Originally Posted by hokiekev

In my recent travels I have been very discouraged by my interaction with the check in agents at airports. I am 30 years old and often fly in casual attire as I am a faculty member at a university I do not have the need to wear suits during my travels.

I have had one land side agent question if I was a doctor (it says so on my credit card) and overall I have been treated as if I was a little kid that knows nothing about flying. By the end of the year I will have about 100k BIS miles for the year on DL and I am an avid FT reader.

My question is do you think i'm being singled our for bad service because of my age or do you just think it is the state of the check-in agents in general and is there anything short of showing up to the airport in a suit (I have found the service is better when I am in one) that I can do?

Thanks