Woman branded 'd***' after refusing to give up empty seat for mum on flight

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Flights are generally not a very comfortable experience regardless of how long the journey is but there are some aspects that can make it slightly more bearable.

For those of us who can't afford the luxury of first class, the euphoria of realising there is a free seat next to you before take off is arguably the next best thing.One woman has been left undecided whether or not she is the wrong when she refused to give up a free seat beside her on a flight so that a mum could sit with her daughter, the Mirror reports.

Taking to Reddit, to explain her decision she said that she is 'terrified' of flying and paid for the seat beside her too as she likes the comfort of knowing there's not a stranger beside her if she needs to 'vomit' or becomes panicked.However, the mother was not pleased that the woman wouldn't allow her to sit down and branded her a 'd*******' before the cabin crew came to move her back to her original seat several rows back.

The woman sought advice over her decision as she took to the online forum thread, questioning: "Am I the a**hole for not letting a woman have the seat next to me on the plane?" In the post she wrote: "I recently had to fly across the US to deal with certain company matters.