To the OP: I think you committed a capital faux by actually agreeing with one of the GA's options. To his mantra "shed or stay" you should have chanted back that you wanted to get on. After agreeing with him to
cancel your ticket (for miles' sake), it is like a wonder that they let you fly at all for a mere 200 dollar charge.
Originally Posted by
InfiniteCycle
I have said it before. You want to win against a German, you need to out-rude them. Germans respect rudeness. If you can out rude them, they back down. Just my experience of living in Germany for about 15 years, on and off.
While there is something to this, there are alternatives. Such as being right or being able to create a zoo. Inflicting a major inconvenience on the airline also helps... but the king's way is of course to make the GA believe that - if left behind - you will stalk them for the day, then murder them and all relatives in the most ritual possible way ... all without actually saying it. They will gladly haul you out of their sight
....
On a more realistic note: of course the most likely way to succeed is to agree with them formally. Give them a token item to check in, pack some stuff in your coat, some in a personal item. That even works for the malicious droids SQ hires as ground hogs, I am sure it shall pacify an LH agent.
Originally Posted by
drjochen
Hint to to the OP: from my experience, and status on any star alliance carrier will not count absolutely anything on LH. They will do anything for their ffs, but couldn't care less about UAL 1k, for example.
While the first part is true, the bolded (by me) statement is utter nonsense. Status is next to meaningless on LH, they could not care less about their own elites.
Originally Posted by
oliver2002
Don't know about LH HONs, but I criss crossed the US on work for 4 years in various mainline and regional aircraft carrying the US Air logo. My
regulation carryon was taken away from me umpteen times citing 'full aircraft'..
Yes that does happen. It even happened to me as a 1K on a UA operated flight. But never did a GA then invent a threat-story about canceling a ticket and the likes. Once I was accommodated on the next flight free of cost, at all other times I was let aboard shortly after.
Originally Posted by
aster
..You either deal with a complete professional who goes out of his or her way to assist you - basically someone who likes their job and shows it - or you encounter some disgruntled twat who makes two planks of wood look like a supercomputer..
Ah come on! You live in SIN too where customer service on the ground is a concept entirely alien to the whole nation and still you get things done. Managing employees is a bit an art and while LH is riddled with foul apples, pears, and watermelons, but the variety of opponents you shall encounter is still my more larger than you make it look here.