Some gate agent fun at ORD

You are "Lucky" to live near such a small station. I dont really know any of the agents at SFO except Mr. Martinez does seem to kind of recognize me. BTW I think he's the most efficient and knowledgeable GA i've seen in the whole system. They need to clone him!

I dont think I would have asked the ORD guy for anything - esp since he wasnt working your flight

I've had a GA recognize me in TPA 2 weeks ago, it was surprising to me, I do fly fairly often but I just didn't think I'm memorable!

Oh..I think he likes you......

The only voice I imagine in my head is Edna Mode from the Incredibles - "Dahhhhling"

That guy comes off like a jerk on FT, good to know that's not just his web persona.

What Ryan said.

Wow I would have been piss@@ if I was given a worse seat. NOT cool. At least he came back and gave you an exit row.

I can't believe he called inventory management so he wouldn't have to rebook you in full Y.

Nah, actually I do.

Yah have to agree that he comes across as self-righteous on Flyertalk and seems that it's true in real life.... hate to say it, but would have loved to have written an "onion" letter for him on that move, moving you back from 17-22 since they keep track of all changes and who made them.

That last row middle move is complete BS and I would have been furious. And I would have let the airline know about it.

Since he frequents FT, the guy knows some of the tricks that you are trying to pull, such as double bump. And since he's so by the book, I guess he did it just to see your shocking facial expression when given the middle seat.

I can imagine he's probably like "YES! Take this you MR *****" in his heart while leaving you dumbfounded.

I have a feeling if I was a gate agent, you'd probably drive me nuts. 😉

I don't blame the GA one bit.

What qualifies as a "double bump", and how exactly is that prohibited? I had two bumps in a row a couple weeks ago (there was an overnight in between).

For those that don't have any skin in the game, this is a pretty funny story.

What's irritating, though, is how many people are criticising the gate agent for doing his job well - knowing the rules, being correct and efficient, and doing what was right.

Here we go again thinking he is better than the rest of us and all that high and mighty stuff as quoted in his above post.

"Now I know most of the gate agents at my home airport of TPA, as I almost always take the same flight and I’m pretty sure I’m United’s most frequent flier out of TPA, but it’s rare that I get to know gate agents at any of the larger stations."

No question that was who you thought it was. And I'm sure he knew who you were, hence the game with 22E.

Could it be that 22E had 22D and 22F blocked off?