The Four Weddings and a Funeral star took to social media to protest after being bumped down from first-class to economy. “AmericanAirlines HELP” she tweeted. “I paid for first class and they put me in tourist because of my dog that I pre-paid and booked for”
Twitter, of course, had something to say about THAT, because Heaven forfend that a CELEBRITY should share space with THE UNWASHED MASSES.
“1st world problems. Ugh,” one person wrote.
“God bless you for tolerating the peasants…” another person tweeted.
Here are some others:
Says E!
American Airlines’ pet policy states that up to seven pets, not including service animals, may travel on a domestic flight as a “carry-on” in the cabin of a plane if they meets certain age, size and health requirements and if they stay in its carrier under the seat in front of their owners’ for the duration of the flight.
MacDowell tweeted that she and her dog, a 7-pound rescue pooch named after actress Ava Gardner, were moved because the pet “couldn’t go under.” There is no seat in front of 1A.
After the dust had settled Andie tweeted:
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