Multiple Fights Broke Out At Miami / MIA Gate D14 today 25 Apr 2021
Apr 26, 2021, 5:36 pm
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With that said, that would be a very interesting new way of dealing with upgrade priority. Perhaps each gatehouse could just have a dueling green off to the side?
Apr 26, 2021, 9:54 pm
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Did anyone determine why they were on standby? I know it doesn't matter, but I feel like it adds context to know if they were on a buddy pass, if AA / weather made them miss a connection and them miss a connection... like how valid was their anger? Obviously never valid, but if say, they were on a buddy pass, I would judge them even harder.
Apr 26, 2021, 10:01 pm
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Apr 27, 2021, 3:58 am
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Did anyone determine why they were on standby? I know it doesn't matter, but I feel like it adds context to know if they were on a buddy pass, if AA / weather made them miss a connection and them miss a connection... like how valid was their anger? Obviously never valid, but if say, they were on a buddy pass, I would judge them even harder.
Apr 27, 2021, 5:54 am
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More than likely they were paxs that showed up to the airport late, missed their flight and were put on standby. Probably not happy to not get on that flight. I've had a couple of GAs at MIA tell me there's a sizable number of paxs that miss flights at MIA. Usually the standby lists are multiple pages. In fact a couple of years ago I volunteered for a bump and when I asked the GA how many the flight was oversold by she said 13. I commented surely they would need volunteers and she said "don't count it, this is Miami." Sure enough not only did they not need me and other volunteers about 10 standbys got on.
Apr 27, 2021, 6:37 am
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I thought that Jerry Springer was recorded in Chicago and these were all wannabees guests for the show.
I care not where they come from nor whence they are bound; such behaviour anywhere is disgraceful and in a high security zone it beggars belief. What concerns me is why the police took so long to get there. That I think needs to be addressed big time.
I care not where they come from nor whence they are bound; such behaviour anywhere is disgraceful and in a high security zone it beggars belief. What concerns me is why the police took so long to get there. That I think needs to be addressed big time.
Apr 27, 2021, 6:42 am
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Is this a recent change? I hold no status on AA and was able to stand by twice in the same day back in January. I was flying on a $60 BE fare too. Cleared the standby list both times and even retained my preferred MCE seats.
Apr 27, 2021, 7:48 am
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More than likely they were paxs that showed up to the airport late, missed their flight and were put on standby. Probably not happy to not get on that flight. I've had a couple of GAs at MIA tell me there's a sizable number of paxs that miss flights at MIA. Usually the standby lists are multiple pages. In fact a couple of years ago I volunteered for a bump and when I asked the GA how many the flight was oversold by she said 13. I commented surely they would need volunteers and she said "don't count it, this is Miami." Sure enough not only did they not need me and other volunteers about 10 standbys got on.
BAck when same day standby and SDFC allowed different routings, I walked over to the gate of another flight due to a delay in my flight to see if I could get on. On being added, I jumped to the top, which led to an idiot shouting at me for "cutting the line". Fortunately, didn't escalate beyond that.
Apr 27, 2021, 9:28 am
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