‘Worst airline in North America’: Harry Potter star Matthew Lewis slams Air Canada and its overbooking coverage after workers ‘tore up’ his top quality ticket and bumped him to economic system ‘with out saying a phrase’
- The 33-year-old actor took to Twitter to blast the airline, following a flight from Orlando to Toronto on Friday
- He claimed that his top quality ticket was ‘torn up in entrance of him on the gate’ by a workers member, who then issued him with a substitute economic system ticket
- Lewis acknowledged that having to sit down in economic system was a ‘privileged downside’, however added that he was outraged by the dearth of apology over his ticket change
- The actor added that he was given ‘no apology’ and that he was informed he’d need to ‘name’ the airline if he wished a refund for his top quality fare
- He mentioned it’s ‘insane’ how ‘regular’ it has turn out to be for airways to overbook flights
Matthew Lewis has slammed Air Canada as he claimed that they ‘tore up’ his top quality ticket and bumped him into economic system due to a ‘full flight’.
The actor, 33, who performed Neville Longbottom within the Harry Potter franchise, took to Twitter on Friday to criticise the airline as he flew from Orlando to Toronto.
He deemed Air Canada to be the ‘worst airline in North America’ as he claimed that the airline ‘tore up’ his top quality ticket when he reached the gate.
Criticism: Matthew Lewis has slammed Air Canada as he claimed that they ‘tore up’ his top quality ticket and bumped him into economic system due to a ‘full flight’
Matthew alleged he was issued an economic system ticket and didn’t get an apology or the possibility to rebook his flight and claimed he was informed he needed to name the airline for a refund.
‘Confirmed. @AirCanada is the worst airline in North America. And that is saying one thing,’ he tweeted.
‘No e mail. No supply to rebook. Actually tore my top quality ticket up in entrance of me on the gate, gave me economic system ticket and walked away.
‘Not a single phrase. I needed to name her again to ask umm why? Lol. Privileged issues, positive. However nonetheless wild.’
Slammed: He deemed Air Canada to be the ‘worst airline in North America’ as he claimed that the airline ‘tore up’ his top quality ticket when he reached the gate
In a sequence of replies, Matthew criticised airways’ coverage of overbooking flights, which suggests to promote extra tickets than accessible seats on a airplane in anticipation of ‘no-shows’.
Talking of overbooking flights, he wrote: ‘I have been bumped earlier than. I feel it is a ludicrous coverage that we have inexplicably normalised however it’s what it’s.
‘That mentioned, that is not my concern.. I wasn’t informed til boarding, no apology, no ask if prefer to rebook, and if desire a refund I’ve to name them.’
He added: ‘How we as a society allowed overbooking flights to turn out to be a traditional factor all of us settle for is INSANE. Amongst so many insane issues.’
Fuming: The actor, 33, who performed Neville Longbottom within the Harry Potter franchise, took to Twitter on Friday to criticise the airline as he flew from Orlando to Toronto
Air Canada responded to Matthew’s string of tweets, asking him to message them to try to resolve the difficulty.
The airline mentioned: ‘Hello Matthew, we remorse listening to this. Please ship us a DM with additional particulars of the difficulty, we’ll see if we can assist from right here.’
Matthew later informed CTV Information Toronto that he was but to talk to an Air Canada consultant as he criticised the airline’s customer support.
‘Air Canada customer support is s***e,’ he mentioned. ‘We as a society shouldn’t be okay with normalizing the profiteering of overbooking and kicking folks off flights.’
Anger: Matthew alleged he was issued an economic system ticket and didn’t get an apology or the possibility to rebook his flight and claimed he was informed he needed to name the airline for a refund
Air Canada informed the publication that the matter was underneath evaluate and that it couldn’t remark any additional.
Matthew had been travelling on the flight to Toronto for a Fan Expo, the place he was providing signed autographs or images.
The star appeared to get pleasure from his journey to Canada, as he later tweeted: ‘Properly Toronto, you have been all very good. An extended overdue go to and also you didn’t disappoint. Really wonderful folks. Some metropolis.’
MailOnline has contacted Air Canada for remark.
Actor: Matthew (pictured as Neville Longbottom in Harry Potter) had been travelling to Toronto for a Fan Expo, the place he was providing signed autographs or images
