Placed with strangers when forced to overnight due to misconnect, customary?
Sep 15, 2009, 8:08 am
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Placed with strangers when forced to overnight due to misconnect, customary?
ELM -DTW - MIA. Misconnected in DTW because of a mechanical issue. I have no status. Was given a hotel room to share with two other strangers. (Regular room, 2 double beds, the strangers were friends travelling together) Wrote to TTU and this is the response I got.
"As to your question concerning your stay at the Quality Inn,
I appreciate the opportunity to explain that generally, we will not ask
passengers who are not traveling together to share a room. However, if
there is a shortage of rooms we may encourage customers to seek
accommodations together since they otherwise would not have a room at
all."
I personally thought it was a breach of security and privacy. They have to be breaking some rule. I guess thats what happens when you have no status on an airline.
"As to your question concerning your stay at the Quality Inn,
I appreciate the opportunity to explain that generally, we will not ask
passengers who are not traveling together to share a room. However, if
there is a shortage of rooms we may encourage customers to seek
accommodations together since they otherwise would not have a room at
all."
I personally thought it was a breach of security and privacy. They have to be breaking some rule. I guess thats what happens when you have no status on an airline.
Last edited by Peetyrd; Sep 15, 2009 at 8:22 am
Sep 15, 2009, 8:16 am
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Personally I would have titled this thread "Who NWA made me sleep with"
Now how did 3 people share one room? Were the others a couple? Did you get a suite?
Now how did 3 people share one room? Were the others a couple? Did you get a suite?
Sep 15, 2009, 8:24 am
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ELM -DTW - MIA. Misconnected in DTW because of a mechanical issue. I have no status. Was given a hotel room to share with two other strangers. Wrote to TTU and this is the response I got.
"As to your question concerning your stay at the Quality Inn,
I appreciate the opportunity to explain that generally, we will not ask
passengers who are not traveling together to share a room. However, if
there is a shortage of rooms we may encourage customers to seek
accommodations together since they otherwise would not have a room at
all."
I personally thought it was a breach of security and privacy. They have to be breaking some rule. I guess thats what happens when you have no status on an airline.
"As to your question concerning your stay at the Quality Inn,
I appreciate the opportunity to explain that generally, we will not ask
passengers who are not traveling together to share a room. However, if
there is a shortage of rooms we may encourage customers to seek
accommodations together since they otherwise would not have a room at
all."
I personally thought it was a breach of security and privacy. They have to be breaking some rule. I guess thats what happens when you have no status on an airline.
Sep 15, 2009, 8:33 am
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I would have refused out of security concerns - but OT, I'm also against employers who make employees (who know each other) share rooms - just unprofessional, IMO.
Sep 15, 2009, 8:37 am
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Did you check with the hotel to see if other rooms were available?
Did NW give you miles in response to your TTU?
Did NW give you miles in response to your TTU?
Sep 15, 2009, 8:38 am
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Sep 15, 2009, 8:41 am
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Sep 15, 2009, 10:34 am
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Uh oh - maybe the airline considers room-sharing a new service for passengers. Match.com better watch out. Do passengers get to select their own roommates?
Just kidding, of course. This seems like a bad idea except when there's a calamity such as a blizzard shutting down the airport. In that case, it's better than sleeping in the terminal with hundreds of other people.
Just kidding, of course. This seems like a bad idea except when there's a calamity such as a blizzard shutting down the airport. In that case, it's better than sleeping in the terminal with hundreds of other people.
Sep 15, 2009, 10:34 am
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ELM -DTW - MIA. Misconnected in DTW because of a mechanical issue. I have no status. Was given a hotel room to share with two other strangers. (Regular room, 2 double beds, the strangers were friends travelling together) Wrote to TTU and this is the response I got.
"As to your question concerning your stay at the Quality Inn,
I appreciate the opportunity to explain that generally, we will not ask
passengers who are not traveling together to share a room. However, if
there is a shortage of rooms we may encourage customers to seek
accommodations together since they otherwise would not have a room at
all."
I personally thought it was a breach of security and privacy. They have to be breaking some rule. I guess thats what happens when you have no status on an airline.
"As to your question concerning your stay at the Quality Inn,
I appreciate the opportunity to explain that generally, we will not ask
passengers who are not traveling together to share a room. However, if
there is a shortage of rooms we may encourage customers to seek
accommodations together since they otherwise would not have a room at
all."
I personally thought it was a breach of security and privacy. They have to be breaking some rule. I guess thats what happens when you have no status on an airline.
Interestingly, there is a report of this happening on United recently. United_PR says it should never happen.
Sep 15, 2009, 11:28 am
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I'd want to know the elite status of someone before I agreed to share a room with him/her.
Sep 15, 2009, 12:42 pm
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Interestingly, there is a report of this happening on United recently. United_PR says it should never happen.
Sep 15, 2009, 12:55 pm
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Sep 15, 2009, 1:08 pm
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Unfrickenbelievable.