Originally Posted by DJ_Iceman
Am I the only one who thinks both of these stories smelly fishy (as in they may not have really happened)?
In addition to the fact that both are staggeringly implausible, not to mention within such a short period of time, ask yourself this question: if either or both of these events had happened to you (and you were a plat or PP, as the OP stated), would you simply go to an internet message board to chat about it?
If I'm wrong please forgive my skepticism, but these sound like made-up tales to me.
This is a accusation (question? assertion?) that gets raised fairly often on FT. I don't see that it serves any purpose. If you doubt the OP, it's legitimate to ask for more substantiating detail. However, I've been around, both travel and FT, long enough to know that it's a strange world and odd things happen. Absent a compelling reason to disbelieve the OP, I'll simply take the report at face value.