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[old_gregg]

cowardice

[Commando]

This is from the dude that does a lot of BYU figures. This Jordan is not his best work. [ATTACH]7906[/ATTACH]

This made me laugh.

[falafel]

Not really sure if this girl is real, or if they are just putting us on. There are lots of similar videos with her not getting things.

Still, I laughed.

[Uncle Ted]

Not really sure if this girl is real, or if they are just putting us on. There are lots of similar videos with her not getting things.

Still, I laughed.

Now I understand how the Brexit thing passed...

There must be lots of Brits just like her.

[wuapinmon]

[Moliere]

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Is Houston the only city that seems to have figured this out like 10 years ago? Maybe age is catching up with Neil. In fact, I think all the street lamps in my subdivision are LED and some even seem to be motion activated.

Maybe next month he'll tweet about the benefits of double paned windows.


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[falafel]

Delta kicks a family off a flight from Maui to LA for refusing to give up a seat they paid for and that was occupied by their toddler. Delta told the parents they would go to jail and their kids would go to social services if they didn't get off. Delta employees falsely quoted FAA regulations and said the kid can't sit in a seat, but has to sit in a parent's lap, even though the family paid for the kid's seat and had him in a car seat. Apparently the FAA itself tells parents that their kids are safest in a car seat and not on a lap. The family was stranded overnight, had to get a hotel and 3 new tickets the next day.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/busines...after/2322749#

[Bo Diddley]

Delta kicks a family off a flight from Maui to LA for refusing to give up a seat they paid for and that was occupied by their toddler. Delta told the parents they would go to jail and their kids would go to social services if they didn't get off. Delta employees falsely quoted FAA regulations and said the kid can't sit in a seat, but has to sit in a parent's lap, even though the family paid for the kid's seat and had him in a car seat. Apparently the FAA itself tells parents that their kids are safest in a car seat and not on a lap. The family was stranded overnight, had to get a hotel and 3 new tickets the next day.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/busines...after/2322749#

It must be nearly impossible to weed out all of the dum dums when you employ so many people.

Edit: But Mrs. Diddley just filled me in on the rest of the story, and the family was hoping just to use the seat they bought for their 18 year old son that didn't fly on the flight, and put their 2 year old in it. Since the other son was a no show, Delta made other plans for the seat.

[Commando]

It must be nearly impossible to weed out all of the dum dums when you employ so many people.

Edit: But Mrs. Diddley just filled me in on the rest of the story, and the family was hoping just to use the seat they bought for their 18 year old son that didn't fly on the flight, and put their 2 year old in it. Since the other son was a no show, Delta made other plans for the seat.

That doesn't make a difference to me. They make fat people pay for two seats and they get to use both of them, right? I really wish some deluded flight attendant would start ad libbing legal threats to me. I would try really hard to make him/her cry.

[falafel]

It must be nearly impossible to weed out all of the dum dums when you employ so many people.

Edit: But Mrs. Diddley just filled me in on the rest of the story, and the family was hoping just to use the seat they bought for their 18 year old son that didn't fly on the flight, and put their 2 year old in it. Since the other son was a no show, Delta made other plans for the seat.

Apparently there is some debate about that point. Some people say they cleared it with Delta prior to checking in. I can see the issue if it was a no-show and Delta gave the seat to a stand-by.

At the same time, Delta could have just let the kid sit on a parent's lap like they initially offered. Instead, they insisted that the whole family had to go. IMO, the dad handled the situation well. He was clearly frustrated, but didn't get unruly.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Remember when United had that huge gaffe and it was going to make all the other airlines step their customer service game up? American, check. Delta, check. You're up Lufthansa!

[old_gregg]

Remember when United had that huge gaffe and it was going to make all the other airlines step their customer service game up? American, check. Delta, check. You're up Lufthansa!

lufthansa cust service is great dude

[Moliere]

It must be nearly impossible to weed out all of the dum dums when you employ so many people.

Edit: But Mrs. Diddley just filled me in on the rest of the story, and the family was hoping just to use the seat they bought for their 18 year old son that didn't fly on the flight, and put their 2 year old in it. Since the other son was a no show, Delta made other plans for the seat.

Yeah, it seems the 18 year old never boarded the plane so the system probably assigned his vacant seat to someone else. Anyone who flies knows that when you book a ticket it's non transferrable, even within your family. I may be wrong, but a lot of this crap stems from the security measures imposed after 9/11.

Yes, it was handled badly by Delta, but the dumbest of some travelers is astounding.


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[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

lufthansa cust service is great dude

One day you'll understand how jokes work. That'll be a fun day for you, reading the board from its genesis and laughing hysterically.

[Uncle Ted]

Delta kicks a family off a flight from Maui to LA for refusing to give up a seat they paid for and that was occupied by their toddler. Delta told the parents they would go to jail and their kids would go to social services if they didn't get off. Delta employees falsely quoted FAA regulations and said the kid can't sit in a seat, but has to sit in a parent's lap, even though the family paid for the kid's seat and had him in a car seat. Apparently the FAA itself tells parents that their kids are safest in a car seat and not on a lap. The family was stranded overnight, had to get a hotel and 3 new tickets the next day.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/busines...after/2322749#

What? They didn't drag the infant off the plane?

Something similar happened to me... My wife had to take a different flight back home because of an extended family issue. I tried to change her ticket but the airline didn't have the flight she needed (and wanted a huge change fee). I was able to get her a cheap ticket on another airline that would work (for less money than the change fee) and I would travel back with the kids on the original flight. I figured that our flight was going to be full so I decided to check her in (on-line). I also printed her ticket. I wanted that extra seat and knew the airline would try to use it for someone else. As I suspected the flight was full and there was a standby list. As I boarded with my family I gave my kids their ticket. I gave the gate attendant both my ticket and my wife's and he scanned them both. I assumed he thought that the extra ticket was one of my kids. Of course, they each gave him their own. So there wasn't an empty seat in the system for standby passengers.

Once aboard the flight attendant asked about the seat between me and my son. I simply told her that seat was for my wife. After the door was closed and we started to push back she asked where my wife was and I told her, "Oh, she didn't make the flight." She gave me a funny look and hurried back to her jump seat.

This family should have done the same thing. If they had an extra ticket they weren't going to use they should have just had it scanned for one of the young kids. When the ticket is scanned then the seat is taken in the system. Game the system!