High-mile criminals.
Erin Wright, who goes by @erin_wright_ on TikTok, revealed how American Airlines allegedly “banned” her from flying with the airline for all times.
“I got permanently banned from flying American Airlines for having sexual relations with a person on a plane regardless that I’m a lesbian,” Wright, 24, wrote online.
Within the 4-minute and 47-second clip, uploaded on Aug. 8 with over 2.6 million views, Wright explained how she was banned from boarding her flight to Latest Orleans for her sister’s bachelorette party.
“The [gate agent] looks nervous, and she or he’s like, ma’am, I’m really sorry to let you know this, but you’ve actually been banned from flying American Airlines,” Wright continued. “I used to be like ‘What? I’ve never done anything.’”
As much as Wright begged the gate agent to elucidate the reasoning for her banishment, the agent resisted.
“I’m really sorry, but it surely’s a problem with internal security. I can’t let you know, however the person on the phone told me that you must know why,” she added.
Wright became confused, “frustrated,” and overwhelmed by this unusual scenario but remained determined to make it to her sister’s celebration. She needed to cough up $1,000 for a recent flight while waiting for a $400 refund from her previous flight.
“I realize that I’m going to miss my flight and I just have to book one other flight. So I quickly booked myself one other $1,000 round trip day of to Latest Orleans,” Wright said. “I’m going to get this cleared up and so they’ll refund me money.”
After 12 days of waiting and no refund, Wright was notified she was banned from the airline as a result of alleged sexual activities with a person contained in the aircraft bathroom.
“I’m a 24-year-old lesbian. You see me. Am I having sexual relations with any man? No,” she scoffed.
Wright tried to consider the easiest way she could prove she wasn’t the frisky passenger American Airlines alleged her to be by emailing customer relations.
“I email them a really serious email, but additionally somewhat funny because in it I’m like, ‘I don’t really know easy methods to prove it wasn’t me aside from the proven fact that I’m literally a lesbian,’” Wright said.
Luckily, Wright’s mother was capable of vouch for her daughter through an email, which helped speed up her removal from the no-fly list. While Wright’s name was cleared, the true mile-high clubbers weren’t revealed.
“So now I’m off the American Airlines everlasting no-fly list, also out a $1,000 but they did refund me the $400 flight,” Wright said.
Although Wright is elated to fly without restrictions, she did anticipate American Airlines would give her more cash for the mishap because it forced her to buy one other flight.
The Post contacted American Airlines for comment.
“Thanks for being the worst,” Wright captioned the clip.
Many individuals were shocked by Wright’s turbulent situation.
“Every part else aside, how did they allow you to book in the event that they banned you,” questioned a watcher.
Wright responded, “This,” revealing she has no clue how the flight booking went through if she was banned.
One other person suggested, “File a grievance with the Department of Transportation. They’re legally required to not only refund you but to give you a solution.”
“Can you’re taking American Airlines to small claims court? Did you purchase the second flight on a bank card that gives travel insurance?” added a TikToker.
Despite the confusion, Wright updated her followers on the recent flight status change.
“After they called to inform me they were taking me off the no-fly list, they said, ‘I hope this wasn’t an excessive amount of of an inconvenience’…Oh, you mean the last three months of communication, missing my flight, getting my lawyer involved, and having to email three directors at AA to get customer relations to answer me????”
But in a follow up video, posted on Aug.11, Wright revealed how she was capable of recuperate the cash she lost by the views her TikTok clip garnered.
“I made pretty the precise amount that I lost, so American Airlines doesn’t even must make this right,” she said.
Wright claims American Airlines has yet to contact her for the reason that previous update on Aug.11 but has plans to take motion against them.
“I’m just really grateful for all of your help and for blowing that video up since it took a variety of stress off of me financially,” the content creator praised.
