Woman, 24, reveals shocking reason she was ‘banned for life by American Airlines’
High-mile criminals.
Erin Wright, who goes by @erin_wright_ on TikTok, revealed how American Airlines allegedly “banned” her from flying with the airline for life.
“I got permanently banned from flying American Airlines for having sexual relations with a man on a plane even though I’m a lesbian,” Wright, 24, wrote online.
In the 4-minute and 47-second clip, uploaded on Aug. 8 with over 2.6 million views, Wright explained how she was banned from boarding her flight to New Orleans for her sister’s bachelorette party.
“The [gate agent] looks nervous, and she’s like, ma’am, I’m really sorry to tell you this, but you’ve actually been banned from flying American Airlines,” Wright continued. “I was like ‘What? I’ve never done anything.’”
As much as Wright begged the gate agent to explain the reasoning for her banishment, the agent resisted.
“I’m really sorry, but it’s an issue with internal security. I can’t tell you, but the person on the phone told me that you should know why,” she added.
Wright became confused, “frustrated,” and overwhelmed by this unusual scenario but remained determined to make it to her sister’s celebration. She had to cough up $1,000 for a new flight while waiting for a $400 refund from her previous flight.
“I realize that I’m going to miss my flight and I just need to book another flight. So I quickly booked myself another $1,000 round trip day of to New Orleans,” Wright said. “I’m going to get this cleared up and they’ll refund me money.”
After 12 days of waiting and no refund, Wright was notified she was banned from the airline due to alleged sexual activities with a man inside the aircraft bathroom.
“I am a 24-year-old lesbian. You see me. Am I having sexual relations with any man? No,” she scoffed.
Wright tried to think of the best way she could prove she wasn’t the frisky passenger American Airlines alleged her to be by emailing customer relations.
“I email them a very serious email, but also somewhat funny because in it I am like, ‘I don’t really know how to prove it wasn’t me except for the fact that I am literally a lesbian,’” Wright said.
Luckily, Wright’s mother was able to vouch for her daughter through an email, which helped speed up her removal from the no-fly list. While Wright’s name was cleared, the real mile-high clubbers weren’t revealed.
“So now I’m off the American Airlines permanent no-fly list, also out a $1,000 but they did refund me the $400 flight,” Wright said.
Although Wright is elated to fly without restrictions, she did anticipate American Airlines would give her more money for the mishap since it forced her to purchase another flight.
The Post contacted American Airlines for comment.
“Thanks for being the worst,” Wright captioned the clip.
Many people were shocked by Wright’s turbulent situation.
“Everything else aside, how did they let you book if they banned you,” questioned a watcher.
Wright responded, “This,” revealing she has no clue how the flight booking went through if she was banned.
Another person suggested, “File a complaint with the Department of Transportation. They are legally required to not only refund you but to provide you with an answer.”
“Can you take American Airlines to small claims court? Did you buy the second flight on a credit card that provides travel insurance?” added a TikToker.
Despite the confusion, Wright updated her followers on the recent flight status change.
“When they called to tell me they were taking me off the no-fly list, they said, ‘I hope this wasn’t too much of an inconvenience’…Oh, you mean the last three months of communication, missing my flight, getting my lawyer involved, and having to email three directors at AA to get customer relations to respond to me????”
But in a follow up video, posted on Aug.11, Wright revealed how she was able to recover the money she lost by the views her TikTok clip garnered.
“I made pretty the exact amount that I lost, so American Airlines doesn’t even have to make this right,” she said.
Wright claims American Airlines has yet to contact her since the previous update on Aug.11 but has plans to take action against them.
“I’m just really grateful for all your help and for blowing that video up because it took a lot of stress off of me financially,” the content creator praised.
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