Originally Posted by
FlyingJay
What made me the most upset is that the AA agent and supervisor spent over 2 hours trying to make a decision.
I had a similar situation exiting PVG to LAX...denied boarding and they wanted 5000USD for a one way ticket. After 45 minutes I could see no resolution so went over to T2 and bought a China Eastern ticket and got into LAX before the JAL flight they
denied me boarding arrived.
Received a check in a few days and 50K miles bonus. Airlines don't need to make a big deal from an error and they sure don't need to insult a paying customer and claim they are trying to "game the system". Rudeness on top of stupidity is a good way to lose customers.