A mother who booked her toddler a first-class ticket for the flight outraged a fellow traveller despite the fact that the toddler was well-behaved the entire fight.

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Her choice coincides with recent, intense online discussions on whether parents should even fly with small children, let alone in the first class section of the aircraft. The mother was certain that her three-year-old child could handle the journey without a problem because she had travelled extensively before, but one passenger mocked at the idea of a toddler having a first-class ticket and they hated the idea of sitting next to a child.

Taking to Reddit to share her flight ordeal, the mum wrote: “My husband, toddler (almost 3) and I were flying across the country for Thanksgiving. Since we could afford it due to a nice pay raise my husband recently got, we decided to splurge on 1st class tickets for the trip.

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“My child has always been a good flier and has flown a lot in her short life.” She has never been disruptive or cried on an aeroplane, even this one. Even though the youngster was behaving well and didn’t disrupting other passengers, one traveller was enraged that the mother had put her in first class, and he complained to the cabin crew on board.

The mother clarified: “Another first-class customer was the problem. Given that my husband has a disability, we boarded early. When a fellow first-class traveller noticed us, he began glaring. “It was the man who glared at us as he boarded, and before I could even say anything, he told me that kids weren’t permitted in first class and that we needed to relocate to our’ real’ seats.”

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The mother asked the flight attendant to handle the man’s complaint because she felt “uncomfortable” and wanted to avoid a confrontation. Though it appeared that everything had been resolved, the man’s rage stayed hot

“The flight attendant arrived and informed him that we were in the exact seats that we had paid for and asked him to sit back down and not bother us again. He did return to his seat, but as we were getting off the plane, he told me that I was a “fat c***” and that he pays too much money for first class to be surrounded by children.”

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