Dallas attorney wins 2 free tickets after switching flight, fleeing abuse?

Juistice at last, for the poor man of  color: *

Mr. Abtahi had been returning from Bermuda, where he had been celebrating the first anniversary of his wedding with his wife, who lives in New York. Asked whether he thought he had been profiled because of his appearance, Mr. Abtahi, who is Iranian-American, said he hoped not.

“You always think about it,” he said. He flies twice a week, and said he had discussed the possibility with his wife before leaving for the airport because he had not shaved after spending a week on the beach. “You just hope not.”

Mr. Abtahi said that the incident, reported online on Monday evening by The Dallas Morning News, happened in one of the airport’s revolving doors when a woman got behind him in the same stall. In response to a reporter’s inquiry, he wrote on Twitter that they “both fumbled to get in,” and he “didn’t know she was crew.”

Mr. Abtahi said he did not think anything of the encounter until a gate agent told him he had cut someone off. He offered to apologize, he said, but was still kept off the plane. He was allowed to cancel the ticket without paying a penalty fee and booked an American Airlines flight leaving around the same time.

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Mr. Arnold, responding to a subsequent email asking whether Mr. Abtahi had been profiled based on his looks, his name or his background, said he had not.

“As an airline that prides itself on our award-winning guest service, we take issues like this very seriously,” he said. “We are sorry Mr. Abtahi had this experience today, as it was not representative of the guest service for which we are known.”

The airline offered Mr. Abtahi reimbursement for the cost of the flight as well as two free flights in the future. Mr. Abtahi said he accepted the apology, but directed the airline to give the free flights to the Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, a Dallas charity that helps refugees fleeing abuse.

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* /sarcasm off.