Debate over airline seat change heats up when influencer rejects family’s request to sit together

The airplane etiquette debate has reached a fever pitch in recent months, but has been reignited yet again by an influencer who refused to change seats.

Audrey Peters, 25, took to TikTok to share her dismay when she was asked to move to a middle seat so a family could sit together.

The social media star, who is from Miami but currently lives in New York City, laughed off the request, saying they should have booked their flight earlier.

But her post sparked a fierce debate as the etiquette around switching seats continues to divide the internet.

The social media star, who is from Miami but lives in New York City, laughed off the request, saying they should have booked their flight earlier.

In the six-second clip, which has so far been viewed more than 660,000 times, Audrey appears to be sitting in first class with a glass of champagne in hand as she travels to Paris.

The video is overlaid with text that reads: “When a family asks me to change seats on the plane so they can sit together.”

She smiles and toasts the camera as she mouths a backing track that says, “Girl, fuck those kids and fuck you too.”

The social media star, who has 651,000 followers on the platform, uploaded the clip along with a caption that read: “No, I won’t be switching to a middle seat, book your flights early girls.”

A short time later, on Instagram, Audrey revealed that she had flown business class from New York to Paris.

And, with tickets averaging around $10,000, he said he had used his American Express platinum points to cover the cost.

The clip opened the floodgates once again to a fierce debate in the comments about the etiquette of the plane.

At one camp, there were dozens who agreed with Audrey and blamed the anonymous family for not planning more effectively.

One wrote: ‘1000% amazes me people sometimes proceed to give you an attitude [because] you don’t want to change

Another added: “It’s not like the kids can escape the plane…they’ll be there when you land.”

The controversial six-second clip of the influencer has been viewed more than 660,000 times so far

Audrey, who has 651,000 followers on the platform, uploaded the clip along with a caption that read: “No, I’m not going to switch to a middle seat, book your flights early girls.”

At one camp, there were dozens who agreed with Audrey and blamed the family for not planning more effectively.

And a third said, “I’m so sick of people thinking it’s okay to interrupt someone for their lack of planning.”

But on the other side of the debate, many criticized the influencer for her lack of compassion.

One commented: ‘I love you! But come on, I have kids but I’ve always paid extra to be together. But I can’t control shitty cancellations and rebookings. Be better.

Another said: “To be honest, this way of thinking bothers me.”

And someone else posted: ‘God forbid we’re expected to make someone’s life easier!’

But this is just the latest in a long line of controversies surrounding the etiquette of the plane.

Audrey’s clip reignited the airplane etiquette debate that has reached a fever pitch in recent months.

A short time later, on Instagram, Audrey revealed that she had flown business class from New York to Paris and, with tickets averaging around $10,000, she used her American Express platinum points to cover the cost.

But on the other side of the debate, many users of social networks criticized the influencer for her lack of compassion.

Earlier this month, another TikTok influencer said she was caught in the middle of a seat-changing nightmare after she refused to give up a window seat so a fellow traveler could sit with her 6-year-old son. ‘5″.

Surya Garg, 23, based in New York, detailed how a mother asked if she could give up her window seat, which she had paid more for, so she could sit with her son, who “had to have a minimum 16 or 17 years old. old.’

When she asked where the woman wanted her to move to, he directed her to a “middle seat about a couple of rows back.”

Then, when he asked who the woman’s son was, he was surprised to find that it wasn’t a boy but ‘about a 6 foot 5 man’.

Surya said that he “didn’t really know what to say” to the mother at the moment and “didn’t want to seem like an ‘a**hole'”.

However, he decided to reject the woman’s request, explaining that he had paid extra for the seat.

After being told ‘no’, Surya said the mother ‘makes the nastiest face I’ve ever experienced’, then proceeded to ‘mutter profanity’ throughout the ‘entire’ flight.