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Those bearing the "Airline Sympathizer," "Airline Employee," etc. label here may possibly disagree with this post and argue an airline has a legal right to provide only a half, to three-quarters, of a seat.
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Because maybe, just maybe, deep down you know what the right thing here is. I will admit that it certainly wouldn't be desirable to seated next to a person who spills over into my seat. That said, dealing with people of large girth is very delicate. How does an airline employee (making peanuts and probably not caring because they don't actually work for said airline) deal with this? The gate agent can't see how they flow into another seat cuz they are busy at the gate. The flight attendant most likely will dwarf the passenger in question so she ain't gonna help. It's just an all-around bad situation that will end with someone being upset. Unfortunately, it was the OP. I guess, take the compensation, move on and hope that when you fly WN, it won't happen to you then cuz you can choose your own seats. Oh yeah, they don't fly to Hawaii.
Seriously, from a former gate agent's POV, my apologies for having to put up with all that went with that 5 1/2 hour flight from Seattle. It was probably pretty crappy. Hopefully, the trip back was better and future trips will not include someone taking 1/2 your seat.