Andie MacDowell sparked a Twitter war after lamenting in 140 characters or less that she had to sit in coach – which she called “tourist class” – instead of First Class on an American Airlines flight.
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One person tweeted, “Andie MacDowell is a bad actress who occasionally gives a surprisingly good performance”. This was America, and, for that matter, American Airlines.
She continued to insist she would appreciate a refund from American Airlines, and complained once again about the poor customer service she had received with the company. “He said take the seat or don’t get on my plane I was there early to ask for help and from the moment I met him he was rude”.
” “Tourist Class” is the most wonderfully snobby thing I’ve ever heard”, a critic wrote.
After her cries were ignored by those up in first class, she took to Twitter to get some sympathy.
Others, responding to the spectacle of successful film star and L’Oreal spokesman bemoaning her dismissal from first class over a dog, deployed arid sarcasm: “Just hope this doesn’t happen to her over and over every day”, wrote one observer.
Sensing the turbulence in the crap-storm she’d navigated her way into, Andie chose to back-pedal, saying she was just perturbed that she’d shelled out on a first class ticket and then had to deal with a rude flightie.
And if it wasn’t the complaint itself that bothered people (sure, if you pay extra for something you have the right to expect to get it) it was the words she used. And her dog, Bodhi Lamott, breed not immediately available: “Here is Bodhi Lamott working on a note to @AndieMacDowell3, sending love and airplane-angst solidarity”.
“I was checked 1a when I left LA they told me they would reassigned me Charlotte first class he did not want to help”, she said, explaining that she simply wanted to be reimbursed for the second part of her trip.
By Monday, MacDowell was trying to put the airline controversy behind her, and shifted the focus of her Twitter feed to literacy and rescue dogs.
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“Lessons learned never, complain on Twitter & don’t pay for first class on American Airlines, only express gratitude…can we move on now”, she wrote.
