Dec 4, 2015, 12:52 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
What's the stupidest, least substantive thing you can complain about?
Thread founder Blumie had the following dedicatory post to kick off the original thread in June of 2010 to guide us, so we will take our cues from that to continue this hallowed FT-AA|A tradition. (FT Rules still apply.)
What's FT if not a place to complain about the small stuff? After all, we've seen threads in which people have complained about virtually everything, from the ceiling height at JAX to the font, ink and paper used to print boarding passes. So I thought I'd start what I hope will become the one of the most valuable and important threads in the history of FT, one in which we consolidate all of our complaints about stuff that just doesn't matter and that validates AA's decision not to have an official presence on this board.
I'll go first: I find it really annoying the way the napkins are fanned before being put out at the Admirals Clubs. Is this supposed to make us feel like the place is uber-fancy? Why don't they just forget about the fanning and put out some real napkins instead of the flimsy cocktail napkins they use?
I'll go first: I find it really annoying the way the napkins are fanned before being put out at the Admirals Clubs. Is this supposed to make us feel like the place is uber-fancy? Why don't they just forget about the fanning and put out some real napkins instead of the flimsy cocktail napkins they use?
What's the stupidest, least substantive thing you can complain about?
Aug 6, 2022, 8:53 am
#1591
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Still using the US Airways name
Barclays Aviator Mastercards went out recently with the following sticker on the front:
Activate your card now at usairwaysmastercard.com/activate
Come on. Does T-Mobile still direct its customers to a Sprint website? Does Amtrak direct its customers to pennsylvaniarailroad.com?
Activate your card now at usairwaysmastercard.com/activate
Come on. Does T-Mobile still direct its customers to a Sprint website? Does Amtrak direct its customers to pennsylvaniarailroad.com?
Aug 7, 2022, 11:26 am
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Regular water in the Admirals Club
Recently at the Admirals Club, the iced water had only ice in it, not even lemons or oranges.
Iced water in proper private clubs typically has cucumber slices in it, so oranges and lemons is average enough. But ice only? Tacky.
Iced water in proper private clubs typically has cucumber slices in it, so oranges and lemons is average enough. But ice only? Tacky.
Last edited by WeekendTraveler; Aug 7, 2022 at 11:49 am
Aug 7, 2022, 2:29 pm
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Commuter trains have legroom comparable to first class on AA
While I haven’t done a precise measurement, a coach seat on Metro-North (a commuter railroad in the Northeast) seems to have legroom comparable to legroom in first class on American.
This may not qualify as stupid or trivial.
This may not qualify as stupid or trivial.
Aug 7, 2022, 2:48 pm
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Location: SNA
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But did you have a surly flight attendant? Hardly comparable!
Aug 7, 2022, 3:25 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 132
90 mins spent on the app’s chat line (stuck on tarmac at mil airfield with no cell, only wi-fi) going flight-by-flight on the AA site asking for a flight change to flights with many empty seats, repeatedly being told by the operator:1. I cannot locate that flight number
2. I see no availability on that flight (as I stare at the web page seating chart with AA ready to take my credit card if I were to purchase outright)
3. No flights are available to your destination until on or after Aug 8th (all the while I am viewing at least a dozen available on the web page same day)
After surrendering and, at long last, making it to the civ airport spending all of ten minutes with a helpful agent to find a new flight. What exactly is the purpose of the chat line?
Aug 7, 2022, 3:40 pm
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Aug 9, 2022, 5:25 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: PNS
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90 mins spent on the app’s chat line (stuck on tarmac at mil airfield with no cell, only wi-fi) going flight-by-flight on the AA site asking for a flight change to flights with many empty seats, repeatedly being told by the operator:1. I cannot locate that flight number
2. I see no availability on that flight (as I stare at the web page seating chart with AA ready to take my credit card if I were to purchase outright)
3. No flights are available to your destination until on or after Aug 8th (all the while I am viewing at least a dozen available on the web page same day)
After surrendering and, at long last, making it to the civ airport spending all of ten minutes with a helpful agent to find a new flight. What exactly is the purpose of the chat line?
Aug 10, 2022, 6:31 pm
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I had to check to see if it was posted here as well, but right now there is a thread dedicated to people asking whether they get a thank-you for being an EXP each flight.
To me that would seem to most closely match the intended goal of this thread.
To me that would seem to most closely match the intended goal of this thread.
Aug 11, 2022, 2:57 am
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FA calling me by my first name
Similarly, a flight attendant on a recent flight used my first name for every interaction. But I don’t go by my first name as written on the manifest. Please call me “Mr. Last Name”.
Aug 19, 2022, 9:43 am
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Boston, MA
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Self-upgrading the rest of your family to F because you can only upgrade one companion (and then spilling a PDB mimosa when said family members were maneuvering seats).