cerealmarketer

UA Flyertalk jurors...decipher what you can from the tweets...

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...222852933.html

According to her between the superlatives...

• Sunday, IAH-LAX, F seat assignment / ticket
• Late inbound creates tight connection
• Is told there are 'plenty of seats' so might still make it
• Makes it to gate while door is open
• Several other pax from the same flight make it around the same time
• They are allowed to board
• She is told no because of her 'suitcase' and door closed

My guess is she was offloaded to clear an upgrade / the coach standby list and there may have been a coach seat left (which she could care less about apparently - just any seat on the plane).

Looking at flights on Sun afternoon IAH-LAX in the app they look full or one or two coach seats left at departure.

The whole 'suitcase' line from the agent is strange cover...

raehl311

I feel like this is a case where we're getting only one side of the story. My general life experience is that the more dramatic the side of the story you're hearing is, the less likely it accurately reflects reality. I'm going to go with no overhead space remaining, and Mayim was asked to check her carry-on and when Mayim refused the GA who was trying to get the flight out moved on with her life.

Edit: The comment about "I had a first class seat!" being about her bag sitting in her seat seems rather nonsensical, and is either cover for her actually pulling DYKWIA, or indicates a complete lack of familiarity with air travel and a good chance she's not understanding other factors at play that led to the result.

EAlyse

I'm going to go with the GA doesn't like The Big Bang Theory for fun as Mayim said, but I don't have any educated guesses. Curious to hear what the FT hive mind thinks.

dinoscool3

bman1002

I think United is a very very bad airline and angry customers are always right. I strongly encourage everyone, especially those who are buying paid F fares (and anyone with high status), to stop flying United. When the F cabin is empty and nearly anyone can upgrade into it, I think then, United will learn their lesson!

raehl311

I think Mayim doesn't know the difference between a FA and a GA and it was the door to the jetway that was closed.

Dublin_rfk

There are enough assumptions being made that they could put another season of shows together.

kale73

iluv2fly

Too bad it wasn't Larry David. Then we know that there would be another full season of shows.

venomtrilogy

Curb lampooned UA last season.

JamesKidd

Wouldn't have happened to Kaley Cuoco

BearX220

Bialik's physical appearance is so altered / made up / costumed for that show, she attracts few drive-by street encounters in everyday life. You'd have to be really focused on both her and the show to realize who she was.

raehl311

That really depends on the person. I'm good with faces and can remember people I've met once before YEARS later when randomly running into them in an entirely different situation. If I heard her talk it would be game over.

Mayim Bialik seems to have a habit of doing things to call attention to herself and while it certainly wouldn't surprise me if she had a heated exchange with the GA after making it to the gate at the very end of boarding when she'd already been offloaded from her F seat, looking at the entirety of the situation presented I see an occasional traveler who doesn't understand what is happening and is simply mad that the vagaries of air travel didn't work out for her that day. And if she expressed half the negative energy towards the GA as she did in her tweets, I'm not surprised if the GA closed and hid behind the boarding door either.

DENflyer3

I would have barred her from the flight for having to endure Blossom with my College girlfriend, I will never get those years back.

LordHamster

Based on the oversized carryon my response is: