2006.04.29
Thrice Three
I recently returned from a trip to Marco Island, Florida. It was a beautful location, though the trip was all too brief.
Something odd struck me on the flight home, however. My seat assignments on the flights were entirely too coincidental, and it was actually a little unnerving given what the seat assignments were.
Some background: to fly from Calgary to Fort Myers, Florida, I had to first fly to Toronto, and then on to Florida. On the way home, it was the reverse situation.
When I checked in for my flight in Calgary, The check-in clerk said that there weren’t any window seats left, and I told her that aisle seats would be fine. So I got my seat assignments as follows:
Calgary –> Toronto: 12C
Toronto –> Fort Myers: 3C
So far, things are looking OK. Both of the seats are aisle seats, and I gave it very little thought.
But something really odd happened when I checked in in Fort Myers to come home. The check-in agent never asked if I had a seat preference, and I never mentioned one. I got my boarding passes, and didn’t pay too much attention to them. Once I was getting ready to board the plane to Toronto, though, I noticed my seat assignments this time around were as follows:
Fort Myers –> Toronto: 3C
Toronto –> Calgary: 3C
So this made for three consecutive flights were I was in the third seat in the third row. A little creepy, even though I’m not generally superstitious.
Now, the logical explanation is that when I checked in at Fort Myers, they saw what the seat assignment on my last flight was, noticed that same seat was still available on the next two flights, and assigned me that seat. Without me asking them to, mind you.
As signs and portents go, I’m not sure what to make of it, but it certainly got my attention. Or perhaps it was just lack of sleep on the trip and this whole post is for naught. Who knows.
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