In a new Reddit post, a man calling himself @Ben_Bob complained that he had been upgraded to a first class seat on Delta, but then was told a few minutes later that he couldn’t have it. He asked the desk agent what was going on and she said “something changed.” When he boarded the plane he saw that his first class seat was occupied by a big white dog wearing a “Service Animal” vest. And, his newly assigned seat was worse than the one he had originally booked, although it was a bulkhead seat with extra legroom. He wrote, “I am livid.” Delta told him that the law is any human passenger may have to be relocated to accommodate service animals — and Delta said there is “nothing they can do” in these situations. He wrote, “There is no way that dog has spent as much with this airline as I have … What an absolute joke. What’s the point of being loyal to this airline anymore, truly. I’ve sat back when others complained about this airline mistreating customers lately and slipping in service levels, but I’m starting to question my allegiance as well.”
* Honestly, I don’t know who to root for in this story. Except the dog.
* This sounds like Let’s Make a Deal: “Ben, you’ve traded the seat you had for one up front, Let’s open airplane door Number One and see what you get: Ohhhhh, you got zonked!”
* Yes, he needs to switch his allegiance to another airline, ’cause there are so many out there that treat their customers really well. Yup.
* Ben_Bob thinks that since he was UPGRADED to first class, he deserved the same special treatment as actual rich people. That’s so cute.
* There’s a simple answer to this. He needs to get a puppy.