We had something similar happen years ago. Our daughter was about 4 at the time, traveling with my husband. They were seated together, but a middle-aged couple asked if they could switch seats with my husband, so that they could sit together.
Now, DD comes from a long line of spewers, including my mom and my sister (somehow, not me). She vomits on planes. Doesn't matter how long, how turbulent, time of day, where she sits. She WILL throw up. (She has puked on a 40 minute flight from Cedar Rapids to Chicago, many times.) She's now 24 and still gets sick, but now can take medication (scopolamine patches) for this, but nothing is available for 4 year olds.
So, DH tells the couple that he COULD switch, but they would have to sit with DD and clean her up, and most likely themselves, when she throws up.
They declined.
Now, DD comes from a long line of spewers, including my mom and my sister (somehow, not me). She vomits on planes. Doesn't matter how long, how turbulent, time of day, where she sits. She WILL throw up. (She has puked on a 40 minute flight from Cedar Rapids to Chicago, many times.) She's now 24 and still gets sick, but now can take medication (scopolamine patches) for this, but nothing is available for 4 year olds.
So, DH tells the couple that he COULD switch, but they would have to sit with DD and clean her up, and most likely themselves, when she throws up.
They declined.