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Light Load on Sunquest means giving up your seat and a free drink

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On a recent Sunquest vacation flight, the plane was carrying a light load and passengers were asked to voluntarily give up their seats in the front and move to the back or be forced to do so. This was a first for me. We had just been assigned seats two hours prior to boarding so it was puzzling as to why we were given seats in the front of the plane. Did Sunquest not know they would be carrying a light load and seat passengers accordingly rather than disrupt passengers after they boarded?

Before take off, passengers were told that the plane was carrying a "light load" and they needed to re-balance the plane for take-off. They needed some 10 passengers from the first rows to move to the back rows. Most volunteered and others were told to move. This was only until the next stop to pick up more vacationers they the displaced passengers could move back to their seats.

At the second stop to pick up passengers, it happened all over again. Just prior to take of we heard the dreaded announcement that re-balancing was again required. Again I was bewildered as to why they seated the newcomers in the front of the plane along with those who returned to their seats. They were all asked to move again. I escaped the first move but decided to volunteer for the second move simply because I would have more room. In the back of the plane we had a row to ourselves and were told that we each could have separate rows if we wanted.

It turned out that surrendering our seats voluntarily to help with the rebalancing act was not so bad after all. With two to a row, we were able to enjoy the flight more. And there was an unexpected bonus for those of us who moved - free drinks of your choice from the bar. So the next time you are on a flight and asked to move to the back know that their may be some reward in it for you. I still don't get it. Why assign seats in the front of the plane when you know the plane is carrying a light load?
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