What compensation can/should I get for my paid J seat given away? (to merge)
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This has been a really helpful post but I haven't read all of them, but perhaps a summary is in order from my reading that would simply be.
If you paid for a J seat, be patient, don't get flustered, don't immediately accept their downgrade and ask them to fix the problem they created?
If you paid for a J seat, be patient, don't get flustered, don't immediately accept their downgrade and ask them to fix the problem they created?
There probably wasn't anything the OP could have done to get into J on the original flight, he was effectively between a rock and a hard place given AA's policies and practices. And like I posited earlier in this thread, if his flight was 2 minutes later and he got to the gate after the door had closed, we wouldn't be having any of this discussion.
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Another report of AA holding flight for another flight to arrive
Last week on AA, last flight out PHL-CMH flight was held for about 15 pax. The last 5 to arrive were upgraded at the gate. All pax were on a late to arrive international flight. At least 3 separate reservations. Nobody in the upgraded party had status. Miracles can happen.
How long was your flight held?
I don't think "routinely" means what you think it means. It's been years since I've even heard of this happening on AA given their relentless focus on D0. Unlike United, which actively manages to minimize misconnects, AA seems to focus exclusively on getting any given flight out on time, regardless of downstream consequences. .
I was on a flight recently where they held the flight for almost an hour waiting for connecting pax arriving on another domestic flight.
I don't know if any of them had status, but they all went to the back. Way to the back for most of them.
The OP's situation could have been resolved quite simply, if AA staff had been so inclined.
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And then have them shut the boarding door in your face and tell you the next flight is 2 days later? Which is what happened. So I don't think that's a good summary or necessarily good advice.
There probably wasn't anything the OP could have done to get into J on the original flight, he was effectively between a rock and a hard place given AA's policies and practices. And like I posited earlier in this thread, if his flight was 2 minutes later and he got to the gate after the door had closed, we wouldn't be having any of this discussion.
There probably wasn't anything the OP could have done to get into J on the original flight, he was effectively between a rock and a hard place given AA's policies and practices. And like I posited earlier in this thread, if his flight was 2 minutes later and he got to the gate after the door had closed, we wouldn't be having any of this discussion.
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