Iggy Azalea is firing shots at American Airlines via Twitter on April 18, after she and her one-year-old son, Onyx, were bumped from a flight.
After the 31-year-old “Fancy” rapper was allegedly left “stranded” at the Miami International Airport over the weekend with no sign of her luggage, she shared a message, warning other families traveling with the airline.
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Iggy Azalea is calling out American Airlines via Twitter after she and her son were bumped from a flight.
The 31-year-old “Fancy” rapper and her one-year-old were allegedly left stranded at the Miami International Airport over the weekend without their luggage.
On April 18, Azalea took to Twitter to share a message, warning any families with young children who have plans to travel by way of American Airlines.
“I wanted to tell any families booking travel be careful flying with young kids on @AmericanAir,” she tweeted.
The mom-of-one explained that while she was traveling with her one-year-old son Onyx, American Airlines sold her seats, and refused to let her on the flight or retrieve her luggage from the plane.
“I was flying with my son and they sold our seats while the gate was still open then refused to take our bags off the plane although every other flight was sold out for that night,” she penned.
Azalea wrote a thread of tweets going into further detail about her poor experience with American Airlines.
She explained that she tried to reason with staff at the gate to return her luggage, as it contained items that she needed to take care of her son.
“I explained why stranding me is one thing but taking a [baby’s] luggage is pretty [expletive],” she wrote.
“There’s stuff he really needs. They do not care. Lucky I booked a different airline but the average person would’ve been ass out and [expletive],” Azalea continued , before urging other moms to be careful.
“[So I] just wanted to warn other moms… Be careful!” she wrote.
American Airlines responded to Azalea’s complaints via Twitter
“We love having families travel with us and would like to dig a little more into what happened,” the company’s official Twitter account replied. “Please DM us to verify your record locator.”
Azalea then doubled down, taking aim at the airline once again.
“No need to dig into anything,” the artist wrote back . “Me and other families have shared our apparently very common experiences of your airline selling kids seats after check-in, leaving families stranded, refusing to give back luggage, etc. Just peep the thread — it’s very on-brand for you, apparently!
She added that she did, in fact, DM the airline directly to help resolve the complaint but did not hear back from any representatives.
“And I did politely DM… Still no response,” she wrote , with a screenshot of her message that reads:
“I’m stranded with an infant and no luggage in another city,” and “I’m extremely annoyed and feel this was handled very unprofessionally and without any care or compassion. I would like someone to please be in contact ASAP to discuss further and rectify the event. Thank you.”
Since posting her experience, other parents online have chimed in to say they’ve also had their seats sold unexpectedly.
One mom on Twitter said she was waiting for the boarding line to get shorter, but by the time she got to the front the flight was closed. Like Iggy, this mom’s luggage went with the plane.
Another mom said she was initially denied boarding with her daughter even though their seats hadn’t even been called.
Ultimately, this mom was allowed on the plane but she had to sit apart from her daughter.
The practice of “bumping” or denying passengers from boarding a plane is legal.
Many airlines still overbook flights to maximize revenue and account for no-show passengers. However, if everyone does show up for a scheduled flight, then some passengers are unexpectedly denied boarding.
There are other reasons passengers could be bumped from a flight.
Other instances where passengers can be denied boarding include using a seat for a Federal Air Marshal, weight and balance issues with the plane, or if the flight is using a smaller plane than planned for safety reasons.
