Travel News - Discrimination? Family of 6 ejected from 3 seats




Fredd
Jan 2, 12, 8:30 am
Okay, I'll admit to a tiny bit of sympathy for these parents (or any others with such a cluster of kiddies), but with 20-month-old twins and an eight-month-old baby in addition to their three-year-old, IMHO they should have checked with the airline in advance.

Family of SIX thrown off US Airways flight for trying to fit into just THREE seats

A family of six who attempted to fly on just three tickets were kicked off the plane by flight attendants.

The parents had bought a ticket for their three-year-old son but not for their 20-month-old twins or eight-month-old baby. They planned to seat one infant in the same seat as their three-year-old and each hold a child in their lap.

The Fickes family boarded a U.S Airways flight from Charlotte in North Carolina to Chicago to visit grandparents over Christmas.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2081013/Family-thrown-US-Airways-flight-trying-fit-just-THREE-seats.html#ixzz1iJZnSJ8j

Other possible locations for this thread: US Airways, Travel Safety/Security, Budget Travel, Traveling with Children, TravelBuzz, etc. ;)


angatol
Jan 2, 12, 8:37 am
Other possible locations for this thread: US Airways, Travel Safety/Security, Budget Travel, Traveling with Children, TravelBuzz, etc. ;)
Alternative location: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-airways-dividend-miles/1291992-flight-experience-yesterday-clt-ord-family-off-loaded-flight.html

Fredd
Jan 2, 12, 8:43 am
Alternative location: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-airways-dividend-miles/1291992-flight-experience-yesterday-clt-ord-family-off-loaded-flight.html

Thanks. ^ I actually did check the US forum, among others, but it's down the page. More to the point, I never would have spotted this story there, since I don't visit it, not being a US flyer.


cblaisd
Jan 2, 12, 8:45 am
Since this is a US story, let's follow at that link, thanks.

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