A 101-year-old woman keeps getting mistaken for a baby because of an error with an airline’s booking system.
The problem occurs because American Airlines’ systems apparently cannot compute that Patricia, who did not want to share her surname, was born in 1922, rather than 2022.
The BBC witnessed the latest mix-up, which she and the cabin crew were able to laugh off.
“It was funny that they thought I was only a little child and I’m an old lady!” she said.
But the centenarian says she would like the glitch to be fixed as it has caused her some problems in the past.
I’m quite impressed she’s still able to travel at 101. My mum’s in her mid eighties and really struggles now.
She’s apparently not only traveled at 101, but traveled enough times since turning 100 that this has been a repeated problem for her!
Imagine being that old and still seeing the world!
Flying within the US to see family isn’t really the world.
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I always put a date right around the turn of the century (1900’s not 2000’s) on websites that insist on having me provide a date.
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We fixed this 124 years ago…
Worse is that this is basically just the Y2K problem…that they somehow never addressed.
They kludged it, probably only store 2 digits and if its lower than current year, assume 2000s, otherwise assume 1900s.
Ah, the “Windows 9” problem.
That’s what they just said. It should have been fixed 124 years ago.
“Ma’am, are you sure you’re old enough to travel by yourself?”
“Oh hohohoho, stop!”
Just like my table-waiting days. You want to make a woman’s day, just ask to see some ID when she orders alcohol because anyone who appears to be under 20 must be carded.
Honestly, that just pisses me off. It’s wasting my time and the servers time. It’s gone so overboard in the ‘card everyone’ policy.
Meanwhile in America: your baby isn’t covered by Medicaid because it isn’t born yet.
I see you are talking about babies. Please check 1 before proceeding further
[] Birth is forced by state
[] Birth is wanted.
You may have received a birth certificate, but we do not recognize your status of birthed.
This is outrageous. This is unfair.
Do airlines typically handle 1 year olds flying alone? That seems nuts.
She could be a baby.
I’ve definitely seen uglier babies.
Especially newborns.
