Petty AA: Denied earlier flight at LHR on SAAver award, got SSSS
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That's certainly not unique to AA or any major carrier. Every carrier has end of the day problems that might have been resolved if they allowed open standby. But they don't.
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There was no intention to keep it to myself and there certainly won't be any in the future if/when I react quicker. It's a gradually acquired knowledge
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(2) Agents have NO power to award SSSS. Often, last minute flight changes trigger SSSS in the computer. But its a computerized decision.
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Absolutely not... I did not mention it because the delay originally was not so bad that EC261 would apply, it increased by slow increments and when EC261 became applicable, it took me time to realize it.
There was no intention to keep it to myself and there certainly won't be any in the future if/when I react quicker. It's a gradually acquired knowledge
There was no intention to keep it to myself and there certainly won't be any in the future if/when I react quicker. It's a gradually acquired knowledge
"I had not informed any of my traveling companions of the regulation, which they did not know about, during the 5 hours wait at the gate, and that I would most likely not be so discrete the next time"
How can it be that yoiu were discrete (though I assume you mean discreet) in not telling them whilst then claiming that you did not realise that there was entitlement at the time ?
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The airline does not determine SSSS; and last minute flight/flight changes MAY trigger SSSS.
See posts: http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...ing-pass-mean/
See posts: http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...ing-pass-mean/
I highly respect Lucky and read him a lot, but airlines can and do SSSS even if they are not those who do it most.
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But ... pretty unlikely that the Flagship lounge person is the one asking the behavioral questions. Last time I was at LHR, those were asked by a contractor who put the sticker on my passport.
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As someone who flies longhaul internationally monthly, I receive SSSS on about 50% of my international return segments, despite having a TTN, GE, and a reliable and consistent history of frequent travel. It's a fact of life, nothing more nothing less.
Given the OP's origination in LIS, presumably he/she had a BA-issued BP for the AA flight that did not indicate SSSS (making the OP think it was the FL agent who added the SSSS). It is completely common to have SSSS appear when the boarding pass is reprinted on AA stock. I had the exact thing happen to me last month returning from Europe. If the OP had attempted to board using his BA-issued BP, he would have received the exact same secondary screening at the gate. The FL lounge agent had nothing to do with this.
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Given the OP's origination in LIS, presumably he/she had a BA-issued BP for the AA flight that did not indicate SSSS (making the OP think it was the FL agent who added the SSSS). It is completely common to have SSSS appear when the boarding pass is reprinted on AA stock. I had the exact thing happen to me last month returning from Europe. If the OP had attempted to board using his BA-issued BP, he would have received the exact same secondary screening at the gate. The FL lounge agent had nothing to do with this.
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Not anymore. They now do, the questions are excellent and it's a much better system.
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As someone who flies longhaul internationally monthly, I receive SSSS on about 50% of my international return segments, despite having a TTN, GE, and a reliable and consistent history of frequent travel. It's a fact of life, nothing more nothing less.
Given the OP's origination in LIS, presumably he/she had a BA-issued BP for the AA flight that did not indicate SSSS (making the OP think it was the FL agent who added the SSSS). It is completely common to have SSSS appear when the boarding pass is reprinted on AA stock. I had the exact thing happen to me last month returning from Europe. If the OP had attempted to board using his BA-issued BP, he would have received the exact same secondary screening at the gate. The FL lounge agent had nothing to do with this.
-FlyerBeek
Given the OP's origination in LIS, presumably he/she had a BA-issued BP for the AA flight that did not indicate SSSS (making the OP think it was the FL agent who added the SSSS). It is completely common to have SSSS appear when the boarding pass is reprinted on AA stock. I had the exact thing happen to me last month returning from Europe. If the OP had attempted to board using his BA-issued BP, he would have received the exact same secondary screening at the gate. The FL lounge agent had nothing to do with this.
-FlyerBeek
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AA sells flexible tickets at a premium price. Nobody in their right mind would purchase those tickets if they could have flexibility for the price of a discounted ticket. Note that AA does not permit SDC on itnernational flights other than on this particular route and that is likely to deal with the overflow issues which arise in IRROPS.
AA is perfectly capable of offering proactive flight changes as a means of eliminating overbooked flights which are at risk of oversale. But, bear in mind that oversale is extremely uncommon.
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IMO, another day, another DYKWIM.