Shame of all shames but i have a kinda funny/possibly cringe worthy story to tell....
Flew to London with BMI baby on Friday morning... weight 18stone 7lb :sigh::sigh::sigh: was reckoning on having to get an extension belt for myself so was kinda ready for that, well as ready as i would ever be.... was flying with 2 friends who are skinnys but cos we had booked separately we were seated separately which suited me fine cos i kinda knew i'd be asking for the extendo fat fecker belt




anyways... sat meself down into the seat... the belt nearly did up but just couldn't get it that extra inch or so... asked the very nice flight attendant for the extension and he couldn't have been nicer... got it buckled meself in... blushes gone... magazine out and ready to go... another flight attendant sits down beside me (had to move the guy beside me to sit in) anyways she tells me that cos i'm sitting in the emergency exit I either couldn't have the extendo fat fecker belt or I would have to be moved......................................... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the shame.... my friends were sitting behind me, thankfully a good few seats, which i told the air hostess and she in her innocence said sure i'll see if there are any seats beside them.... noooooooooooo way i said me with me extendo belt.... ha ha anyways they moved me to first class thank you very much and the belt fit fine and it was all lovely... was offered everything under the sun... think they thought i was upset which i kinda was but not with them with myself... but i was too busy thinking of excuses as to why i was moved to first class to tell my mates when we got off!!!!! anyways they didn't even notice which was cool and on the flight back the seat belt fit with loads of extra room!!!!
moral of the story DO NOT SIT IN THE EMERGENCY EXIT IF YOU HAVE ANY INCLING YOU ARE GONNA NEED EXTENDO BELT!!!!!
Other moral... BMI baby staff are very very nice and made what could have been a nightmare situation and a possible ruination of a brill weekend into a very discreet move and a nice ending!!!!
For me the final moral is.... I will never ever ever put myself in that position again!!!
I did see the funny side of it all but only cos of the way it worked out... if my friends had have been involved or became aware of it in anyway it would have been very different!!!!