text: I fly a lot and have been on various airlinesbut someone please explain to me something that boggles my mindnnI bought a ticketchoose seats for my friend and meExcited that I would not have to sit next to a stranger for the long flight to Chicago We were set for our tripnnAfter checking into my flight the seats that we chose was not what was on our boarding pass NOT even close Huh Surely this is just a mistake So I politely talked to a boarding agent She advised me ever so rudely that the seats I chose were just a request and they did not have to honor them WTF Maybe I am slow I do not understandFrom what I recall from any other airline save Southwest when you buy your ticket and pick your seat that is the seat you get I understand that there may be seating changes to accommodate for families but why have your customers choose seats in the first place if you are just going to jumble them all around anyway Then to be told with such ambivalence that those are requested seats and that you should feel happy getting on a flight that the airline overbooked is tacky and ridiculous Then as some sort of consolation they said I could pay an additional to sit in the emergency aisle just so that the person I booked my flight with originally and picked adjacent seats can sit togetherwhy would I give US Airways another dime to sit in an exit seat I know they will just fill up because they constantly overbooknnUS Airways made me very cranky Whatever savings you get with booking with them is not worth the hassle and disappointment you will get I doubt I will be flying with them again