Originally Posted by Bkniaz
What would you have done differently at the gate in Atl?
I would have insisted that they put me on an itinerary where both my wife and myself could fly B/E. On April 2, there were 12 itineraries that would have gotten you from ATL to CDG. Four of these were direct flights, the rest ran through one other city (Boston, Newark, DC, JFK or Amsterdam). I find it difficult to believe that all of these were filled up.
The alternative would have been to demand that the return flight be in B/E. This, actually, would have been better as it is about an hour longer to fly west than east.