'The golden rule of flying': Airline passenger gets surprise upgrade for being kind and patient, while fellow passengers who Karen-ed him get secretly downgraded

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    Cloud - €49 Vhi ***********
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    Font - Posted by u/Personal-Listen-4941 5 hours ago Push In at Check In. Get Karma'd S This happened a few years back, so pre-covid. I was flying out of Manchester Airport as a solo traveler.
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    Font - The airline had 4 check in desks open with 2 queues. So queue 1 goes to desk 1 & 2, and desk 3 & 4 are queue 2. I'm at the front of my queue and the check in woman calls the next person forward. In the second it takes for me to lift my suitcase, a man in the queue to my left rushes forward.
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    Font - His wife/partner is left struggling with all their cases and the check in assistant just looks at me in shock obviously expecting me to kick off. I gesture to her to continue.
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    Font - Because the other check in desk was dealing with a larger group, I ended up being served by the original check in assistant straight after. She was very apologetic but obviously it wasn't her fault.
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    Font - 2 hours later and I'm boarding when my ticket gets flagged. I've been given an upgrade to a premium seat. When I board I pass the couple who jumped the queue who have been given seats up against the toilets, so they won't recline and will stink.
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    Font - Cant BelieveThisIsTru 3 hr. ago And she didn't even tell you she gave you the upgrade, how cool is that! Never underestimate the power of airline employees! They have it, they know they have it and most importantly they use it! They are the judge & jury you interface with when entering their domain. Those who exibit entitlement within their view are subject to anything they decide to do, with little to no recourse. If one tries to challenge them, it usually never ends well!
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    Font - Sanddaal 4 hr. ago Karma at its finest. Love it!! 60 Reply Share
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    Font - Special Profile2697 4 hr. ago Hopefully someone on the flight had bowel issues! 422 Reply Share AlexDavid1605 - 3 hr. ago Give me milk coffee and I can create an issue for myself...
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    Font - Cant BelieveThisIsTru · 3 hr. ago That goes without saying, plus since the whole plane load of people visited it, it was like a revolving or flapping door during the whole flight. 6 Reply Share
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    Font - dabassmonsta. 3 hr. ago This is excellent. It's another shining example of the main rule of life... Don't be a dick. 13 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - Life-Composter · 4 hr. ago . Great story, did you get free drinks too? 13 Reply Share Personal-Listen-4941 OP 4 hr. ago No. It wasn't 'first class' seats. It wasn't that kind of airline/airplane. Just a bigger seat with more legroom. 35 Reply Share
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    Font - Cant BelieveThisIsTru· 3 hr. ago Still a huge upgrade! If you had requested it, it would have put a dent in your wallet. 10 Reply Share
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    Rectangle - Ashtray54222 hr. ago I can bet the girl at the check in flagged you for upgrade. She also put them in the seats to make up for their bad behaviour. Love this. 8 Reply Share
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    Rectangle - FinnofLocke 27 min. ago The golden rule of flying - 'Don't diss the only people who can help you.' Reply Share 4
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    Font - Justan Old Baby Boomer 2 hr. ago *999 Gotta LOVE the INSTANT KARMA!!! DO 3 Reply Share ●●●

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