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As pointed out in the comments swap is a good verb for this. Other good options are switch and trade. (I'm American, and I think swap is slightly more British, while trade is more American. Any of those options will be understood, though.)

Let's switch seats.

 

Let's trade seats.

When you use change, it's not clear that you mean change with one another. It's possible you both want to change your cars for a week, but not with each other. (You both drive blue cars, and want to trade them for red cars. Or you're both sitting in the back of the plane, but you want to sit in the front of the plane.)

Exchange works, but there two things to keep in mind:

  1. It sounds more formal than switch, swap, or trade.

  2. It is usually used for things carried or possessed by a person: you might exchange phones (or phone numbers) but exchanging seats sounds a little odd to me because you don't pick up your seat and pass it to the other person.

As pointed out in the comments swap is a good verb for this. Other good options are switch and trade. (I'm American, and I think swap is slightly more British, while trade is more American. Any of those options will be understood, though.)

Let's switch seats.

 

Let's trade seats.

When you use change, it's not clear that you mean change with one another. It's possible you both want to change your cars for a week, but not with each other. (You both drive blue cars, and want to trade them for red cars. Or you're both sitting in the back of the plane, but you want to sit in the front of the plane.)

Exchange works, but there two things to keep in mind:

  1. It sounds more formal than switch, swap, or trade.

  2. It is usually used for things carried or possessed by a person: you might exchange phones (or phone numbers) but exchanging seats sounds a little odd to me because you don't pick up your seat and pass it to the other person.

As pointed out in the comments swap is a good verb for this. Other good options are switch and trade. (I'm American, and I think swap is slightly more British, while trade is more American. Any of those options will be understood, though.)

Let's switch seats.

Let's trade seats.

When you use change, it's not clear that you mean change with one another. It's possible you both want to change your cars for a week, but not with each other. (You both drive blue cars, and want to trade them for red cars. Or you're both sitting in the back of the plane, but you want to sit in the front of the plane.)

Exchange works, but there two things to keep in mind:

  1. It sounds more formal than switch, swap, or trade.

  2. It is usually used for things carried or possessed by a person: you might exchange phones (or phone numbers) but exchanging seats sounds a little odd to me because you don't pick up your seat and pass it to the other person.

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As pointed out in the comments swap is a good verb for this. Other good options are switch and trade. (I'm American, and I think swap is slightly more British, while trade is more American. Any of those options will be understood, though.)

Let's switch seats.

Let's trade seats.

When you use change, it's not always clear that you mean change with one another. It's possible you both want to change your cars for a week, but not with each other. (You both drive blue cars, and want to trade them for red cars. Or you're both sitting in the back of the plane, but you want to sit in the front of the plane.)

Exchange works, but there two things to keep in mind:

  1. It sounds more formal than switch, swap, or trade.

  2. It is usually used for things carried or possessed by a person: you might exchange phones (or phone numbers) but exchanging seats sounds a little odd to me because you don't pick up your seat and pass it to the other person.

As pointed out in the comments swap is a good verb for this. Other good options are switch and trade. (I'm American, and I think swap is slightly more British, while trade is more American. Any of those options will be understood, though.)

Let's switch seats.

Let's trade seats.

When you use change, it's not always clear that you mean change with one another. It's possible you both want to change your cars for a week, but not with each other. (You both drive blue cars, and want to trade them for red cars. Or you're both sitting in the back of the plane, but you want to sit in the front of the plane.)

Exchange works, but there two things to keep in mind:

  1. It sounds more formal than switch, swap, or trade.

  2. It is usually used for things carried or possessed by a person: you might exchange phones (or phone numbers) but exchanging seats sounds a little odd to me because you don't pick up your seat and pass it to the other person.

As pointed out in the comments swap is a good verb for this. Other good options are switch and trade. (I'm American, and I think swap is slightly more British, while trade is more American. Any of those options will be understood, though.)

Let's switch seats.

Let's trade seats.

When you use change, it's not clear that you mean change with one another. It's possible you both want to change your cars for a week, but not with each other. (You both drive blue cars, and want to trade them for red cars. Or you're both sitting in the back of the plane, but you want to sit in the front of the plane.)

Exchange works, but there two things to keep in mind:

  1. It sounds more formal than switch, swap, or trade.

  2. It is usually used for things carried or possessed by a person: you might exchange phones (or phone numbers) but exchanging seats sounds a little odd to me because you don't pick up your seat and pass it to the other person.

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As pointed out in the comments swap is a good verb for this. Other good options are switch and trade. (I'm American, and I think swap is slightly more British, while trade is more American. Any of those options will be understood, though.)

Let's switch seats.

Let's trade seats.

When you use change, it's not always clear that you mean change with one another. It's possible you both want to change your cars for a week, but not with each other. (You both drive blue cars, and want to trade them for red cars. Or you're both sitting in the back of the plane, but you want to sit in the front of the plane.)

Exchange works, but there two things to keep in mind:

  1. It sounds more formal than switch, swap, or trade.

  2. It is usually used for things carried or possessed by a person: you might exchange phones (or phone numbers) but exchanging seats sounds a little odd to me because you don't pick up your seat and pass it to the other person.