Does Delta keep a file on complainers?
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Back in his Red Coat days MrWeezer often had interactions w unruly passengers. Once he delivered the bad news to a chronic complainer that his account had been closed, the guy had been warned he was on a short leash. Apparently he was prone to being extremely rude & having loud outbursts w agents, FAs, etc. The final straw happened prior to a flight into ATL, MrWeezer met the plane on arrival. The guy started yelling at him, MrWeezer calmly asked, 'is it true you threw your briefcase at my gate agent in (departure city)?'
From his telling that pax was an extreme case of consistently bad behavior. He estimates he 'bounced' around 200 pax off planes in those days for a variety of reasons, most commonly pax under the influence. But he didn't necessarily document those passengers' records.
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A lot of responses are slightly misguided.
Most every single time you interact with consumer service, the reason for as well as resolution is logged. That's why a FF with a petty complaint who calls once or twice per year gets a voucher or miles tossed his way, whereas persons who call frequently eventually get nothing. It's also why I've advocated for more than a decade that "compensation" threads on FT -- which generally seek to determine every single complaint you can make and everything everyone else has gotten -- are stupid.
Most every single time you interact with consumer service, the reason for as well as resolution is logged. That's why a FF with a petty complaint who calls once or twice per year gets a voucher or miles tossed his way, whereas persons who call frequently eventually get nothing. It's also why I've advocated for more than a decade that "compensation" threads on FT -- which generally seek to determine every single complaint you can make and everything everyone else has gotten -- are stupid.
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A lot of responses are slightly misguided.
Most every single time you interact with consumer service, the reason for as well as resolution is logged. That's why a FF with a petty complaint who calls once or twice per year gets a voucher or miles tossed his way, whereas persons who call frequently eventually get nothing. It's also why I've advocated for more than a decade that "compensation" threads on FT -- which generally seek to determine every single complaint you can make and everything everyone else has gotten -- are stupid.
Most every single time you interact with consumer service, the reason for as well as resolution is logged. That's why a FF with a petty complaint who calls once or twice per year gets a voucher or miles tossed his way, whereas persons who call frequently eventually get nothing. It's also why I've advocated for more than a decade that "compensation" threads on FT -- which generally seek to determine every single complaint you can make and everything everyone else has gotten -- are stupid.
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The bad news is that they keep a file on complainers. The good news that their IT department designed a program similar to the award calendar for use in compiling the files and identifying those who are serial complainers.
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big problem
I am of two minds on this. I feel certain that they keep track of frequent complainers; however, the cost of maintaining such a huge volume of records would be enormous.
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For those who can claim to be EU persons -- even people who may not be EU citizens/residents -- you can require that DL provide you the customer information it has on you; and DL is required to comply under the law in the relevant jurisdiction(s).
What DL has may or may not be interesting, but not all the information is correct -- that can be amusing too.
What DL has may or may not be interesting, but not all the information is correct -- that can be amusing too.
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Very cool! ^
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For those who can claim to be EU persons -- even people who may not be EU citizens/residents -- you can require that DL provide you the customer information it has on you; and DL is required to comply under the law in the relevant jurisdiction(s).
What DL has may or may not be interesting, but not all the information is correct -- that can be amusing too.
What DL has may or may not be interesting, but not all the information is correct -- that can be amusing too.
This is great to know -- how does one claim to be an EU person as a noncitizen/resident?
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For those who can claim to be EU persons -- even people who may not be EU citizens/residents -- you can require that DL provide you the customer information it has on you; and DL is required to comply under the law in the relevant jurisdiction(s).
What DL has may or may not be interesting, but not all the information is correct -- that can be amusing too.
What DL has may or may not be interesting, but not all the information is correct -- that can be amusing too.
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Subject access is a legal obligation about which (some) DL lawyers know.
Last edited by GUWonder; Jan 29, 2014 at 4:03 am
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I sure wouldn't. 95% of my international travel is in F and there isn't a single excellent F product in Sky Team. I find DL's BE to be tolerable, but nothing outstanding.



