It's not unheard of that when you're travelling alone on a plane you might be asked to switch seats with someone who didn't end up sitting next to the person they travelled with, for whatever reason. Ultimately, it's up to you whether you want to switch or not, and often it might depend on their reasoning.
One woman was flabbergasted after being being asked to switch seats with another woman's '6ft 4 son' during a flight.
Content creator Surya Garg, who lives in New York, took to TikTok to explain the story of how she had to endure a flight with the "worst person to sit next to on an airplane".