seat swap

Trading sitting spots

A seat swap is an exchange of seats between two people, typically on an airplane, train, or at an event.

The term often carries slightly negative connotations, as seat swaps frequently involve one passenger asking another to trade a better seat for a worse one: She asked if I'd do a seat swap so she could sit with her kids, but I'd paid extra for the aisle.

Related

aisle · window · upgrade · shuffle · rearrange · favor · request · passenger · flight attendant · polite · negotiation · legroom · preference · ticket · assigned · boarding · economy class · row

Categories
Opposites
movement/position change

seat swapstaying put

Remaining in place

sitting tight · not moving · no change · assigned seating

social accommodation

seat swapseat hogging

Claiming unneeded seats

accommodation/flexibility

seat swapinflexibility

Quality of being unbending

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G