Imagine what you would do if you could fly anywhere anytime, 1st class

[derf]

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may...icket-20120506

American sold unlimited lifetime passes in the 80s and now is suing the people who bought the tickets because they use the passes too much

[Papa_Complex]

Their customers are not responsible for the company's ill considered decisions. I'm sure that American was happy to have that up to $400,000.00 each, as effectively interest free loans. To put that amount into perspective, it represents about $1M in purchasing power today.

[OneSickPsycho]

I think the quote, "apparently they were smarter than we were" says it all. They can go fuck themselves for being idiots.

[fatbuckRTO]

Working with airline security, Cade hatched a plan to confront Mukharji at London's Heathrow Airport, challenging him to admit he had paid Vroom.

"Mukharji appears to be naive, without financial wherewithal, and most probably very anxious to return 'home,'" American's head of global investigations wrote in an email.

At check-in, American agents detained Mukharji and escorted him to a private office. A former New York police detective working in American security offered a free ticket to Nashville if he'd confess to giving Vroom money.

But Mukharji insisted he hadn't, and American ultimately released him and gave him a coach ticket home. He could not be reached for comment.

Vroom landed at Heathrow that morning. As he boarded American Flight 50 from Dallas/Fort Worth to London the evening before, security officers took note of the clothes he was wearing, down to the Crocs on his feet.

Inside Heathrow, Vroom headed for the VIP lounge, where an American employee handed him a letter and said he could never again fly on the airline.

Vroom was shocked, unable to believe that his golden ticket was gone. He told the airline he had met Mukharji through a friend and, because both had attended Williams College in Massachusetts, simply offered him a ride to the U.S. as a friendly gesture.

With Mukharji insisting he had not paid for his ticket, Cade and her team began tracking down other Vroom flight companions.

In one instance, an American security agent called Sam Mulroy, a Dallas personal trainer who had been set to fly with Vroom to Europe, and told him his trip had been canceled. The agent promised a first-class ticket if he admitted to paying Vroom, according to company emails and correspondence.

When Mulroy refused, American froze his frequent flier account, offering to release it in exchange for details of payments, the documents show. Mulroy complained to American and the Transportation Department that he was being "extorted [in] an effort to punish another customer." He did not respond to requests for comment.

Let someone from a private company try to detain me at an airport. After dealing with the TSA to get through security, I promise I'll be in a great mood to deal with airline "agents"...

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by fatbuckRTO

Let someone from a private company try to detain me at an airport. After dealing with the TSA to get through security, I promise I'll be in a great mood to deal with airline "agents"...

That's what I was thinking.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by fatbuckRTO

Let someone from a private company try to detain me at an airport. After dealing with the TSA to get through security, I promise I'll be in a great mood to deal with airline "agents"...

No shit. I'll play ball with the government because they can make me tehir bitch. I won't play with private companies.