Posted on 02/08/2020 7:20:03 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Enjoying the luxury of business class seats on an 11-hour flight back to Auckland was meant to be a treat for Renell and Tere after undergoing weight-loss surgery in the city of Bangkok.
Instead, the sisters and their mother, Huhana, were left ''traumatised'' by Thai Airways staff who came at them with tape measures telling them they were ''too big'' for their business class seats.
Six months on from that ''disgusting'' experience and Huhana, 59, is still bitter about the experience.
''The staff were shouting 'too big, too big' at us repeatedly. Rows of people watched as they measured us at the check-in. It was so humiliating the way we were treated that I just broke down in tears,'' said Huhana.
The language barrier didn't help as staff refused to let them enter the business class section and made them sit in economy class.
Huhana, a social worker, says she won't fly again until she loses weight, to avoid the sort of traumatic experience Thai Airways put her and her daughters through.
"We were really looking forward to flying on business class and instead we were left traumatised,'' she added.
Most airlines can provide seatbelt extensions for larger passengers.
But Thai Airways said its business class seatbelts are fitted with built-in air bags which means they can't be extended. The family are still confused by this explanation.
When contacted by the BBC, a spokesman for Thai Airways said it now has better warnings in place on its reservations system so agents are made aware of such issues.
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Too big! Too big!
Pffffwaaap.
Tubby, tubby 2x4, can’t fit thru the airplane door
Alright, Karl.
So the airline put them in the cargo hold?
I’ve flown business/1st class 100 times - that is where the large seats are!
“business class seatbelts are fitted with built-in air bags”
Interesting safety feature.
(s) nully, who was almost always the fattest kid in class...
They are big. But how come they were not too big for economy class? Wouldnt there be less room in economy?
My bad.
If they were too fat for business class, they definitely are too fat for economy class.
Achievement unlocked!
Whale! Cow are you.
But in economy, couldn’t they have fit in two seats each? Probably no more expensive than three business-class seats.
Asians can sometimes be delightfully politically-incorrect.
I wish they had a before picture, because by the looks of the picture provided I'm left speechless, if that is the after picture.
Looks like they’ll do well surviving the upcoming food supply disruptions due to Coronavirus, should that happen. Looks like they’ve been ‘prepping’ for a long time.
Unfortunately, I’m doing just the opposite (eating Keto and losing weight).
In reality they're way overweight.
from the looks of them they each swallowed a couple of airbags...
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