A flight attendant has revealed that airlines consider passengers swapping seats to be "stealing" – even if they’re given the seat by a cabin crew worker. While many of us have opted to shuffle into an empty seat on a flight she claims that trying to hop up a class is completely against the rules.

While many of us may have made some cheeky moves while flying from sneakily napping the Virgin Atlantic pepper pots to asking for additional drinks generally good passengers try to keep to the rules. However, it seems some holidaymakers aren’t so accepting of their lot in life or at 35,000ft.

We’ve all dreamt of a free upgrade to first or business class but one flight attendant says that you absolutely shouldn’t take it upon yourself to simply sit in an empty upgraded seat and neither can the crew re-assign you. Destanie Armstrong, 25, previously revealed some of the sneaky tricks people try to get an upgrade.

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She noted: "Our airline considers it as stealing. We never allow that. If someone wants to wants to switch cabins or even get an upgrade, that's to be dealt with [by] the gate agent." Destanie answered the question when a fan asked her how often the cabin crew gave out free upgrades.

She added: "You can get in a lot of trouble for doing that, giving out upgrades. Our airline considers it as stealing because the passenger didn't pay for the ticket or get the upgrade."

Destanie noted that anyone who is getting an upgrade legitimately will be given it before boarding the flight. She also claims that business and first class cabins are usually busier than economy ones so there’s rarely a free seat. Despite this, she has seen people trying to run into the expensive cabins when the crew aren’t looking. Plus, she claims they even try and flirt with her to get an upgrade.

The flight attendant noted: "There have been multiple times that men have hit on me thinking that I'm going to move them to first class because they told me I was pretty." It’s not just Destanie who has had to deal with unwanted attention while at 35,000ft.

Kali Harlow told Daily Star that her job and social media can collide when passengers look her up on platforms – and some even try their luck and ask her out. She told the Daily Star: "I have had passengers look me up after a flight, it definitely happens. I’ve only had maybe one or two try to ask me out from doing so…"

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