Sorry to hear about your story. The guy is a total idiot and I would never let him look at my boarding pass. Some 1K’s think they own the airplane.
I hope the FA gets special recognition for what she did. This guy should have his status taken away :mad:

Actually, I hope he reads FT and sees this thread. Shame, shame, shame.

Elite status comes with elite responsibilities.

Noblesse oblige ... Obviously, this 1K does not know how to behave in public. Must be one of those nouveau elites; cretins with more miles than breeding.

Kudos to you, pvtwong and to the GA for handling the situation with distinction. Semper fi.

What a loser. Besides the obvious disgusting behavior on his part, it should be remembered that there is usually no talking sense into people like this.

Not only did he jump to conclusions about your "upgrades," but that you are immigrants. You could be tourists, for all he knew. I would consider his grabbing your father's boarding pass an assault, and should be treated as such.

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Chances are that he is an FT'er and is lurking.

Therefore, I have a a feature request for Randy and the rest of the FT Technology Team:

"Show the users who have read a specific thread and how many times"

No doubt that "Entitled_NYC_1K" has hit re-load more times than the Google Search bot has indexed the updates to this thread. :p

With all due respect, I must disagree - you are being too easy on this person. First, it wasn't the heat of the moment - this guy is a racist jerk. Second, This guy is a 1K and knows the rules - he shouldnt be expecting upgrades. Who can be upset when someone pays and you don't get an upgrade? The seats are for sale. Third, (and I'm sure folks will disagree with me here), immigrants who CHOOSE to come to this country and SERVE in our armed forces are far more "American" than some idiot who happens to be American by accident of birth.

I'm impressed with the purser's state of mind and willingness to deny boarding. I'd love to have seen the discussion between this jerk and the Captain. BTW, really nice thing to do for the parents!

I'd give that maybe a 2% chance. Probably 98% of 1Ks have never even heard of Flyer Talk.

I've posted this story before here, but it so plays into this scene that i have to do so again.

Back in the old days - when you could go to the gate and pick up your boarding pass - I got onto about a ten person line at EWR. I knew i was upgraded, so I was relaxed. At the front of the line was a mid thirties, well dressed, fairly shrill, businesswoman. I knew she was shrill because we all listened to her loudly berate the GA for a solid five minutes plus, in regards to his inability to upgrade somebody as obviously important as she. She tried every trick in the book, but eventually stormed off, stage left, swearing she'd never fly UA again.

At this point, the gentleman in front of me turned towards me and in a voice reminiscent of James Earls Jones intoned, "First Class is the way you live your life - not a seat on an airplane"

Words I've never forgotten and which would whistle from one ear to the other on your protagonist.

There must be another, better word than this: in German, SCHMUCK means "Jewel" or "Jewelry". Perhaps "Pissant" might be suggested? I don't think there's a positive translation for that word...

In Yiddish it means - loosely translated - a$$hole

I believe that was the way the poster intended it

Glad you repeated that story. Words to live by. Words chosen so well it leaves you wondering how it is some people can come up with exactly the right thing to say at the right time, while most of us can only think of such things after the fact.

Dang, that guy would have made a great lowly 2P. ^ (That's meant as a compliment, which might not be recognized by those who haven't read my posts ;) )

Or, more literally (nickname for Richard)-head.

Count me as one who agrees with you.

OP: By the way, thanks for serving our country.

I agree, though without the restriction that serving in the armed forces is somehow a requirement for this attribute.

Actually, Schmuck in Yiddish means Penis, and a Putz is a small Schmuck ;)