My husband and I were traveling to Paris for a friend's wedding (in June!) - so we went on separate flights.

As he was seated in the last coach seat, he was paged by the FA to bring his belongings. Everyone around him assumed he was being "upgraded" - and, in fact, the person sitting next to him pretty much congratulated him My husband just knew he was being taken off the flight.

But, much to his surprise - he WAS upgraded and put in First. Meanwhile, I flew coach DFW-MIA and Coach MIA-CDG! But we made it, so what am I complaining about

We have both been taken off of flights before - but the story of having to take your two little ones off after getting settled sends shivers up my spine! I have a 2 and 6 year old and can't imagine. The first time we were ever even split up, my husband took the baby on the last seat from MSP to ORD and my older child and I stayed behind. We had taken IDs with us, so they were on a UA flight (I work for AA). So, on top of screaming at the top of her lungs in the airport "I don't understand WHY Daddy and Jessie are going without us!", she also started screaming "And WHY are they NOT on AMERICAN AIRLINES!" (Score one for the good guys ).

And one last story - we got the last two seats on an ABQ-DFW flight once because a pair of armed robbers (pre 9/11) had boarded our flight and were caught by our crack staff. They had flown from ICT to DFW and then bought tickets on the spot for ABQ. The police arrested them on the jet bridge after pulling them off the flight in DFW. The person sitting next to my husband was irate that they were delayed by taking those pax off - of course, he had no idea why they were removed.

-L