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DYKWIA stories (Travelling on United Airlines) (Archive)
Mar 25, 2015, 4:09 pm
#721
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: EUG
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All that being said, in this case I'd say that following FAs around the cabin is really weird, as is making passive aggressive comments (or... aggressive aggressive comments?) about helping people...
Apr 1, 2015, 2:03 pm
#722
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: CO
Programs: UA OG-1K, Marriott Plat, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,360
I'd say that for some reason, DYKWIAs seem to congregate around FTers.
I'll out myself. At the gate, they start to board and there are two seats open in F and I am #2 on the UGL. I go to the counter and ask if they are going to clear. She says that she has cleared them all. I update the app and I don't see me move? I give her a quizical look. She looks at my app.... I'm at the wrong gate....
Days like that are what help me not jump to full A-hole when I 'know' I'm right.
Apr 1, 2015, 6:30 pm
#723
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: DSM
Programs: UA 1K, AA EP, DL PL, HH Dia, Marriott Gld, National Exp
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I'll out myself. At the gate, they start to board and there are two seats open in F and I am #2 on the UGL. I go to the counter and ask if they are going to clear. She says that she has cleared them all. I update the app and I don't see me move? I give her a quizical look. She looks at my app.... I'm at the wrong gate....
Days like that are what help me not jump to full A-hole when I 'know' I'm right.
Apr 1, 2015, 9:21 pm
#724
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: ROC/NYC/MSP/LAX/HKG/SIN
Posts: 3,212
Borderline DYKWIA - Feb EWR-HKG
I was boarded in the Group 1 with loads of MMs. A slight delay of the flight already irked almost half of the group 1s.
After I boarded, my seatmate already started mocking the UA service, the food/steak(especially because the the lower feed quality leading to declining beef grades, so on and so forth). Afterwards, the seatmate across from his aisle agreed, and row 2 and row 3 also gave some laughs. I could see a lot of paid D, C, and J fares, and at least ten people are in MM in that flight.
The FA did all they could to try to dodge the bullets, and my seatmate kept mocking them throughout the entire meal service. I knew the FAs were acceptable in that flight, thanking me for being loyal with UA, but the guy just kept whining all flight long...
My beef with that was they could have been a bit more diplomatic and reasonable. Guess what? Maybe I couldn't really blame him.
After I boarded, my seatmate already started mocking the UA service, the food/steak(especially because the the lower feed quality leading to declining beef grades, so on and so forth). Afterwards, the seatmate across from his aisle agreed, and row 2 and row 3 also gave some laughs. I could see a lot of paid D, C, and J fares, and at least ten people are in MM in that flight.
The FA did all they could to try to dodge the bullets, and my seatmate kept mocking them throughout the entire meal service. I knew the FAs were acceptable in that flight, thanking me for being loyal with UA, but the guy just kept whining all flight long...
My beef with that was they could have been a bit more diplomatic and reasonable. Guess what? Maybe I couldn't really blame him.
Apr 1, 2015, 10:43 pm
#726
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: EUG
Programs: UA Gold; IHG Spire Elite
Posts: 443
Hilarious!
Apr 1, 2015, 11:02 pm
#727
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: CO
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Apr 1, 2015, 11:23 pm
#728
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: LAS HNL
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If that guy is going to gripe the entire flt, sorry it was his own fault booking UA. He knew what he was getting when he bought his ticket. After about the third gripe I would have asked him to give it a break.
Apr 2, 2015, 12:35 am
#729
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Location: London; Bangkok; Las Vegas
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Yes, it's the passengers fault for having booked travel on a {poor} airline.
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Apr 2, 2015, 1:11 am
#730
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: LAS HNL
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If he is a FF on UA and has flown with them over the past few years. After three gripes - shut up!
FROM OP: After I boarded, my seatmate already started mocking the UA service, the food/steak(especially because the the lower feed quality leading to declining beef grades, so on and so forth).
This is why I try to avoid UA. If I do book UA, I know what to expect and I do not need some Clown sitting next to me reminding me of the failures at the "new UA". Three strikes and the Clown is out.
If this was his first UA flt, I will agree with him and let him know of other failures UA is famous for. It does not appear this was his first cattle car ride on the "new UA".
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Apr 2, 2015, 6:44 am
#731
Apr 2, 2015, 7:34 am
#732
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Location: Boston, MA, USA
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Apr 2, 2015, 10:26 am
#733
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Apr 2, 2015, 10:38 am
#734
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Location: Indianapolis
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Apr 2, 2015, 11:05 am
#735
Join Date: Jul 2013
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I could only assume million milers based on normal FT abbreviations but wasn't sure if it really works into the story properly.