Stealing pillows and blankets
Dec 7, 2009 | 8:42 pm
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Stealing pillows and blankets
I was on AA flight 2412 LAX - DFW this morning (767-300 I think). Anyway, I am sitting in row 6 of F and a boarding PAX with a curious look on his face catches my attention. The next thing I know the guy grabs a pillow and a blanket, still wrapped in the plastic bag, off an F seat and bolts into coach. A few minutes later the F PAX whose pillow and blanket was heisted shows up and begins looking for them. He asks an FA who grabs a set off of an empty seat. A few minutes after the PAX whose pillow and blanket was involuntarily given to the first F PAX boards but thankfully did not notice/care.
Its bad enough when a coach PAX purposely puts bags in F/J overhead before even checking the overhead around his/her assigned seat, but grabbing the pillow and blankets! What's next? Some PAX is going decide the under seat space is shared space too and shove his oversized suit carrier under the seat in front of me as he passes?
Glad to see behavior and decorum is only getting worse amongst travelers. Elite status should grant the EXP FF 2 flying sidekicks a year to be inflicted on idiot PAX at his/her discretion. Like SWUs except possibly more rewarding.
Its bad enough when a coach PAX purposely puts bags in F/J overhead before even checking the overhead around his/her assigned seat, but grabbing the pillow and blankets! What's next? Some PAX is going decide the under seat space is shared space too and shove his oversized suit carrier under the seat in front of me as he passes?
Glad to see behavior and decorum is only getting worse amongst travelers. Elite status should grant the EXP FF 2 flying sidekicks a year to be inflicted on idiot PAX at his/her discretion. Like SWUs except possibly more rewarding.
Dec 7, 2009 | 8:54 pm
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What, you've never had the passenger in front of you try to stuff something under their seat? I usually give them one opportunity to move it before it gets booted forward.
Dec 7, 2009 | 9:11 pm
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Heheh... happens all the time. Then I stretch my legs and their stuff comes popping out. Then they push it back in, then I stretch again...
Dec 7, 2009 | 9:11 pm
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As this behavior is not airline specific we will forward to TravelBuzz for comment by all participants to FlyerTalk.
Please follow the thread in that forum
~magic111
Please follow the thread in that forum
~magic111
Dec 7, 2009 | 9:39 pm
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Just out of curiosity, since I've never asked the question before, nor do I ever use pillows or blankets on the airplane, what is the etiquette for picking them up. For example I've noticed on a recent overnight flight from SFO-DTW that seat A had a pillow, seat B had a blanket, and seat C had nothing. Are those items considered first come first serve??
Dec 7, 2009 | 9:50 pm
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Just out of curiosity, since I've never asked the question before, nor do I ever use pillows or blankets on the airplane, what is the etiquette for picking them up. For example I've noticed on a recent overnight flight from SFO-DTW that seat A had a pillow, seat B had a blanket, and seat C had nothing. Are those items considered first come first serve??
If every seat does not have a pillow and blanket, then all blankets and pillows in Coach are first-come, first-served.
Dec 7, 2009 | 9:59 pm
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Good idea, but 2 may not be enough. Will we get a chance to choose extras as a reward for flying 125,000 miles? Can I get still more if I call in and am a very profitable passenger?
Dec 8, 2009 | 10:41 am
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Dec 8, 2009 | 7:54 pm
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I'd keep EXP for life just for this benefit...
Dec 9, 2009 | 1:48 pm
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hmm, it seems that IME, whenever I see blankets and pillows at every seat on a flight (intl planes on domestic runs mostly), pax are handing them to FAs to put away since they just take up room in the already limited space we get. And besides, who knows how often those things get washed...
Dec 9, 2009 | 6:01 pm
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