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All I will say is the pen is mightier than the sword. I've been on 7 American Airlines flights within the past 3 weeks and everyone has been wonderful - from the gate agents to the pilots, flight attendants except for one notorious individual who has been covered in Reddit before. At least I hope for American Airlines' sake it is one individual.

If you encounter this individual, keep your cool and contact American Airlines. This helps you, it helps American Airlines employees who are embarrassed by a bad apple, and it definitely helps future travelers.

I am going to NY next wednesday and my flight will take off at 730am. I know I've flown before but I feel nervous.

HELP PLEASE!!

Guys these people are scammers. The IAD airport said my complaint was not even registered even after 1 week. The problem is i cant see the transaction in my credit card history. This happened very recently (8 days ago lost and paid $40) also sent them my passport coz they asked for an ID.

Not concerned about $40 money, but feels like this is mire dangerous. Pls help

What is this thing where people sit and stare at their phones while others are prepping to exit an airplane? Then they delay everyone behind them by suddenly standing and gathering items only after a row before them leaves. It now takes twice as long to leave as it used to. Stand up, get your stuff, be ready to go and don’t block people if you don’t have that common sense. So lazy.

Booked EWR → ORD → AMS on May 18. UA533 ran 7 hours late on weather, then sat on the tarmac at ORD for another 1 hour 20 minutes waiting for a gate. Missed my AMS connection, stuck overnight in Chicago. The delay itself — annoying but, that's flying.

Here's what's shocked me as a Gold: rebooking options and meal vouchers were fine, but that's where it stopped. No hotel, no toiletries, no amenity kit, no help with a change of clothes — nothing for an unexpected overnight. On top of that, one of the "rebookings" they put on my record was EWR → AMS for the 19th (from Newark, while I was sitting in ORD) and the agent told me I'd asked for it. I never did. I also get the staff had a really hard day with the ground stop, but they weren't that understanding and helpful.

Two questions:

1. Even on a weather day, is "you're on your own for the overnight" really the bar for a Gold? Or did I get a bad draw?
2. What should I push for with customer care — hotel reimbursement, amenity/clothing comp, correction of the bogus "customer requested" note, miles/ETC? Aiming right? (my bags were checked from EWR - AMS (via ORD)

24 hours later - here's to hoping things go smoothly to get home.

will it be counted as extra luggage or can i just bring a pillow case stuffed with clothes as well as my carry on and suit case. has anyone successfully done this or do you not recommend it (Before you say buy extra luggage I am moving to where im travelling to and I want to take the most I can )

my ticket says :

Hold bags

• 1 x 23kg hold bag

Combined weight 23kg

Small cabin bag:

1 x Small under seat cabin bag (max. 45 x 36 x 20 cm)

London to corfu

I was headed back home from Japan to Washington, and the line for checked luggage at the Tokyo airport was groan-inducingly long. I got there well before the flight and still ended up waiting 20-30 minutes. As I slowly got closer to the counter, several people walked up, realized what was going on, then dejectedly walked to the back of the line. And then there was our hero.

This younger Eastern European dude, probably early 20s, walks up, sees the line, then starts trying to have a conversation with the guy behind me. He was very clearly doing the "Hey, let's be buddies and I can cut you" thing, but the guy behind me wasn't having it. Eventually he tells our young friend "Hey man, you have to go to the back of the line." Things take a turn and the main character goes from uncharming but chummy to telling my line comrade to "fuck off," threw in some "What are you gonna do about it," and got in the guy's face, puffing out his chest and everything.

Now mind you, this is at like noon in a Japanese airport. In a place where everyone had been incredibly respectful and deferential, this stood out. I had also turned around and told the guy to get to the back of the line, and him puffing his chest out was less effective since I'm 6'4". Neither me nor the guy behind me was going to take his bait and get in a scuffle with him, and it was just super odd behavior. So we just waited for the next time one of the airline people came by, told them what was going on, and the 10 other people in line around us corroborated our story. She removed him and told him he'd have to take another flight.

Hilariously, this was the Hawaiian Airlines flight and it was the only one that day, so I assume he had to catch a flight the next day. I still think about him. I can't really fathom what he thought was going to happen. I wonder if he goes through life having interactions like that and just thinking, man, the world is so unfair to me. It was such a strange interaction, with an adult bully.

This feels kind of genius and I hope it is successful. Basically it's a remote terminal in the suburbs where you can check in, check your bags, clear TSA, and get bussed directly to the airside portion of BOS. Feels like a no-brainer if you're coming to BOS from Metrowest.

Hello everyone. This might be a stupid question, but I searched and cannot find any information.

For international transfers at LHR, I am surprised to find that passengers (satisfying certain criteria) could simply follow the purple sign and transfer to any gates at any terminals without immigration control. This is different from the USA, where every passenger must clear the immigration first.

As both the UK and the USA do not have immigration control for departure flights, I thought the procedure should be the same. As far as I know, passengers could exit airside to landside freely unless there is an "international departure zone". So, how could LHR prevent transferring passengers from entering the UK illegally?

Edit: This question has been anwsered. No need for new comments unless it changes in the future.

In short: You’ll need to speak with a member of staff airside, at which point you’ll be added to a list of people wanting to exit airside. You’ll then be escorted out by a member of staff, at which point appropriate checks will be done. There is an observation that escorts happen approximately once an hour.

I put the wrong expiration date of my passport in the check in (ryanair). what will happen. im going to morocco in july.

I’m in the market for durable luggage that’s built to last long term, not something I’ll need to replace in a few years. I’ve been looking at Monos and was wondering if anyone here has experience with their luggage and whether it’s worth the price. Thank you in advance for any advice :)