American Airlines repeatedly mistakes 101-year-old woman for a baby

A 101-year-old lady has been time and again improper for a toddler when travelling because of an error with an airline’s reserving machine.

Patricia, born in 1922, at a loss for words American Airways’ reserving machine when getting into her start week, inflicting airline computer systems to suppose she were born in 2022.

This would create Patricia only a yr aged and has led to havoc along with her advance plans within the day when the airline has anticipated a kid and now not made appropriate delivery lodging within airport terminals.

The previous caregiver instructed the BBC, who witnessed the glitch prior to a Chicago flying to Marquette, Michigan: “It was funny that they thought I was only a little child and I’m an old lady!”

Travelling along with her daughter Kris, the pair had bought two grownup seats for the home flying.

“My daughter made the reservation online for the ticket and the computer at the airport thought my birth date was 2022 and not 1922,” she added.

It isn’t the primary presen the centenarian has encountered the problem when aviation with American Airways to seek advice from folk, a lot to the suspicion of the “helpful” cabin workforce when “the same thing happened last year”.

On one date, the 101-year-old was once saved looking ahead to a wheelchair to deplane as airport team of workers had now not organized mobility backup for her to advance in the course of the terminal.

The BBC reported that Patricia travelled solo till she was once 97 years aged and began having eyesight troubles.

She wish to see the IT issues resolved prior to her upcoming flying q4 to create the advance revel in more uncomplicated for her daughter.

“I would like them to fix the computer as my poor daughter had to carry all our luggage and apparel almost a mile from one gate to the other,” Patricia stated.

The Detached has contacted American Airways for remark.