Worst experience on American Airlines (no PEY, poor Latin Am crew)
Aug 23, 2017, 6:34 pm
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This is all made clear on both the BA and AA websites and OP's e-ticket receipt would have made clear that he was seated in "ECONOMY"
Aug 23, 2017, 9:02 pm
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Aug 23, 2017, 9:03 pm
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It's Miami. Spanish is the primary language spoken throughout the city. Do you get annoyed when you are in Rome and Italian is everybody's first language? What a ridiculous complaint.
Aug 23, 2017, 9:07 pm
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Aug 24, 2017, 4:00 am
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I've done this for years. Only once (on BA) did the passenger in front snap at me, which took me by surprise as I'd seen plenty of other people do it (and I've never minded when I was the one in front).
Aug 24, 2017, 4:24 am
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OP seems to be from Ireland, but definitely a good point that English-as-first-language is by no means a prerequisite for great service (as anyone who's flown CX can attest).
Aug 24, 2017, 5:04 am
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Aug 24, 2017, 3:10 pm
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The food was mostly soggy bread? I find that very hard to believe, i'm not saying their food is good by any stretch...BUT it's always more than soggy bread.
Also, I have yet to be on a flight that does not serve wine or beer at least with AA.
I feel perhaps OP is upset that he thought he got PE and didn't, so the rest kind of went downhill after that.
Also, I have yet to be on a flight that does not serve wine or beer at least with AA.
I feel perhaps OP is upset that he thought he got PE and didn't, so the rest kind of went downhill after that.
Aug 24, 2017, 10:58 pm
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OP paid 500 GBP extra for Premium Economy on the BA legs. If Premium Economy had existed on the AA flights, I suspect the price would have been even higher.
On long flights on BA, I have often gone to the back to ask for a beverage from the crew who were sitting back there relaxing, so I don't think AA is alone there.
The "Spanish as a first language" comment came off as a bit racist. I am positive they spoke English to the English speaking passengers.
On long flights on BA, I have often gone to the back to ask for a beverage from the crew who were sitting back there relaxing, so I don't think AA is alone there.
The "Spanish as a first language" comment came off as a bit racist. I am positive they spoke English to the English speaking passengers.
Aug 24, 2017, 11:05 pm
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Aug 25, 2017, 4:52 am
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I'm not sure how you work that out. Trying to be fair, I suppose that most people from abroad just assume that the main language of the USA is English - maybe it could also have manifested itself in that the OP could not understand them or they her. I have always assumed that the main language aboard any carrier from outside the British Isles was the main or "official" language of the country. The rest I will not comment on as some of it sounds very strange to me.
Aug 25, 2017, 5:06 am
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Why do we bother? OP started a new thread and didn't even bother to participate in the discussion for 2 days (apart for a single subsequent response).
Yes - we know LPB is served with B757's with no PEY, with LIM-based F/A's (yes their first language is Spanish) and as this is a 6 am departure from LPB I would not expect them to serve wine that early in the morning.
Yes - we know LPB is served with B757's with no PEY, with LIM-based F/A's (yes their first language is Spanish) and as this is a 6 am departure from LPB I would not expect them to serve wine that early in the morning.