Today, I was flying back home from college with my Mom. At the airport, the ticket agent tells us she only has one ticket listed for Margaret. My mom and I have the same name. American Airlines thought a Margaret had bought two tickets by mistake, so they cancelled one of the transactions. FML
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MathMajor6 6
Why wouldn't they like call you or something and ask if it's a mistake instead of just cancelling your tickets? I know plenty of people that have the same names, especially if they're related.
genius_man16 1
Can they do that?
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Comments (160)
starvingxartist 0
i hate american airlines they suck bigtime.
fizzywizzy22 0
why the hell would your mom name you after herself
AnaMaree 0
Why in the world do you both of the same name? Sorry, but your mom is stupid.
BlueBery 0
American Airlines blows. I got majorly screwed over by them and somehow it was my fault. Use US Airways next time.
ilikesexyparties 0
yeah that is pretty stupid for you and your mom to have the same name. but i guess that's not your fault
laura171717 0
They should not be aloud to cancel a transaction without contacting the person first. FYL
Yeoman 0
In hindsight, Im sure the person who did it thought they were being very nice and an unseen hero.
magpie123 0
Ummm the same thing happened to me haha me and my mom are both named margaret and we were going down to florida and they thought we screwed up so only gave us one ticket and because of that they almost had to kick my dad off the flight. but in the end he and my brother got moved up to first class... nice of them to leave me and my mom in coach
lolwhat_fml 0
YDI for having the same name as your mom ;]
MathMajor6 6
#26, first of all, I don't appreciate being called retarded because first of all that is offensive to people with mental disabilities, and second of all, I am in no way retarded. I also did not say that this is fake or even imply it. I simply asked a simple question. I have been on airplanes multiple times and have not had any problems, but I know that there can be issues. I was just wondering why an airline would cancel a ticket without checking to make sure it really was fake. I don't think this is fake at all; I just think the airline was pretty stupid in canceling a ticket without making sure it really was fake. And I agree that this would suck.