How seat-squatters are enjoying first class flight perks for free: Such a low move

Seat squatters are taking their “hack” to a new level by not just hoping to steal a better seat on a plane but trying to grab free drinks in the process.Flight passengers are doing whatever it takes to get complimentary “pre-flight booze,” even if it means taking someone’s seat for a few seconds.A Reddit user shared a story about a flight attendant’s encounter with a passenger who cheated the beverage system by posing as a first-class passenger.The user was on a flight with Delta Air Lines from Providence, Rhode Island, to Atlanta, Georgia, in row 2. That’s when the Reddit user saw two women “come [aboard] haphazardly” and sit in the first row.“They throw their bags up and settle in.Few moments later, a woman comes on the plane and lets them know one of those seats is hers.”The person added, “They quickly get up, laugh and say, ‘We are rookies.’ The flight attendant asks what row they are in and they say 24.

They leave their bags and travel back to their row.”After the awkward encounter happened right in front of the passenger, the flight attendant told the Reddit user about a similar circumstance experienced on an earlier flight.This seat squatter, however, wanted something in addition to the upgraded seat.The flight attendant told the story about how “people sat down, received their pre-flight booze and then said, ‘I’m just going to go say hi to my sister in the back of the plane,’ and walked off with the free drink to obviously not return,” the Reddit user wrote.The flight passenger and Reddit user went on to say that the women squatting in the front row may have been hoping to do the same thing.“They may have completely lucked out had that woman not come on the flight right after them,” the social media poster said.“It’s either that or they thought they were flying a swanky Southwest flight and could sit anywhere.”Fox News Digital reached out to the Redditor for comment.Other Reddit users jumped in on ...