hassle to move seats last night. Pay in advance so that you have no worries especially on a full flight.
They were flying Southwest, they don't have assigned seating
There’s NEVER enough seats so be aware of that. It’s always full.
Over selling is the norm!
No it isn't. I've flown with full empty rows
I took a flight the other day with 22 people on it. Most of the flights I take have at least a few empties.
I've flown internationally with only 8-10 people (I remember cus once we took off, we laid down flat on the 3 seats)
As a ticket agent I will take note 📝 😊
Just buy a ticket… freeloader
And now the person in front of your baby can't even recline an inch. Lovely
maybe the person in front of her baby didn’t even want to recline in the first place😂
@@sentientkarma444by that logic - maybe they didn't want to be on a flight with a baby. 🙃 stupidity can go on forever
@@blueeyedbatman well yeah.. it’s called endless possibilities😂😂😂 any outcome or explanation is equally likely, and that’s the entire point i was making. people who immediately assume things, especially negative things, expose themselves as the ppl who aren’t capable of critically thinking about things
Yeah well there are no guarantees of what may be seated behind you. Public transport is great but it has its drawbacks
So? If someone really tall or really fat sat behind me, I wouldn't be able to recline then, either. So what exactly are you asking for? That we ban certain body types from flights?
Super dangerous for your seat, they say it is no longer safe for your baby after a gate check. The other issue is, you should pay to ensure the seat because a child on a lap is at majorly dangerous. There was turbulence on a plane that cracked a grown man’s skull what would happen if a baby was on your lap.
Cool. Yeah just take a window seat from someone who paid for it.
I thought her point was " if it's vacant" . If the flight is booked then there isn't an empty seat. duh!
@@jcrefasi1 There might be a vacant seat on the flight, but I guarantee you it's not a window seat. So this lady is going to sit down first, put her baby in the window seat and then make the person whose seat it is feel like they have to sit in the aisle. It has happened to me.
@@dcbrock24Yep! They tried that on me! Nope. Wasn't having it. I go on vacation 2x a year only and that's it. Was upgraded to a nicer seat. I didn't spend 1000 dollars to be separated from my partner and to sit in the back near restroom
@@Sophie3647s Exactly! And good for you for not letting them do that to you!
@@dcbrock24 I've been on a flight with about 20 free window seats. Depends on the flight.
You should think about the other passengers who actually paid for a seat
It's up to the airline to provide her with the perk. She asked, first. They can decline. If the plane isn't full,they will probably allow it. Their choice.
@@roddo1955oh hush up. People pay for specific seats that get moved due to ridiculous Karen’s like this brat. The airline shouldn’t be able to charge people for which seat they get just to change it for bratty adults who never grew up
Here’s how I mooch off the system…rather than paying for it or using sky miles. 😂
So what? Government steals a lot from U.S. citizens. Stealing from the "system" OK
It’s not mooching when nobody is using it. Now go get fixed. You don’t have the right behavior to procreate.
why not???? like what is y’all’s problems with “mooching” off a system that’s supposed to serve us but fucks us instead😂😂😂😂 WHO TF CARES
Like you wouldn't take advantage of an empty seat beside you on a flight that isn't full?
Safety should be your first priority buy your baby a seat
The chances of a seat being open next you randomly is NONE. That was someone paid for ticket that then had to be moved to yes an extra seat, rather than your child taking that extra seat
Just pay for the seat. No one wants to sit next to you and your "lap" (almost 2) "baby". For those saying it doesn't matter because the seat was empty, many times people on stand by will get on plane before departure and the baby is the first to go on lap, and you know the mother going to be making faces. Please don't be entitle
Edit: Jetblue you have to reserve the seat, so say yes there was a extra seat, but Johnny is sitting next to you and the extra seat is somewhere else then that means a)Johnny has to sit next to the 2 year old
b) Johnny has to move
c)Tell parents to reserve seats a head of time so families can sit together (bc the person that paid for that seat doesn't get reimbursed for being a "good" citizen when mom can afford the seat). Don't get me wrong I will move, but you have to move me to a better seat
….stop saying bullshit if you know nothing. Airlines do not allow you to pay for your seat is you have a baby. They force you to do counter check in where they will give you your sits. Even if parents of infants wanted to do as you say it is not allowed
You're missing one key fact: she's flying Southwest, and they don't have assigned seats in the first place.
Gate checking luggage is the most common way to experience having lost luggage. 10 yrs working at the largest airline in the US. Please be kind to airline employees.
1) why would there ever be empty seats on flights?? I’m convinced that never happens.
2) I understand that paying for another seat is hard but taking one for free isn’t right either.
I’ve been on a couple flight that weren’t full I think it’s mostly the destination. I have done this once before but because the plane had empty seats and my son was tiny and it wasn’t my idea either it was actually the flight attendant who told me about it.
Huh? Empty seats are super common. One time I flew from France to the US and had an entire row to myself.
The one and only time I flew I had a row to myself for all 4 flights so
I had flights not even half full. My row was empty as well as the two before and after my row.
Well, the baby is free on the lap. I would say most people claim more room if the seat next to them is empty
@@tf3655 Yes! This! Every single ranting person here would 100% claim more room if the seat beside them was empty.
I was on an international flight so empty that the crew told us all to pick out our own row and get comfy.
couldn’t imagine getting on a flight and seeing my window seat (that i paid extra for) was taken by a baby in a car seat with the mom saying “oh but he needs the window🥺”.
I can’t imagine this either because that’s not what happens 😂 If you pay for an assigned seat, you are not entitled to give it up. LOL silly
I watched a show once that showed a mother with tremendous guilt because her baby died in the plane crash because she felt she didn't hold onto him tight enough, that it was her fault. Another survivor showed her that the baby would have died no matter what, because she never could have held onto him through the impact of the crash. The airlines required parents to hold their child on their lap under 3 yrs old if you didn't buy a separate seat. So the 2 got in a car and strapped in the mother held a 30 lbs tool box in her arms as tight as she could then the driver drove 90 mph into a cement wall. The tool box was ripped from moms arms,, adults survived minus tool box.
Yes and ? You want a seat you pay for it just like everyone else !
Was that a movie with Beau Bridges? Great film about the guilt of being a survivor.Can"t remember the title.
Just pay for the seat.
I’m am crew and I would never allow that car seat to be strapped into a seat like that..
completely unsafe, car seats must be forward facing and the seat belt should be secured through the back of the car seat.
This is shocking how this was allowed by the crew.
I am crew. This is fine in the cabin. It's not fine when it's the front seat of an automobile.
What did she call her child?
‘My lap-baby’???
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Yeah that's what it's called when you get to bring your baby on the plane for free because it is supposed to be on your lap at all times. But as she explains here, there are some hacks to actually utilize an empty seat for your baby for free. 😖
Few times I have flown there have not been any empty seats at all. We were packed in there like sardines.
I don't get why so many of you are pissed in the comments. They are flying Southwest. There are no assigned seats. Nobody paid extra for that window seat. If there is an open seat the airline lets her use it. If there isn't an open seat she gate checks the car seat like normal.
There aren’t assigned seats BUT she and the baby get to preboard and WILL take the window seat from all of us who paid extra to board first.
@@deanaelizabart8595 The 737 that Southwest uses has 46 window seats available. Although not impossible it does seem highly unlikely that 46 passengers will pay extra for priority boarding specifically for a window seat, especially on a flight that has open seats, and on an airline designed for more affordable travel. Paying extra to board early doesn't guarantee you a window seat either. If having a window seat means so much maybe pay for an assigned seat ticket on a different airline.
People hate entitled moms and babies on planes. I don’t disagree with them because babies on planes are a menace and toddler moms are annoying
They're mad because people can't stand good things happening to people who aren't them. Like who cares if a mom gets free seating for her baby every now and then? That's literally only gonna be possible for 2 years at most.
That child is too big to be a lap baby
0-2 years old....airline standard
How much smaller do you think babies should be?😂😂
Hmmmm. Buy a damn seat
Thanks for the engagement! It helps me gain more subscribers 🥰
@@HaileyoutsideJust for that ridiculous comment I removed you from recommendations and blocked your channel.
You should have to pay for the seat -.- start paying for it
I checked in my car seat and my kiddo was in my lap the whole flight. For one, it's still free when they're 2 and younger. For two, you don't screw over other people who have already paid for a seat. And for three, my literal 11 month old, didn't make a peep so much so that people didn't know there was a baby on the 6 hour flight. 🤷🏽♀️ I accredit half to my kids personality but snacks were all I needed before he passed out for the rest of the flight 😂
She knows because, as she said, her kid is under 2 and would be on her lap if there were no empty seats... The listening + reading comprehension of this generation has gone down the toilet.
@@raerohan4241 clearly so is yours because you can't read my comment correctly. Also you can't misread a video genius 😑
I said it's fine to use a seat when you PAID for it but not just because you're kid won't sit down. You're literally stronger than them, just make them sit down it's not hurting them by teaching them to be respectful of other people's space. Also I said normally the child is just bored and hungry so they act out and it's not difficult to handle it depending on their personality.
Leave to people like you on the Internet to not have the attention span to read.
As a Flight Attendant please stop being cheap and BUY A SEAT.
As a flight attendant you shouldn't worry about what people spend their money on or how much they safe. You are there to serve and keep people safe in case of an emergency. As a flight attendant your opinion is of no concern. I hope that if you find yourself in this position that you treat the pax the same as everyone else. You represent the airline and your colleagues were the ones who granted the pax a vacant seat. If you were a paying pax, I could understand the jealousy. As a crew member; I cannot. Don't let your colleagues down.
Why is everyone upset about a mother receiving some extra help to care for her child - at no inconvenience to anyone else?
I guess on the very idea it might ever inconvenience them if they wanted a window seat 🤷♂️. Or how dare a mother & baby get beneficial treatment when "I have to pay full price". It's kind of strange she literally said it doesn't always work if there's no room & the plan b is she packs up the carrier.
How about you book ur window seat before.
@hafsah6823 who the baby? Or the babies whining that they don't get the option of sitting on mom's lap when the Big Millon Dollar Company says "sorry ma'am this time we don't have any extra seats" on a plane that's half the time half empty going to nowheres busy Ville but now is magically always full of "don't take my seat" angry no fun people who hate children? She could be visiting family in Wisconsin for all WE know.
I'm just joking, but seriously, people need to chill it's just an empty seat.
I live in Orlando, and even when I went to SoCal, it was only 80% full. The only full flights I've been on are coming home or going somewhere touristy or in travel season. My flight to South Carolina was so empty that almost everyone got a window seat!
It's cool to hate on children + treat parents like second class citizens these days, that's why. If it was a single male doing this with a whole row of seats so he could lie down for the flight, people would be calling him a genius.
Everyone, regardless of age, should pay for a seat . . .
Shut up
lmao absolutely not
@@picklesandoxfordcommas they use it, they pay for it !
@@maryburger1232 a seat for a baby being free doesn't affect you. y'all are so bitter
The baby does not get a free seat. It is in one seat with the paying mother. Just in case of empty seats. Which is not taking from anyone
Pay for a seat
Yeah tbh if that happened I am taking that car seat smashing it and buying the seat she was sitting in so the child and sit on a lap or something or she can just not go on
Nice
No need for violent speech. Maybe don’t share your slightly selfish ways of problem solving which of course inconveniences someone else and then expect people to jump with joy .Most parents will get my empathy on a plane but making this content just seems not well thought out. I still stand by my buy a seat comment if they’re old enough to fly you should pay .
So a video showing how entitled you are
Shouldn’t the baby be facing towards? I would prefer to have my baby on my lap strapped in with a seatbelt so in an emergency I can do the brace position and protect the baby from flying debris.
All these people getting butt hurt because all you did was ask for accommodations and they *gasps* accommodated you😮 it’s not like you demanded a seat or anything you just simply ask if there’s space and then you even show what you do in a scenario where there’s not 😂 man the Internet is crazy
Lol, look how she hearted you comment but leaves sassy replies/ ignores all the one’s disagreeing with her 😂. Also, lemme explain:
So, she asks if there is a free seat, and the car seat has to go in a window seat which is more premium and costs extra, so it is very likely that the extra seat is NOT the seat that was vacant, meaning that when she puts her car seat in that seat, whoever was sitting there is kicked to “the vacant seat” which will not have been a window seat (which they PAID for) meaning she gets to take someone’s premium seat. Do you get it now?
Wouldn’t work in the UK, you pay for your seat, you get your seat, no one who thinks they should get a free seat cos they gave birth gets your seat!
If I ever choose and pay for a window seat, only to get on and find out I dont get one because someone has their baby there for free, I'd be PISSED
Lady tried to do this and move me from my window seat so she could put her baby there. I said forget it. The gate agent told her they couldn’t make me switch and she had to stick with the lap baby.
AND - The DAY your child turns two, you hafta buy a seat for them, and they must be secured in it whenever the seatbelt sign is on. Period. Even if they cry, fuss, even if you WANT to hold them - secured. In seat.
Baby is not 2 yet. She's good to go until then.
Just buy another seat for your human
Hi, I'm cabin crew, and just to let people know, rear facing infant seats can only be used during flight when the seat belt sign is off. It has to be stowed in the overhead locker during takeoff, landing, and turbulence. This can be a struggle finding space when the overhead lockers are full.
Actually airline personnel are generally very kind if you ask them kindly too.
Pay for the seat like everybody else has to.
I never even had to ask. West-jet always booked me with a spare seat if possible 🙏🏼
I see a couple of issues:
1) Baby close to outgrowing this seat if not outgrown by height already (inch of shell above her head).
2) Seat is not installed securely - baby can move the seatbelt a great deal.
I don’t trust baggage handlers not to damage the car seat, all it takes is a micro fracture and it’s garbage
Many car seats that will already have been on at least one freight plane to get from the country that it was made to the country it’s bought in.
@@SadieDLdnIdk where you live but I am pretty sure the top methods of freight transport are boat, train, and truck. Especially since most people buy their car seats from retailers within the country rather than having one shipped directly overseas.
@@uncurled520 I said many, not all. I live in Ireland and while the retailers you buy from may be local, the company that makes them is often not, and the country that it’s actually made in is a different story altogether. Yes boats and road are used for freight, but cargo planes are also used.
@@SadieDLdn A new carseat in a box in a crate, secured in place is not the same as a carseat taken out of your car and chucked on a conveyor belt, a trolley and a luggage compartment
Why should you get free seat when you are seating two people? Entitled much! You have a child you have to pay for it! I can’t believe any airline did that for you!
Just pay for the second seat. My concern always is, if there’s turbulence or an emergency landing that doesn’t go well, and you’re trying to be cheap, that baby will fly out of your arms faster than you say boo. If that happens, don’t blame the airline. I know you’re probably thinking you’re being an influencer or something, but I beg to differ. This is your child’s welfare. Pay for the second seat, and stop trying to be braggy about how you’re saving money. I’d personally prefer to focus on saving a life if I had to choose which one to make the video about.
My wife and I are reluctantly traveling with our 1-year-old son for the first time. These comments are rough… regardless of whether we bought an extra seat, we had to pay $70 for our son to fly. We opted not to pay an additional $1,300 to buy him a seat for a 2-hour flight (as the airline allows).
We won’t do what this video advises; he will sit in my or my wife’s lap. I’m sure this is a controversial decision, but this is the best option for our situation. I am hoping the flight goes smoothly, but children can be moody. I hope people are understanding and patient with us, although these comments indicate otherwise…
Just pay for a seat. Lap sitting for a child is dangerous
Leave it at home, you entitled girl you! If I was the person in front, I'd make sure my chair was fully reclined onto its car seat the whole time 😂
Good thing it’s a solid car seat so she wouldn’t even notice
@@Haileyoutside you likely got said car seat from Goodwill by asking if they happened to have any extra car seats lying around for free. 😂
I've done this when my daughter was small. When i bought a seat for her, half the time she'd be chatting with the crew and i barely saw her.
I think it would be more apt to ask if there are any empty window seats. Because people often have to pay extra for a window seat or they have that preference for whatever reason. Blindsiding people is not nice. Or you could book yourself a window seat always and ask for any free seats..
She did ask for an empty window seat. Nobody was blindsided in this video, but sure, I agree that’s not nice. People pay extra for window seats, but they also don’t have to give up their seat.
I need to know where you traveling from from DMV seems flights are always full lol😂
Way to ensure that the rest of us will continue to pay more. I'm not sure that congratulating yourself is really appropriate
This doesn’t happen as much anymore- flights are full and it’s hard to rearrange seats right at boarding.
I hope the seat in front of the car seat is also empty or that person cannot recline at all.
Did everyone miss the part when she said it was only in an empty seat???? I've flown multiple times and there's empty seats. The car seat doesn't steal someone's else's spot
“I’ve flown multiple times” lmao so have most people, you’re not special. There are rarely empty seats anymore.
@@Kirsten_is_cursed10 fr
Here’s the thing, people pay EXTRA for window seats, and the way she worded it is tricky, she said if “if they say there is an empty seat” she can bring the car seat on “I have to stick it by A window seat” so, that window seat may not be the seat that was vacant, meaning whoever PAID EXTRA for that seat is kicked to “the vacant seat” which means she is being entitled and taking seats that cost extra from real paying customers!
How did we manage in the early 80's?
You had to check the buggy/stroller in with yr luggage. So you have toddler to deal with in departures. Then said toddler had to sit on yr knee. Try eating your in-flight meal.
Anyway didn't spoil our holiday 😊
Gets free seat--baby screams in seat whole flight
All the flights I been on with my toddler is always full 😭
Why should you get a free seat? If you're old enough to have children then you should be mature enough to afford paying for everything your child needs. If not, you can't afford to have children.
I’d willing to bet your child cried the whole fight disturbing the entire flight. Get a nanny rather than free flights. Be sensitive of others
I’m not sure you know the definition of sensitive by these comments 💕
@@Haileyoutside uh yes I do. But rather than try to score something because you have a child maybe don’t be so entitled.
@@Haileyoutside being a parent doesn’t mean the world has to cater to you.
@@yewnguyen3942
And you have no right to exclude small children from air travel! You are not entitled to child-free flights
@@Haileyoutsidehonestly, you sound like a terrible mom. 😊
I think she is polite asking some people just claim seats they don’t pay for in full flights
But you have to consider non rev airline employees they will take that seat then you have to hold the baby it’s not scam it’s legal
That’s the benefit of their job don’t want to hold baby buy a seat
I was a flight attendant and in aviation over 20 plus years so they day they turn two a seat is required per FAA
Shame on those of us who actually PAY for the seats we need.....
In the UK the gate agent would yes but you give me £50 first or pay £25 to put the car seat in the hold
.... How about you pay for the seat like everyone else
Just buy your baby a seat. If there's a crash landing you DO know what they call lap babies, yes?
A casualty
? Projectiles?
Purée after violent turbulence?
Gone?
Why is everyone in the comments so pressed😂 The creator is fully accepting responsibility that their might not be an extra seat and therefor they have a plan in place to tag the carseat, theyre simply pointing out there is a potential oportunity for utilizing a vacant seat. It's not hurting nor inconveniencing anyone and yet every comment is bashing this useful trick. Let me repeat the creator of this video is not expecting ANYTHING merely informing everyone of a trick that can be used.
Lap babies are in danger during turbulence. For the childs safety she should purchase a seat and use the car seat. This video is not a good recommendation, so people are vocal about it.