Andie MacDowell Rants On Twitter About American Airlines, Traveling “Tourist Class”

Andie MacDowell complained about flying American Airlines on Twitter, and was met with a considerable amount of criticism for her complaints.

Andie MacDowell Airline Rant

MacDowell took to Twitter to gripe about her experience flying with American Airlines over the weekend. The Four Weddings and a Funeral star was particularly piqued about being seated in what she called “tourist” class instead of first class when she had paid for the latter.

“@AmericanAir HELP I paid for first class & they put me in tourist because of my dog that I pre-booked & paid for,” MacDowell tweeted at the airline, including a picture of those sitting near her. She went on to accuse an airline employee of being on a “power trip” and being “rude” to her.

@AmericanAir HELP I paid for first class & they put me in tourist because of my dog that I pre-booked & paid for pic.twitter.com/KmKX4ZTQqj

— Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 22, 2016

@AmericanAir there was no excuse why the guy would not just let me ask someone to change seats he had a power trip — Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 22, 2016

@AmericanAir 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

— Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 22, 2016

After MacDowell started to get inundated by tweets suggesting it was she who was rude and on a power trip, she both expressed her regret for ranting and justified her anger.

It’s called passing anger and I’m disappointed that I let him pass his anger on to me…there was more legroom in tourist — Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 23, 2016

No matter who you are it’s nice to be treated kindly when flying & it just depends on the employee if they’re nice or not

— Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 23, 2016

Lessons learned never,complain on Twitter & don’t pay for first class on American Airlines, only express gratitude…can we move on now? — Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 24, 2016

I’m very happy flying in coach I’m happy on a bus or the subway but if I play for first class, that’s where I want to be,that was the point

— Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 24, 2016

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.

Let’s shine a light on literacy today and encourage a child to read today — Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 25, 2016

You guys I just saw Ava on TV let’s make rescuing unwanted pets the popular subject of the day… And she’s doing so well BTW

— Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 25, 2016