Some gate agent fun at ORD - ORD

Some gate agent fun at ORD

Ben Schlappig — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:04:43 +0000

As I hinted at earlier in the week, I had a bit of gate agent fun at ORD this past weekend. Something tells me this post won't be quite as exciting as my flight attendant story, but I'll share it nonetheless. ;) Now I know most of the gate agents at my home airport of…

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ptahcha — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:24:05 +0000

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

mre5765 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:40:03 +0000

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

anon — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:11:26 +0000

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."

AS — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:56:24 +0000

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.

LP — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:42:20 +0000

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).

mark — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 04:16:57 +0000

I have a feeling if I was a gate agent, you'd probably drive me nuts. ;) I don't blame the GA one bit.

CMH — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:25:48 +0000

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.

easy victor — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:35:55 +0000

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

Zabes — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:07:20 +0000

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.