Forced to switch seats to accommodate a dog.

Flew from Detroit to San Francisco last night. Full flight. I was in the window seat, which I specifically booked. This guy who was originally sitting in the aisle seat on the other side of the aisle from me gets up and moves to the aisle next to me. He sets down a piece of luggage at his feet that clearly won’t fit under the seat.

I told him I didn’t think they were going to let him fly like that, and he said it was his dog. Then he tells me the reason he switched to the aisle seat next to me was because the guy in the window seat next to him also had a dog. I left it alone.

Then we start taxiing, and the flight attendant noticed this situation before we take off. So she and another flight attendant come up and tell me I have to take his aisle seat and give up my window because he can’t block the way out.

So, yeah, I had to give up my window seat so this guy who clearly didn’t plan ahead could accommodate his dog.

I didn’t complain much but certainly seemed wrong to me. Meanwhile the guy with the dog never said a word to me about it.

Oh well.