A bride and groom headed for their wedding were booted from a United Airlines flight here after they relocated to empty seats three rows up without permission, the latest public relations headache for the major American company.
Michael Hohl and Amber Maxwell boarded Flight 1737 on Saturday, from Houston to their wedding in Costa Rica, along with friends to find a napping man sprawled across their assigned seats, 24B and 24C, they were quoted as saying by the local TV KHOU.com.
They relocated to empty seats three rows up, 21B and 21C, with Hohl saying they were “simply in an economy row a few rows above our economy seat” on the apparently half-full flight.
Hohl said after complying with the flight attendant’s demand to return to their assigned seats, a US Marshall came onto the plane and asked them to get off.
United, however, offered a different account. “These passengers repeatedly attempted to sit in upgraded seating which they did not purchase and they would not follow crew instructions to return to their assigned seats,” it said
