Tried to give up my seat
Mar 5, 2011, 11:40 am
#1
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Tried to give up my seat
So I am in ATL yesterday (Friday) and I really do not need to be home at any particular time. Flights have a lot of standbys (late planes causing missed connections). There is a nice lady trying to get on the plane bacause her daughter is in labor. She is second on the standby list. I try to get the GA to let her have my seat. I am a parent and I know it would have been nice for her to get there for the birth.
Anyway, GA says she can not do it because the lady is second on the list. I would have gladly accepted a seat on the next available flight and a pass to the Sky Club to wait it out and no additional comp just to be nice to this lady and her daughter.
GA would not do it.
Any comments?
Anyway, GA says she can not do it because the lady is second on the list. I would have gladly accepted a seat on the next available flight and a pass to the Sky Club to wait it out and no additional comp just to be nice to this lady and her daughter.
GA would not do it.
Any comments?
Mar 5, 2011, 11:54 am
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Sucks, but understandable. If the gate agent had time, she might have tried paging the person who was first to see if s/he would let the other lady move ahead, but given the time constraints they're under, it's often tough to convince them to do a bunch of things like that.
Mar 5, 2011, 12:10 pm
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Lists are meant to provide order according to certain pre-established criteria, and without regard for the reason why someone needs to get from point A to B. Not saying she didn't have a daughter in labor, but can you imagine if people found out that this would work to move them up the list? Everyone would use those reasons.
Mar 5, 2011, 2:43 pm
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Lists are meant to provide order according to certain pre-established criteria, and without regard for the reason why someone needs to get from point A to B. Not saying she didn't have a daughter in labor, but can you imagine if people found out that this would work to move them up the list? Everyone would use those reasons.
Mar 5, 2011, 4:53 pm
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They would not have given you a pass to the Sky Club in any case. Their attitude is, if you want to sit in the Sky Club, buy a membership or a one visit pass.
Last edited by dream7; Mar 5, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Mar 5, 2011, 5:38 pm
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It these were not confirmed pax, then the OP should of course not get any comp, and it might depend on the GA if they were allowed to change at all for free.
I do agree with the "lists are lists" posts. Could you imagine all the "Son of Sheena" threads if the GA could do what the OP suggested?
Mar 6, 2011, 7:44 am
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