Are Airlines Superstitious?

LOL well that's why there isn't a 13th floor in some hotels and stuff like that. It is not that they are superstitious themselves, but some of the people who use them airline company or go to the hotel might be, and might not be happy being seated in aisle 13, or sleep in room 13 on the 13th floor hehehe To be honest I never noticed either, or even checked but I read about it somewhere, about the 13th floor in a hotel. Which comes to prove that there are many people that even though they feel they are not superstitious they actually will avoid superstitious things if they can specially when it comes connected with bad luck.

Now you said it, I never realized that myself. So, it is mean 13 is a magic number that has haunted this worlds..... I just wondering, if 13 is believe to be bad luck why people use it? why not just erase it from our knowledge of numbers? BR.b

I've never noticed an airplane without a row 13 (of course, I can't say that I've checked every airplane I've been on). And I've sat in row 13 at least a few times. I have noticed that some office buildings don't have a thirteenth floor. Maybe architects or builders are superstitious?

Funny you should notice that because I just noticed it for the first time on my way back from MT a couple of weeks ago. And no it isn't just Alaskan Airlines...I was on Aligeon (spelling?) Airlines. I also noticed the plane didn't have a seat B for any of the rows....There was A,C on one side and the D,E,F on another. I don't know if that has anything to do with superstitions...I've never heard anything bad about the letter B...but I thought that was interesting and a little curious.

companies usually do that for the benefit of the patrons who are superstitious. it's ridiculous. i worked at a "16" floor building that was technically 15 floors-there was no 13. the truly bad,i hate to tell them would know 14 is really 13 and still not go there.

I believe that it is not only airlines which is superstitious. In most hotels or apartments you would not be able to find the 13th floor. In China, you would never find the 4th floor, 14th floor, 24th floor and all numbers ended with 4th. They even skipped the house numbers so there is no house number 4 in the neighborhood. In other country, like in Italy, 17 is believed as the bad number. Too bad I have never gone there, so I couldn't tell you whether they skipped house numbers or floors in apartments like in China or not.

I have heard that some trains,hotels,motels, and even buildings will skip a floor because they are superstitious. I don't really have a problem with the number. Heck sometimes it has been lucky for me.

I have not ever noticed this, but I travel very little. I have read that hotels will not have a thirteenth floor.

I don't think the airlines are superstitious, but they cater to the general public and know that many people would be rather hesitant to sit in row 13 on an aircraft. Since they want a peaceful flight, and many people are just a tad nervous about flying, they omit it. Of course, if they sit in the row and it is called row 14, they are still in the 13th row, but it probably wouldn't register in their minds. Office blocks, apartments, hotels and other buildings often omit floor 13 and room 13 on each floor for the same reason.

I have never noticed it before, next time I fly, I will surely try to note it down.An interesting note about No.13. My uncle was staying in a house numbered 13, and he always had a bad luck, and was never successful. Then as was the practice in India, the house numbers are changed once every twenty five years, and his house number, became 9, and believe it or not, he became quite successful and from a rented house he bought his own flat and all his children studied well and are well settled. Even though we Indians do not believe in this No.13 superstition, this was one thing which made me think, superstition or reality?

I have boarded 3 airlines and noticed there are no seat #13 or row 13. Some buildings here too don't have 13th floor. I don't know why they omit #13. To me number 13 is not an unlucky number. It's all in the mind.

I've heard of things like that and buildings without the number 13. It's been awhile and I could be wrong but I was at an airport several years ago and don't remember seeing a gate 13. I was at a nearby gate and saw all the other numbers but not that one. Of course, it could have been hidden from my view. You never know with airports these days and the way they splinter off.

I have noticed this on every airline i have flown on, granted that is not a lot, but still, 4 or 5. No row 13...and just as the previous reponder noted most buidlings with many stories do not have a floor 13 either. I think it is funny that this tradition has carried on so long. So many people think that 13 is an unlucky number, so in order to not cause issues or freak people out, large businesses alter their equipment so the number is not used.

You know, I've never paid attention to the row numbering on airlines, but I don't think that it is just airlines that don't use the number 13. I've noticed in many high rise building and hotels that there is never a 13th floor. Really, when it comes down to it, it is kind of funny that there are so many people that are superstitious concerning the number 13. I'm rather fond of the number myself because my son was born on the 13th of October.

I don't know about airlines, but my favourite hotel in Toronto doesn't have a floor #13. I don't understand why, since there is technically a 13th floor, they just skipped the number and called it 14. I never understood this superstition. It's just a number, dangit, just like 666. That's just a number too!!!

I know that a lot of buildings don't have a 13th floor - although some do. I never really paid attention on planes or cruises and stuff. That's pretty wild! I'll have to keep an eye out for that.

Wow. That is very weird. I would have to say that they consider it to be an unlucky number or something. I bet they had a hard time selling seats with that number so they removed it. I have only flown a couple of times so I have not noticed it.

I bought a cottage, number 7, that used to be part of a Victorian workhouse. It was built in 1835 and many poor people lived there way back in history. It was bought in modern times and made into cottages for the people of nowadays. The numbering didn't have a number 13. It went 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 and so on. I wouldn't choose to fly on 13th of a month. I would be unhappy if I got put in seat 13 in a plane. I wouldn't want to buy a home that is number 13. There is a lovely bungalow for sale and it is number 13 so I wonder if other people feel that same way as I do about that number. Alaska Airlines feels just like me.

I work for Singapore Airlines and row no. 13 is mysteriously missing from the seat map. Perhaps it could a standard or guideline given to all airlines by IATA. But I'm definitely sure that airlines aren't superstitious, just the passengers. They must have picked that up from years of market research. Anyways removing row 13 probably solves airline industry's headaches with possible cases of superstitious passengers who refused to sit on row 13 in a full flight.

Hello my friend gtargirl Ji, Well, there are many localities, where house nuber 13 is not marked. I have gone to saty in a hotel, where room number 13 was not used, even in hostels as well. May God bless You and have a great time.