In the spirit of community support, I volunteer for this experiment however I'll need a seat in a premium cabin (preferably a 77W in F) and of course I'll have the correct apparel readily at hand so as to avoid being denied boarding when advised about policy. Perhaps I could substitute a kilt in lieu of the cutoff jeans?

My recollection is that I had some sort of click through agreement the first time I non-reved. I could be wrong though.

Same thing happened back in 2010 when Ruby Rose had a friend with QF staff travel benefits. Some travel companions just don't 'get it' and fail to realise you
can't carry on like a prima donna when flying non-rev or turn up looking like something the cat dragged in.

https://www.news.com.au/travel/trave...2a1597dc025d36

I was surprised, I listened to the entire radio show she was a guest on and genuinely had thought that she was trying to pull a fast one on Dunkin' Donuts, but I pulled up her live stream for the incident (linked below), and it shows the police being called, reviewing surveillance footage and returning $20 in cash to her.

Can't agree more with this, those were not jeans and under the most generous read of the policy TWA884 posted the jeans pants shorts thing that this pax was wearing was completely inappropriate and clearly qualified as "super short shorts" given where the denim ended/restarted.

You are correct we do not know and frankly will probably never know but it sure seems like he/she got screwed because this went viral and IMO not catching a dress code violation should fall below the termination line but in the world of viral videos and internet vigilantism many companies act fast to cut ties rather than think things through especially given a GA isn't exactly an irreplaceable asset. I could be wrong and there's more to it, as was mentioned above perhaps the GA was the cousin which would very much change my viewpoint.

According to Savvy Stews (The Aluminum Lady), the cousin was PHL based and has also been terminated.

All she had to do was become aware of the policies, buy some leggings or suitable trousers or skirt, and fly on home uneventfully. The woman certainly accomplished a lot with her extensive use of social media, though apparently not her goals.

She was forced to buy tickets for two and take the bus home from Miami to NYC.

She got her cousin fired (I’m guessing once they focused on the cousin, they found things like selling buddy passes or ?} and probably undying enmity.

She got the KIN Gate Agent fired.

She likely didn’t get a refund on fees and taxes she paid, not to mention any premium she may have paid to her cousin.

She was banned temporarily from her social media account. (Nope, I’m not going to read that train wreck when she returns.)

I wonder if she learned anything? From the Dunkin‘ Donuts incident, I suspect not.

Charges, fees and taxes for non-rev travel are assessed only after each segment is flown and are automatically deducted from the sponsoring employee's paycheck or, for retirees, charged to a credit or debit card.

I presume she already pre-paid her cousin, and so it's up to her now unemployed cousin whether to return those funds. Nothing like a good family drama!

I personally wish airlines would try and sue people like this for slander/defamation when they are clearly wrong, and using social media to virally spread their nonsense. Even just as a scare tactic. I mean I am all for free speech, but when you are this wrong, refusing to listen to reason, and spread your nonsense all over the internet for millions....

I guarantee you there are thousands of plebs out there that watched/heard the video have no clue what kind of passenger she actually was, and are spreading the AA hate etc. I know AA will be fine, and I doubt they have any interested in dragging someone like this through the mud some more, but I really wish airlines would start responding back to the new norm of social media bullying when you don't (correctly) get your way.

Why was the food there anyway - I'm sure they didn't lay it out just for non-revs who weren't going to make it to NYC that night? Usually they only have that kind of thing in the event of major delays or irrops of some kind like when the MIA bound 763 had a mishap ie caught fire on the runway.

Exactly, it was not a concession stand, its he cart of free food that AA puts out in case of IRROPs, probably not for her flight, but I wouldn't consider that stealing.

Those are put out in case of delays. I guess AA had those specific carts out for the displaced misconnects that would make their way to the service center. Now when AA has put out a cart for a flight that I was going to be on, I let all the pax grab what they want, then I grabbed a soda from what was left.