Chapter 568 United Airlines
"Yes, what's so strange?" Yang Meng didn't know.
Xiao Peng looked at Huang He and Pan Peiyu, and the two smiled wryly together: "There's nothing strange about it. Dude, you'll find out in a moment!"
Yang Meng shrugged: "You guys are really weird!" After speaking, he lay down in his seat and changed into a comfortable position, closed his eyes and rested.
Clay made a phone call and said to Xiao Peng: "I have already contacted my friends at the airport, and we can enter through the special channel for fast security." ”
Xiao Peng was stunned: "The VIP service of my Da Mo Bank Platinum Card includes services such as priority security checks. Platinum card holders of Da Morgan Bank automatically have access to United worldwide services. ”
United is a membership with five tiers, Silver, Gold, Platinum, 1,000 Platinum and the highest level of 'Global Service', which can only be obtained by invitation after spending tens of thousands of dollars per year. However, holders of platinum cards such as Da Mo Bank or Amex Bank Centurion cards enjoy this treatment.
Clay explained: "Mr. Xiao, since everyone knows about your flight ticket, they are now waiting for you at the airport, and you don't want reporters to get entangled, right? ”
Xiao Peng smiled knowingly at Clay: "Clay, you are a cunning guy. ”
Clay was guessed by Xiao Peng, but he was not embarrassed: "Win-win, win-win!"
Xiao Peng nodded and did not speak, letting Clay lead the way. Why did Clay arrange a fast track for Xiao Peng? He didn't want other reporters to have news gains, so he took the scoop. If a group of reporters surrounds Xiao Peng, and Xiao Peng points out that he has news clues with him, then what should he do? If he offends people, he may still be robbed of the news, so it is better to simply send him away secretly. 'Quietly enter the village, don't shoot anyone'。。。。。。
Clay looked at Xiao Peng and didn't speak, and chatted with Yang Meng on the side: "Mr. Yang, can I see the ticket you booked?"
Yang Meng handed him the mobile phone, he glanced at it, and looked at Yang Meng with a sympathetic expression: "Mr. Yang, did you book a ticket for the cabin?" The cabin refers to the waiting (AIT) cabin.
Yang Meng nodded: "Yes, I booked a first-class ticket, but I was told that there was no ticket, so I bought a cabin ticket and waited for an upgrade." So I bought this ticket. ”
Hearing his words, Clay covered his face, and Pan Peiyu and Huang He on the side couldn't hold back their laughter.
Yang Meng was confused: "What are you laughing at? Lao Pan, what's the matter?"
Pan Peiyu shrugged: "Brother Mengzi, if you confirm that you can upgrade, it is worth buying a cabin, but most of the time, you can only join the aitlist list and wait." Isn't it S-B that you say you've bought an economy class ticket that is more expensive than anyone else and you're still sitting in economy class? Believe me, United is trying to verify that. ”
"Which point is verified?" Yang Meng was a little confused.
Xiao Peng gave the answer: "You are an S-B." ”
Yang Meng angrily grabbed Pan Peiyu's collar: "You kid has a lot of skills, dare to say that about me?"
Pan Peiyu hurriedly said: "Brother Mengzi, misunderstanding, this is what Brother Peng said, not me! ”
Yang Meng pouted: "Isn't it that I can't beat him?"
Clay picked up a laptop in the car and crackled: "Mr. Yang, I'm sorry to tell you that there are thirty-one people on your previous upgrade list." ”
"HAT?" Yang Meng's eyes widened: "Hold the grass, how many people are on this plane?
Clay laughed, "Those people are United employees, or family members of employees. Of course, if you have a friend who works at United, you can also join the upgrade list and be ahead of all tiers. It's no secret. And you want to upgrade? Please, it's good not to drive you down!"
"What does this mean?" Yang Meng asked puzzled.
Clay replied: "Oversold tickets, for example, the plane can accommodate 500 people, maybe some people will not be able to catch the plane, the airline will sell 520 tickets, in case someone can't catch the plane." Maximize profits. However, in the case of overselling, other airlines will stop people at the gate and provide solutions and compensation solutions, while United Airlines waits for passengers to get on the plane and sit down before rushing down. ”
"And the compensation they offer is also very interesting, it is a thousand dollars to the outside world, but in fact, it is twenty fifty dollar discount coupons, and the kind that must be used up within a year, plus the next day's flight. If the people who have already boarded the plane are unwilling to get off the plane, they will adopt the method of 'computer random selection' to select four passengers to get off the plane, and if they do not go down, then they will be dragged away violently. Although it is not appropriate to say this now, almost all of the targets of each 'random selection' are Asian faces. Last time, because an Asian doctor was unwilling to leave, he was beaten on the head and bled out, and finally I heard that United Airlines paid $140 million to solve the matter. Overall, United is a place where doctors need doctors. ”
Yang Meng was happy: "Compensation of 140 million US dollars? That's what 'money is willful' means, right?"
Xiao Peng frowned: "This is too arrogant, isn't it? Where did they get the confidence to be so arrogant?"
Clay shrugged: "Behind United's pilots, mechanics, and flight attendants are powerful and domineering guilds, which also leads to the arrogance and domineering of employees, and the airlines are also afraid of unions, so they can only protect employees." I'm not saying that unions are bad, I'm a member of the journalists' union myself. But some unions put too much emphasis on self-interest and hurt consumers and companies, and even a society made up of a larger majority. The Stars and Stripes Auto Workers Association once cornered the Stars and Stripes auto industry and nearly destroyed Detroit, so the aviation industry will become the next auto industry. ”
"As for Mr. Yang, what do you think of a wonderful flight attendant? Please, give up this fantasy, I've been on United Airlines for so long, and I really haven't seen a flight attendant under the age of fifty. After all, they are all unions, and airlines do not dare to fire them or change jobs. So if you're looking for a beautiful flight attendant in the Stars and Stripes? ”
Yang Meng was stunned for a long time: "Is it too late to change planes now?"
Clay laughed, "I hope your plane is oversold as well." Then you can change your ticket. ”
Pan Peiyu smiled: "There is nothing wrong with this, almost every flight from the Stars and Stripes to Huaxia is oversold." This is also absolute. ”
Huang He shook his head: "The reason for this is because Chinese people generally do not change their tickets when they return to China, and they will board the plane on time, so they will let it be like this. ”
Xiao Peng sighed: "Lao Pan, Huang He, how can you let Mengzi be responsible for this matter of booking air tickets? Isn't this self-inflicted?"
Huang He smiled bitterly: "I don't even know what happened, he booked the ticket, if he said he wanted to book United Airlines, I would stop him if he killed me." You, like me and Pan, have been destroyed by United. How could you not have a long mind to fly on United Airlines. Then again, there's nothing unremarkable about the Stars and Stripes' airlines. Especially since the merger of the major airlines in the Stars and Stripes, the service has been getting worse and worse. ”
"United has a myriad of bizarre convictions, including drunk pilots, girls wearing leggings to prevent them from getting on planes, throwing people with autism off planes, breaking passengers' luggage, and treating people with disabilities roughly, and last year, United 'only' denied 8,312 involuntary passengers. Let's hope we won't be one of them. ”
Yang Meng kicked his eyes: "They dare!"
Huang He complained: "The most annoying thing is that they charge for changing the date, you have to pay for changing your seat, you have to charge for changing your seat, you have to charge for checking your luggage, you have to charge for using IFI, you have to charge for even wanting snacks! By the way, I forgot to remind you that United Airlines also has a fee for lunch." ”
Yang Meng covered his face: "You're not kidding me, are you?"
Everyone spread their hands together and made a helpless expression.
Pan Peiyu said: "Stars and Stripes people say every day that 'the customer is God', and this sentence should be sent to God in United's cognition. ”
Looking at Yang Meng's expression of crying, Xiao Peng smiled: "Okay, in fact, it's not that exaggerated, at best, the service is almost good, it's not so terrible." ”
Yang Meng sighed: "I just want the service of a beautiful flight attendant." ”
Xiao Peng patted him on the shoulder: "Dude, don't think about it in the Stars and Stripes Country." Not all flight attendants are like the ones on Padgio's plane, who can bang with you in the air. Well, United's aunts might be able to do the same, but only if you're strong enough. ”
Yang Meng was really about to cry when he heard it.
Clay sent Xiao Peng and the others to the airport, and the four of them did not rush to register, but first went to the duty-free shop to buy a few large boxes and purchased all kinds of souvenirs------ so they couldn't go back empty-handed, right?
Yang Meng walked in front and said happily: "You guys are just scaring me, how can this service be so bad?
Xiao Peng shrugged: "Maybe it's because the beating of the Asian doctor has too much impact?
Pan Peiyu nodded after hearing this: "It's possible, after beating the Chinese, United Airlines disappeared more than one billion in the stock market at once, can they not be honest?"
Xiao Peng nodded, that's right. It seems that United is also aware of the improvements, which is good news.
Several people got on the plane, and when they passed the business class, an aunt flight attendant suddenly stopped in front of Xiao Peng: "You guys wait here!"
Xiao Peng was stunned, what the hell? Why do you have to wait?
On another look, she was holding a bottle of wine in her hand, and she was pouring drinks for business-class passengers!
Xiao Peng was speechless, a few of them didn't sit down with big bags and small boxes, you actually didn't let us go in order to pour wine for business class passengers?
Yes, the service has not improved at all!