Baby passenger in business class flight sparks…
A mother flying from NYC to Zurich realized the onerous method that business class isn’t always baby-friendly — at least according to one livid seatmate.
Reddit’s infamous AITA discussion board bought a recent flap when a person (@stone2891) shared how her child was deemed unwelcome in the business-class seat she paid for.
The drama kicked off when a girl plopped down next to the mother and her nine-month-old and muttered, loud enough for half the cabin to hear: “Are you kidding me?”
The mother, who had splurged on business class lay-flat seats for a red-eye so she and her toddler may get some sleep, said the newborn snoozed for hours — and when she cried briefly to feed, chaos ensued.
Her seatmate reportedly flipped her the finger, stormed off to the flight attendants, and declared: “Babies don’t belong in business class and if I can’t ‘control my infant’ I shouldn’t be there.”
Unfazed, the mother fired back in her own phrases: “With all due respect, f–k off. If she didn’t want the roulette of who she sat next to, she could fly her a– private.”
Even her mother-in-law weighed in, siding with the business-class skeptic: “Babies shouldn’t be in business class,” she reportedly said.
But the mother called that rule “absurd,” insisting that little ones deserve their luxurious (on an virtually 8-hour flight in this case) just like anybody else.
The Reddit post has since ignited a heated debate online, with customers cut up over etiquette versus entitlement.
One mother on Reddit thought a expensive ticket would buy peace and quiet — instead, her child’s business-class nap sparked a full-blown in-flight feud. Kirill Gorlov – stock.adobe.com
One blasted the backlash as “effing elitist and gross,” arguing that mother and father don’t “lose their right to luxury” just because they’ve a child — and that it’s unfair to dump all the crying and chaos on economic system passengers.
“I’ve had two adults on a flight who talked the whole 10 hour flight. An infant will eventually get tired and go to sleep,” argued a commenter.
Another sympathized — but stopped short of defending the other passenger’s outburst. “I can understand where the other person is coming from,” they said.
“I flew business class at Christmas time, there were 52 babies on the flight…. 25 of them were in business class. You cannot dictate who is allowed in what section. If they have a ticket they can sit there,” agreed another person.
As one bluntly put it: “NTA. Business class is about getting more comfortable seats and nicer food. It’s not about not having to sit next to a baby. That spoiled rich woman can deal with it just like everyone else.”
The girl’s journey from NYC to Zurich took a nosedive when her seatmate determined her child didn’t “belong in business class” — and made sure everybody around them knew it. Odua Images – stock.adobe.com
Call it another case of mile-high mayhem — because the newborn battles don’t stop at business class.
As beforehand reported by The Post, an American Airlines passenger claims their Dallas-to-Philly flight turned into an olfactory catastrophe after a fellow flyer determined the center seat was the right altering desk.
The disgusted traveler fumed on Reddit that the mother “somehow thought it was a good idea to change her baby’s rancid, s–t-filled diaper on the middle seat between her and her husband.”
The diaper debacle sparked an intense dialogue online, with some sticking up for the frazzled mother and father — arguing airplane loos are too cramped for diaper obligation.
Others insisted there’s no excuse for turning a business flight into a altering station.
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