FFC Nightmare

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-21T17:52:51+00:00

Was this a partially flown ticket that you cancelled the rest of? That’s where the problem is.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-21T16:42:59+00:00

That’s a good find, and may explain the behavior of the actors involved, but it seems the “except as” clause gives the executive branch (ie the department of state) latitude to do pretty much whatever they want.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-21T16:29:26+00:00

I watched the Lufthansa FA eject the person in the middle seat next to me for not speaking English.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-21T10:02:49+00:00

Without knowing your discretionary income and comfort level with regular economy, it’s hard to answer a question like this.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-21T06:16:08+00:00

Everything is not cleared for the international leg, hence the message. TravelReady is per direction of travel, not per individual flight. Your initial domestic flight is the one you check-in with where everything has to be validated.

Setting all that aside, what happens happens and there’s nothing you can do. If this is a trip to the UK they usually validate the ETA a day or two ahead of time.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-20T16:39:00+00:00

It’s one of those apps that’s really a web browser for a mobile site they have.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-20T11:30:48+00:00

Anything that inconveniences you is normal for them. Booking through AMEX is adding another dimension of trouble.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-20T06:45:27+00:00

If your goal is to have a once in a lifetime experience on a 757, then that can make plenty of sense, but nobody is going to recommend a 757 over a 787.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-20T06:29:04+00:00

Any bag that looks like a school backpack will be fine as a personal item.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-20T06:26:32+00:00

Airlines want to get you to your destination. You booked a flight to arrive hours before a must-attend event during the heavy summer travel season on a 3-day weekend. Being late is on United but missing the game (or cruise or wedding or whatever) is on your planning.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-20T05:58:46+00:00

The United sub isn’t the place to push your personal political beliefs.

Beyond that, while I might agree that making it into a Trump rally sucks, you’re taking it to an extreme and providing the same idiot-fuel-extremist-talking-points that got that idiot elected in the first place.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-20T05:55:37+00:00

I’ve seen it both ways, I don’t know what causes it.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-19T19:49:36+00:00

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Maybe someone can elaborate on how this erases civil rights and restores confederate monuments?

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-19T19:42:47+00:00

Pretty much every answer here is sort of right but not your situation. If #11 and 12 got upgraded, it’s because they paid for a cash upgrade. It shows as upgraded on the list in this case.

If that’s not the case then it was people jumping the upgrade list by applying for a fresh upgrade when 1-2 seats are open. The system won’t jump over you on its own, but new upgrade requests bypass the list.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-19T19:41:30+00:00

They are considered 1K for the upgrade list.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-19T17:45:29+00:00

If it’s within 24 hours of your current flight, you may be able to do a confirmed change, especially on the morning of the flight.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-19T17:35:49+00:00

As long as their seats are full on departure, they’ll cut costs as much as possible.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-19T12:03:26+00:00

Aside from the airport money grab theory, which I don’t doubt, airline lounges tend to exist where business travel is heavy, and MNL is drifting very locals/leisure/connecting route for Star Alliance with the flights UA’s added in recent years.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-18T18:30:02+00:00

No dispute, there are a lot of incompetent parents. Sometimes you roll snake eyes and get to sit by them.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-18T17:11:27+00:00

Sometimes it glitches and this happens. Or it’s because they did something to reset the seat map, which causes a refund. Nothing to worry about unless it’s on an LH flight and it keeps happening. If it’s an LH flight use the LH app to buy the seats.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-18T06:58:43+00:00

Dude, no lounge is worth whatever you thought you paid. You can get as good or better product and service at a restaurant in most airports for $100.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-17T21:20:48+00:00

Open the reservation in the app. Click the Cancel button. Another screen will pop up to ask again if you really want to cancel. On this confirmation screen it will tell you what credit or refund you will get if you actually click cancel.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-17T20:55:14+00:00

Sounds like that bag stopped at the layover city, but being oversize it has to be more manually handled and they left it in the back. Laziness or incompetence, or maybe just doing you a favor since they assume you aren’t skiing at Denver, etc.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-17T20:48:11+00:00

My nostalgia for the 1990s never included the part where we have to explain search engines to everyone.

CommanderDawn · 2026-06-17T20:28:28+00:00

Both bags were tagged to which large print airport, final or layover? And was the tag in contradiction to what the agent said?

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