DYKWIA Tales for 2018 on AA
#196
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Yesterday I flew from SFO on AA1766 to PHL. I boarded the A321 and took my seat in 23F (best legroom w/ underseat storage of any plane).Prior to taking his seat in 23A, a gentleman put his laptop bag in the bin just above row 22 on my side (lav bulkhead on that side of the plane). A few minutes later we are joined by a lady who loudly announces that someone has put there bag in her bin. We were still in priority boarding so the bins above my row as well as the bin above 22 port side were still open. She insisted that whomever put their bag above her seat move it. The gentleman in 23A said it was his and started to put up a slight struggle before switching it over to above 22C,, the opposite bin. As she was huffing I told her that sometimes people put their bags in the opposite bin so they can better see them. She said that she normally only flies business and that she usually doesn't have to deal with this crap. Anyway, she put her bags up and that was that. She also had the two underseats in front of her as no one else was sitting next to her. There's about 60" of leg room in that row.
#197
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Playing devil's advocate and it's a long shot, but maybe he credits flying to several OW FFPs? He could credit that 200,000 miles of AA flying elsewhere and was crediting these miles to somewhere that he has no status yet.
#199
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But not for four people. Admittedly I've never attempted to take more than one guest into an AC/FL with my oneworld status but if he was the only one with OW Emerald/Sapphire status he'd still have to pay for two people so that statement would make sense.
#200
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: MIA
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Fortunately, primarily being a Shuttle flyer with AA, DYWKIAs are few and far in between. afterall, the most one can hope for is an upgrade on airbus for an hour LOL. But, when they do pop up, they're very easy to spot.
#201
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: PHL
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#202
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: I 35 south bound, finally stopped
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DTW-DFW last fall. A guy has a huge iPad and earphones on. See above I do have a suit on for business. The iPad guy has a very nice suit on with a cashmere overcoat. He has to take off his headphones to stop watching his movie to interact with the GA and FA. He is watching his ipad movie in line. He rushes to the front of the line and has to be the first to board. Then he has to have an amazing amount of FA time to satisfy his needs. He spills a drink on him self in flight and demands more FA time to clean him self up.He did not impact me, but his actions were more amusing than my downloaded movies.
#203
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SoCal
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It was a DYKW My Dad Is.
DFW-IND and a young lady comes in near the end of boarding, sits in 1st and starts up a long conversation with the person next to her. GA and FA come up to her and ask if that was her seat. "Why, yes it is." Then they ask for her boarding pass. She said she threw it in the trash after they scanned it (I'm trying not to laugh out loud, might miss something). She insists that she was upgraded because "My Dad is a Gold or something and He upgraded my seat". This has now delayed departure and a supervisor boards and tells her she either goes to her seat or they will pull her off the aircraft. At that point she gets up in a huff and marches to the back. There are times I wished that they served popcorn along with the PDB.
DFW-IND and a young lady comes in near the end of boarding, sits in 1st and starts up a long conversation with the person next to her. GA and FA come up to her and ask if that was her seat. "Why, yes it is." Then they ask for her boarding pass. She said she threw it in the trash after they scanned it (I'm trying not to laugh out loud, might miss something). She insists that she was upgraded because "My Dad is a Gold or something and He upgraded my seat". This has now delayed departure and a supervisor boards and tells her she either goes to her seat or they will pull her off the aircraft. At that point she gets up in a huff and marches to the back. There are times I wished that they served popcorn along with the PDB.
#204
Join Date: Apr 2012
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I had heard that Economy Basic was now allowed to bring on luggage for the overhead, but I hadn’t heard that the policy was revised to permit self upgrading
Great story! And you’re right: it’s almost worth it to board with Group 1 to witness the pre-flight entertainment LOL
Great story! And you’re right: it’s almost worth it to board with Group 1 to witness the pre-flight entertainment LOL
#205
Join Date: Dec 2012
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#206
Join Date: Nov 2010
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That moment when they figure it out...
A minute later, she gave me this disgusted look as she walked past me to go up to the gate. She pulled out her microphone, and said, "Concierge Key are welcome to board." The look on her face when I walked up to her... pretty priceless. She must have been so focused on not seeing "GROUP 1" that she didn't notice "CNRG KEY" in its place. I stared at her, expressionless, and gave her my boarding pass. She scanned it and handed it back. Not a word was exchanged.
#208
Join Date: Nov 2010
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#209
Not that I'm a CK or anything, but it's always hilarious when some CKs assume they are the only CK on the flight on routes like ex-LHR or the LAX-HKG. I swear I saw 10 CKs board my flight while I waited for my boarding group to be called on the LAX-HKG.
#210
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