Family on overnight BA flight refused seat switch as they were gnawed by bedbugs

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2017/10/23/vantz-airlines.html

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They should also refund the full ticket price, pay any and all related medical expenses, and then tack on something for pain and suffering. At minimum. How horrid.

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It’s not a bug its a featu- oh wait, no, it is a bug.

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Obligatory;

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Not to mention that they may/probably have taken the bugs home with them. BA should pay for pest remediation too.

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So we’ve had bedbugs, sitting in piss, etc. It seems like airlines should really invest in emergency plastic lined seat covers.

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Sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite.

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Not just home but also wherever they visited in London.

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I’m sorry but i would have caused a scene and not taken the punishment of sitting 9 hours on seats covered with bugs. Why did the staff think it was acceptable to let that family stay on those seats?

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Whoops! I guess I will never fly again. I’d rather get punched in the face a dragged down the aisle.

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The airlines suck. They treat people like animals. There needs to more heavy regulations with stiff fines. We should all call our representatives and senators today.

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I’m going to go with they didn’t believe them.

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This was a case of emergency landing. What is their baseline? Snakes?

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This is horrid… and yet, I doubt much of anything will change anytime soon.

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Likely, and its possible the problem didn’t manifest itself until some time after the flight departed. Still what a nightmare… i can’t imagine putting up with that for hours and hours.

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The weird part is that British Air is the best airline I have ever flown on, bar none.

I mean, on an American plane you’d probably be beaten and thrown off the plane after enduring 9 hours of bedbugs.

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i would have caused a scene and not taken the punishment…

I’m not so sure. In 2017, 9 hours of bedbug bites might be a better option than this:

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They probably didn’t pay the “no bugs or lice” fee.

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Now, to be fair, if one is knocked unconscious they won’t feel the bed bug bites.

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Exellent point!