If you are on Twitter regularly, you’ve no doubt already seen this. It was posted last night and already went viral at light speed.
Dear @AmericanAir,
After arriving back to LA from Indonesia, I was $275 EQDs under (yet 25K miles over) from maintaining status. You asked me to pay $1875 (?!) to keep status, so instead I booked a $400 rt ticket to Mexico for 24 hrs. Here’s how my fucking night went…
— Andrew Kimmel (@andrewkimmel) December 31, 2019
While taking the whole thing with a grain of salt as the writer is also a reality TV show producer, the story line is at least plausible. Either he had a HECK of a night, or he is a really good story teller.
Without giving too much away, the crux is that his mileage run to Cabo in Mexico results in a bar scam trying to charge him $500 for two drinks and then him getting arrested because the police are in on the scam.
Of course the police were working with the bar manager w/ the tourist swindle, so the police handcuff me as the bar manager steals my debit card and passport. I’m put into a police car and sit up front with two officers. We actually got along quite well as I applauded their con.
— Andrew Kimmel (@andrewkimmel) December 31, 2019
Either way, you need to read it start to finish – but also priceless is American’s response to it all…
Reaching Executive Platinum status isn’t easy. For those who make it, the benefits are amazing! We’re happy you’ll make your goal!
— American Airlines (@AmericanAir) December 31, 2019
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