Upgrades are based on availability. Rude Person
Mar 18, 2007, 10:25 pm
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Mar 19, 2007, 8:48 am
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Mar 19, 2007, 10:28 am
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I think the whole yiddish debate already took us way off topic. And Thanks ^
Mar 19, 2007, 12:54 pm
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Mar 19, 2007, 9:22 pm
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Wow, this is the time you wish someone taped the scene with a cameraphone and posted it on one of these Internet vigilante sites.
I think UA handled it very well. 15 years ago, I (Asian) took my father to check in at Montreal for a paid C flight to Europe. AC agent at Mirabel sarcastically looked at as and reminded us that the line was for Business Class.
I am glad a global airline like UA has much better trained employees.
I guess we all have to know what Airline Status does not mean Personal Class. The guy is...oh well...can't use that word here.
Was he under the influence? Does anyone know he could have been charged for assault or something for grabbing the boarding pass? Then bias-based penalty?
As bad as it feels, we just have to not let these incidents get to us too much. There are many other ethnic groups that have it worse than the North Asians have nowadays. US and Canada are probably still more open to foreigners than the rest of the world.
I think UA handled it very well. 15 years ago, I (Asian) took my father to check in at Montreal for a paid C flight to Europe. AC agent at Mirabel sarcastically looked at as and reminded us that the line was for Business Class.
I am glad a global airline like UA has much better trained employees. I guess we all have to know what Airline Status does not mean Personal Class. The guy is...oh well...can't use that word here.
Was he under the influence? Does anyone know he could have been charged for assault or something for grabbing the boarding pass? Then bias-based penalty?
As bad as it feels, we just have to not let these incidents get to us too much. There are many other ethnic groups that have it worse than the North Asians have nowadays. US and Canada are probably still more open to foreigners than the rest of the world.
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Mar 20, 2007, 12:01 pm
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While we were still on the jet bridge, this guy was very upset the fact that we "stole" his business class seat. Hello buddy, we paid for the seats. So he came charging down and I told my parents to move aside and let this guy pass. I was assisting my mom walk because she is the slowest one and my dad was behind us. When the guy get near us, he asked my dad for his boarding pass. My dad does not speak English so he didn't know what he was saying and as he turned to me, the guy took the boarding pass from his hand. Adding to the fuel after looking at the boarding pass, he was pissed. The purser on the flight came out to the jetbridge and check out what is going on. This unruly passenger told the purser that this CHINESE guy is not even an elite and yet he was upgraded. I was mad to hear that because we don't need an elite status to be in business class, because I paid for those seats.
When I heard that, I yelled back at him and said, "I paid for these tickets so the gate agent didn't have to upgrade us three. Perhaps if you wish to be in a better cabin, you would have purchased a ticket in there." He said, "Look, I don't know where you came from, but I am a 1K and you are not even an elite. You should go back to CHINA and not taking up all these spaces in my country and look at this, he can't even speak English, that's why our country is so f***ed up with all the illegal immigrants here."
When I heard that, I yelled back at him and said, "I paid for these tickets so the gate agent didn't have to upgrade us three. Perhaps if you wish to be in a better cabin, you would have purchased a ticket in there." He said, "Look, I don't know where you came from, but I am a 1K and you are not even an elite. You should go back to CHINA and not taking up all these spaces in my country and look at this, he can't even speak English, that's why our country is so f***ed up with all the illegal immigrants here."
Your restraint in this situation is truly amazing, and you are a credit to the beloved Corps. If someone had removed a boarding pass from my father's hand like that I can guarantee you I would have been arrested for what I did to the guy. I admire your stoicism and your parents are lucky to have such a son who would spring for some pretty expensive tickets, well done, sir! And THANK YOU for your service to our country!
--PP
Mar 20, 2007, 12:17 pm
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Sounds like the OP and UA handled things well. It's amazing that some people just don't have common sense, and know how to behave. While violence may seem like a good option, I believe the repercussions make it an unwise choice.
Mar 20, 2007, 5:26 pm
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Mar 20, 2007, 6:08 pm
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Another vote for 'this racist jerk should get his 1K status revoked".
Mar 20, 2007, 6:47 pm
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Thanks. I survived another one. But this was the first birthday I've spent in the air! And most-definitely the first one (or first time, period) where I've been treated so well by an airline. I guess that brings it back to the thread; that on the day in question (or the day before or after, I forget which), not everyone was treated so poorly by United. Somehow things managed to conspire against the OP.
Mar 20, 2007, 10:12 pm
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The ethnicity of the 1K jerk was not stated in the original post. Was he white?
Mar 20, 2007, 10:39 pm
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