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
Collection
Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I was forced to spend an extra $318 for another plane ticket to Dallas. The ticket wasn't for my daughter, my mom, or my sister, but for the quarter of my butt that apparently needs its own seat. FML
Today, when I arrived at the airport for my international flight there was no record of my ticket in the system. Turns out the flight was yesterday. FML
Today, I found out that my mother in-law's flight home is canceled, and that she's staying three more days. FML
Today, I was flying home to Milwaukee after a weekend in South Carolina. When I got to the airport, my reservation didn't match up with any flights. Turns out Expedia booked me on a flight that doen't exist. I spent ten hours waiting in the airport for a two hour flight. FML
Today, I checked in for my flight, made it through TSA, bought food, and sat at the gate for an hour. I only realized I was sitting at the wrong gate when boarding for another flight finished and everyone had left. I ran to the correct gate, but it was too late. Despite me pleading, the plane was already taxiing to the runway. FML
Today, I was the only passenger on a completely booked flight to have all their luggage left behind in another country. FML
Today, my mother offered to pay for my tickets to go see my girlfriend who I haven't seen for 6 months. She was happy to pay for the £130 flight, but then refused half way through the purchase because she wasn't going to "let the buggers charge £13 extra" for using her credit card. FML
Today, I got an expensive return bus ticket to visit my family 200 miles away. I accidentally tore the ticket when taking it from the machine, but the driver said not to worry, as it would still be accepted on the way back. Guess who's still 200 miles from home. FML
Today, I booked a long distance flight across two continents, costing me over 600 bucks. I then got a confirmation email. For a different flight. I wrote to their customer service address, saying there has been an error, and to please either change or cancel the booking. I never got any reply. At all. FML
Today, I was on a flight home. I wasn't going to arrive until midnight, so I was offered an earlier flight that got back at ten. I got to baggage claims and it turned out they lost my bag. I sat there for 2 hours. The people on my original flight left for home before I did. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
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?
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (160)
pete275 0
you deserve it for being one of those douchebag people who name their children after themselves.
bbq45 0
FYL because of your parents being too dumb to name u after ur mom and or not putting Jr. after the bl00dy name! >_
betsymonty 0
Use your full name or your middle initial. My mom and older sister have that issue.
paks7 0
54 (AND 55 apparently...) are you kidding me?! airlines constantly overbook assuming that people won't show up, and guess what?? depending on where you are flying to/from and the timing, everyone does! Every time that I've flown in the past year I've been delayed boarding so the airline can deal with the overbooking problem
dudeman74 0
gotta be fake, no one would be stupid enough to name their own child aftr themself without at least putting in a Jr
Mickey2315 0
Gotta love incompetency, don't you? Speaking of incompetency, check out #91.
TheBigDawg 8
Any database program would have that kind of thing pop up as a warning for someone to contact the buyer and ask about, they wouldn't just automatically remove a ticket. That's my reasoning for thinking this isn't true.
that_guy_you_are 0
YDI. Come up with an original name or don't have children. Only hillbillies and aristocrats give their kids the same name as their parents. It reflects poorly on the parents -- both on their parenting skills and on their intelligence overall.
keysora 0
Ugh. I feel you. I recently had some airport trouble myself. I've learned to ALWAYS call and confirm with the airline that the ticket is booked, 72 or 24 hours before the flight.
csigabajnok 0
Isn't that cute... BUT IT'S WRONG!!!