Qantas and American are almost as petty as I am

[luckycanuck]

There is a new guy temporarily in our office, and his presence is annoying me.  It's nothing that he's done, he's just there and in being there he has changed the equilibrium to which I had become accustomed.  I am happy with the way things are, but now they have changed slightly.  Here endeth the pettiness.

Ok, the pettiness will now continue.  I foud out today that I probably won't get any frequent flyer points or status credits for two flights I took in America.  I chose to fly from Newark to Calgary via Dallas on American Airlines solely to get the status credits on Qantas which is partners with American.  No points had shown up in my account, so I rang Qantas to find out why.  It turns out that the ticket was in a fare class that doesn't award points.  I took those flights specifically to get the points, deciding against more direct flights with other airlines.  Moreover, there was no indication amongst the airline jargon in the terms and conditions that indicated that I would not get points, and the woman at check in specifically told me I would get points when I checked in.  This does bother me.  I read about a woman who had been knocked back by an airline and mentioned her annoyance on Twitter which brought almost immediate results.  I mentioned this on Twitter and got no response so far and on Facebook where some friends have sympathised, but I suspect I won't be able to turn this my way.

I am currently 300 points short of Gold status with Qantas, and I can get this if I travel with work enough between now and the end of February.  Whether that happens or not will determine my status for the next year.  It's petty, but I would like to graduate to the Gold level.

We had a work Christmas parry tonight as it was the last night when all the politicians will be aroud before the break.  The theme was "Hollywood", and I came as the Terminator again, complete with a business card from Governor Schwarzenegger and a plastic replica gun that I managed to get past security.  (Plastic guns don't set off metal detectors or show up on x-ray scans.)

Comments

[yurusumaji.livejournal.com]

Airlines are shady douchebags. This is something everyone must remember when dealing with them.

[luckycanuck.livejournal.com]

There is a woman with a legitimate complaint who successfully complained via Twitter and got things resolved much faster. I suspect I won't get the same result.

[yurusumaji.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I read your mentioning of it. Unfortunately the internet is pretty hit or miss. I would venture to say she just got lucky. :\

[minxyminou.livejournal.com]

Evil airline is evil.

[luckycanuck.livejournal.com]

I have a mind to boycott Qantas now, but I probably won't. But they do deserve some comeuppance. Comeuppance will be had I say! COMEUPPANCE!!!

[bakerypenguin.livejournal.com]

Terminator costumes are the awesomenest of awesome costumes.

[luckycanuck.livejournal.com]

This costume has an effort to impact ratio that is pretty good.