Gay Couple Separated on an Airline

[Scott]

  This might be of interest to our readers.   Oh, and when I put down they were separated, keep your mind out of the gutter!

 

Alaska Airlines is being accused of separating a gay couple so a straight couple could sit together

Alaska Airlines is being accused of separating a gay couple so a straight couple could sit together.

David Cooley wrote on Facebook that while flying from New York’s JFK Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, a flight attendant asked his partner to give up his premium seat for one in coach to accommodate a same-sex couple’s request to be next to each other. After Cooley, who is the CEO and founder of the iconic gay bar The Abbey in West Hollywood, Calif., explained that they were a couple and wanted to sit together too, the flight attendant reportedly said that Cooley’s partner could move or get off the plane.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/alaska-airlines-accused-separating-gay-couple-straight-couple-sit-together-214207680.html

[ChiangMaiLightning2143]

You don’t get bumped out of Business class to Economy class unless it was a points “upgrade”
Then the airlines rules apply. Must be more to this story.

[cornishcarlos]

 

4 minutes ago, ChiangMaiLightning2143 said:

Then the airlines rules apply. Must be more to this story.

 

Yup the airline did comment on it but as always, people love to shout "discrimination" at any opportunity these days...

Toughen up Princess ?

[colinneil]

Reading the article it states that it was a case of wrongly assigned seats, nothing to do with discrimination.

It appears the gay couple were just trying to make up a big story about discrimination to get a payout from the airline.

[cornishcarlos]

5 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Reading the article it states that it was a case of wrongly assigned seats, nothing to do with discrimination.

It appears the gay couple were just trying to make up a big story about discrimination to get a payout from the airline.

 

Exactly.... If you are a gay black person, you can play 2 cards at once !!!

 

Racist ? Homophobic ? No, just a fact that more and more people are using any excuse to whine...

[gk10002000]

" he full statement read: “When boarding flight 1407 from JFK to LAX, a couple was mistakenly assigned the same seats as another couple in Premium Class. We reseated one of the guests from Premium class in the main cabin. ".

 

  OK mistakes do happen.  Over the years I have seen duplicate seat assignments and tickets every now and then.  Still, mildly interesting why one passenger was moved.  Did they flip a coin and allow one of the two mis-seated passengers to stay seated?