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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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
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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?
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Comments (160)
Doopliss 0
Ouch, so who took the ticket? Also, first.
aftermath_fml 0
uggh i hate airplanes
kingace 0
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
ydi for having the same name as your mom.
The_FMLs 0
it's not her fault, her mom named her.
feitan98 13
You're an idiot. Having the same name as one of your parents is common. I mean do you think people just name their kids Junior for no ******* reason and that's not really something OP can help where you expecting her to scream from the womb not to name her that or something.
genius_man16 1
Can they do that?
Shadow14l 0
Dude they can kick you off of the flight if you look at them funny or have a bad attitude...
mrslewis 16
Yes they can to avoid duped reservations... Sometimes people actually makes mistakes and double book...
4bbaf9d3caaa8f84 20
That just sucks...
LoveToSmile101 0
that sucks FYL indeed.
Internetflakes 13
wish there was a button for that.
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.
jairolover 25
they better give you a free ride.
stinkybutt 0
aww. so how'd you get home?
crapmylifesucks9 0
why are you named Margaret also. Thats a little odd.
wolfy_fml 5
Next time get the tickets with 'Jr' and ''Sr' on them or something.
hay_ana 0
who gives their daughter their name? odd.
Shadow14l 0
A selfish egotistical bitch would.
Torunn 13
I don't see a problem...men give their sons their names...
Inferring 7
Yeah, like Martin Luther King and Martin Luther King Jr.
Attica 20
... A lot of people... It's pretty common to come across 'juniors'.
DntLookBack 29
My family has 4 generations of Graces. My aunt, my grandma, my great grandma, and my great great grandma. My aunt only had 1 child, a son, so I guess the Grace chain stops at 4.
8313girl 28
That's so odd to me. I could understand naming your daughter after your grandmother but having the same name go back-to-back? Yeah I think that makes things very confusing.
rocketlinks 3
it's only odd if your named after you name the daughter after the father... like my dad did to me...