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American Airlines charges customers 'African American service fee'

A North Carolina woman said she found a "black service charge" on her bank statement after an American Airlines flight. Writes about it Newweek.

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Kitra Bryant said that she and her partner booked a flight from Charlotte Douglas Airport on Thanksgiving 2020, but did not notice how the baggage fee was signed until she looked at her bank statement.

“On Thanksgiving Day, Wes and I flew to Denver, Colorado, from Charlotte International Airport on American Airlines,” Bryant wrote. “We both used different cards to pay for our luggage, and instead of having it properly signed, both of our bank statements said 'African American Service Fee.'

Bryant said the couple paid for their tickets and checked baggage separately and using different debit cards.

However, oddly enough, her partner also said that there was an offensive line in his statement.

Wanting an answer to her humiliation, Bryant said she contacted American Airlines but was disappointed with their response.

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“The manager at the airport said she was sorry, but I didn’t get an answer. They suggested filing a complaint. One person called me and said that the incident will be investigated, but still no one has an answer,” she wrote on Facebook. “To be honest, I didn’t expect an answer, but I’m not stupid and I don’t think it was a mistake.” I will never fly with this airline again."

Bryant said that within a few months, her case shifted from the airline to her bank and vice versa, while they blamed each other for the mistake.

“The bank told American directly that they had nothing to do with this. When a company puts something into their system, the bank charges what the seller called it and that’s it,” she said.

However, American Airlines states that it is not responsible for the incident.

“In mid-December, a customer alerted the company that a baggage charge was marked offensively on her bank statement. We were alarmed by what we saw and immediately launched an investigation to understand what happened,” the company said.

“The baggage fee was paid at a self-service kiosk in Charlotte. Our team members are unable to change the text when processing a payment and we have determined that the issue is with the credit card company and issuing bank. "We have contacted Mastercard, which has confirmed that American has correctly reported the baggage fee information and that Mastercard is conducting its own investigation," American Airlines added.

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Mastercard also confirmed that the bank has launched an investigation into the matter.

“We are in the process of conducting a thorough investigation, but it is our understanding that American Airlines is not responsible for this error,” the spokesperson said. — American Airlines correctly submitted the transaction for the checked baggage purchase, including the correct name. Our issuing and payment processing partners are working to understand how the error occurred so this doesn't happen again."

Bank Capital One, which issued Bryant's Mastercard, said an investigation showed the error was a "technical issue" related to "bad name coding."

“We are actively investigating where the technology misinterpreted the data and correcting the problem. This is completely unrelated to any specific information about the client,” the bank clarified.

Bryant believes that the incident was not a mistake and is an example of racial bias.

“There is no excuse for them,” she said.

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