horrible experience with GA in TPA airport
Jun 18, 2019, 7:04 am
#121
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Join Date: Nov 2015
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PS AA credited me 7k miles as an apology and the GA will undergo training in sensitivity . i'm sure that will upset you
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Jun 18, 2019, 9:45 am
#122
formerly jackvogt
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Atlanta, GA
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I would like to express my appreciation for your being considerate of fellow passengers. It is great to be prepared when traveling with small children and I'm not sure why the person above thinks it's unreasonable to brink more than one diaper, etc. Storing supplies in a stroller is normal and the fact that the GA was so rude is quite unfortunate. Hope your return flight much smoother.
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Jun 18, 2019, 10:08 am
#123
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For TPA-Europe, I would plan for a 24-hour journey and hope for 12. Having flown several flights of similar length with a six-month old, and younger/older, I would personally bring 10-15 diapers. It's not unusual to need to change hourly or more at that age, and running out during the journey is a major, major problem.
Jun 18, 2019, 10:23 am
#124
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Jun 20, 2019, 7:11 am
#125
Join Date: Feb 2016
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I would like to express my appreciation for your being considerate of fellow passengers. It is great to be prepared when traveling with small children and I'm not sure why the person above thinks it's unreasonable to brink more than one diaper, etc. Storing supplies in a stroller is normal and the fact that the GA was so rude is quite unfortunate. Hope your return flight much smoother.
What I think is unreasonable is expecting the GA to provide a plastic bag in place of a personal item to put it in.
Instead of using one's hands/arms or going to literally any store in the terminal and asking for a bag.
Being considerate of fellow passengers includes boarding when told to, not what the OP did.
Jun 20, 2019, 8:51 am
#126
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SHAME on AA for such treatment and I am sorry that you have suffered at the wrath of the "AA can do no wrong" club. I stopped flying AA nearly as much since what you describe is not an isolated event. Nevertheless, thanks for posting about your (horrid) experience.
Best wishes on future travels and I say keep buying from whomever gives you the best deal.
Jun 20, 2019, 9:10 am
#127
Join Date: Aug 2012
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I am VERY happy to read this but wish they did 10k or 15k. Oh well.
SHAME on AA for such treatment and I am sorry that you have suffered at the wrath of the "AA can do no wrong" club. I stopped flying AA nearly as much since what you describe is not an isolated event. Nevertheless, thanks for posting about your (horrid) experience.
Best wishes on future travels and I say keep buying from whomever gives you the best deal.
SHAME on AA for such treatment and I am sorry that you have suffered at the wrath of the "AA can do no wrong" club. I stopped flying AA nearly as much since what you describe is not an isolated event. Nevertheless, thanks for posting about your (horrid) experience.
Best wishes on future travels and I say keep buying from whomever gives you the best deal.
Hilarious how some posters just dig in and never give up, no matter how wrong they are. But I had more likes!
OP, glad it worked out for you and the supervisor had a moment of sanity and helped you out. So many here act like families traveling with young kids have no right to ever go on vacation and anything that goes wrong is your fault. Just unbelievable. But then again this is FT.
Jun 20, 2019, 9:13 am
#128
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 770
I am VERY happy to read this but wish they did 10k or 15k. Oh well.
SHAME on AA for such treatment and I am sorry that you have suffered at the wrath of the "AA can do no wrong" club. I stopped flying AA nearly as much since what you describe is not an isolated event. Nevertheless, thanks for posting about your (horrid) experience.
Best wishes on future travels and I say keep buying from whomever gives you the best deal.
SHAME on AA for such treatment and I am sorry that you have suffered at the wrath of the "AA can do no wrong" club. I stopped flying AA nearly as much since what you describe is not an isolated event. Nevertheless, thanks for posting about your (horrid) experience.
Best wishes on future travels and I say keep buying from whomever gives you the best deal.
Agree - 7k is almost insulting. But this is LCC management we're talking about. I guess we should be happy that they even have a customer relations department.
Hilarious how some posters just dig in and never give up, no matter how wrong they are. But I had more likes!
OP, glad it worked out for you and the supervisor had a moment of sanity and helped you out. So many here act like families traveling with young kids have no right to ever go on vacation and anything that goes wrong is your fault. Just unbelievable. But then again this is FT.
Hilarious how some posters just dig in and never give up, no matter how wrong they are. But I had more likes!
OP, glad it worked out for you and the supervisor had a moment of sanity and helped you out. So many here act like families traveling with young kids have no right to ever go on vacation and anything that goes wrong is your fault. Just unbelievable. But then again this is FT.
thanks. i really dont care about any compensation or anything. so i'm fine with 7k. just wanted to let them know my displeasure
and it's not some posters that are digging in. it is literally one lol