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[yuneeq]

I didn't read what happened but it sounds like a very similar situation I had last year.
I booked tickets with AA for my family, including a seat for my 3 year old. We ended up finding someone to babysit, so decided it'd be better to leave him home. We still needed to bring my infant and I figured maybe we can still use the seat we already paid for. So I checked-in online for my son and boarded the plane with the car seat.  If there would be any trouble I wasn't gonna fight. They end up calling my name through the loudspeaker and asked me about my son, they noticed that he never boarded the plane. I said he couldn't make it but I'd like to use the seat for my lap infant. AA was okay with it. Both ways. Maybe if they had passengers on standby (I don't remember if there was) they would have forced me out of the seat. But it was very nice that they could work it out without trying to follow some stupid rules.

[henche]

I didn't read what happened but it sounds like a very similar situation I had last year.
I booked tickets with AA for my family, including a seat for my 3 year old. We ended up finding someone to babysit, so decided it'd be better to leave him home. We still needed to bring my infant and I figured maybe we can still use the seat we already paid for. So I checked-in online for my son and boarded the plane with the car seat.  If there would be any trouble I wasn't gonna fight. They end up calling my name through the loudspeaker and asked me about my son, they noticed that he never boarded the plane. I said he couldn't make it but I'd like to use the seat for my lap infant. AA was okay with it. Both ways. Maybe if they had passengers on standby (I don't remember if there was) they would have forced me out of the seat. But it was very nice that they could work it out without trying to follow some stupid rules.

Why didn't you just hand them the boarding pass when boarding?

[yuneeq]

Why didn't you just hand them the boarding pass when boarding?

I didn't print a boarding pass for him, and I don't think I would risk using the wrong boarding pass unless I knew 100% that I wouldn't run into issues for deceiving the airline. Maybe it's not a risk at all, but I don't know the risks so it would be foolish to try.

Edit: One obvious risk is that "David" would be a strange girls name.

[Yehuda57]

I didn't print a boarding pass for him, and I don't think I would risk using the wrong boarding pass unless I knew 100% that I wouldn't run into issues for deceiving the airline. Maybe it's not a risk at all, but I don't know the risks so it would be foolish to try.

Edit: One obvious risk is that "David" would be a strange girls name.

Dude, you missed out on a whole nother viral outrage opportunity - your David can identify however zhe choose to.

[Dawie]

+1

Dad should have checked in online for son and had BP on hand, then scanned the BP as the 2 year old when boarding.

-1 on swiss, i was issued a boarding pass for an empty seat (bulkhead) for a toddler  and the stewardess gave the the seat away to a tall guy who needed it. When i showed her the boarding pass she said you couldn;t possibly have bought the ticket so i'm taking it...
I didn't put up much of a fight and she was still a complete witch to us the whole flight.
(The tall guy was very sweet about it )

[ExGingi]

Yah, I once had an Air Canada FA insist that I take my sleeping baby out of the car seat for landing, because "it's not safe to be in carseat during landing." I didn't want to be arrested, so I just did it.  Then she had the chutzpah to come back and tell me that it's safer if I hold him differently than I was.

I've heard that nonsense more than once.

[elit]

after watching the video it just seemed to me that the guy was trying to create a  incident.... like he was trying to get them to react and make issues.  the whole thing is pretty obnoxious that he would make a plane full of ppl have to be delayed for hours over that

[ChaimMoskowitz]

after watching the video it just seemed to me that the guy was trying to create a  incident.... like he was trying to get them to react and make issues.  the whole thing is pretty obnoxious that he would make a plane full of ppl have to be delayed for hours over that

Just like the beat down of the doctor there is more than enough blame to go around. And just like the doctor it all starts with the passenger.

[Yaalili]

https://skift.com/2017/05/04/for-the-first-time-allegiant-air-learns-what-its-like-to-configure-a-new-airplane/

[12HRS]

after watching the video it just seemed to me that the guy was trying to create a  incident.... like he was trying to get them to react and make issues.  the whole thing is pretty obnoxious that he would make a plane full of ppl have to be delayed for hours over that

wait for the next guy that sits there till they deplane the plane and times the crew out

[AsherO]

Yah, I once had an Air Canada FA insist that I take my sleeping baby out of the car seat for landing, because "it's not safe to be in carseat during landing."  I didn't want to be arrested, so I just did it.  Then she had the chutzpah to come back and tell me that it's safer if I hold him differently than I was.

Happened to me on Norwegian as well, the FA tried telling me that my (FAA approved) CARES harness wasn't safe for my toddler, and that I hold him on my lap with a lap-infant seat belt (that attaches to mine). When I said to her it's FAA-approved she told me they don't follow FAA guidelines (even though their website says they allow any FAA-approved CRS).

In the end she caved, silly FAs on power trips.

[David Smith]

I was under the impression for some reason that having the infant seat by the window was a real regulation.

[ExGingi]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-05-04/can-wal-mart-s-expensive-new-e-commerce-operation-compete-with-amazon

[Dan]

Crazy that our articles came out the same time like that. Didn't see that until after I published.

[ExGingi]

Crazy that our articles came out the same time like that. Didn't see that until after I published.

Didn't think you did, or else I guess you would have referenced it.

But it is definitely a testimonial to your astute understanding (and instincts) of business. I am sure many MBA's with high GPA'S serving in top positions of multi-billion dollar business, don't "get" things as well as you do (think ELAL and your conversation with someone there about mileage programs).

[Boruch999]

http://nypost.com/2017/05/06/medical-studies-are-almost-always-bogus/

[elit]

http://nypost.com/2017/05/06/medical-studies-are-almost-always-bogus/

gotta love it scientists are making bogus reports because they don't get enough funding... so we should give them more funding....

[Moshe123]

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/style/fidget-spinners.html

The Times is on it!

[henche]

http://forward.com/fast-forward/371118/fidget-spinners-were-created-to-stop-palestinians-from-attacking-israelis/

[good sam]

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/style/fidget-spinners.html

The Times is on it!

Her product causes a market explosion AFTER her patent expires. It's all timing.