so i filed a complaint to american airlines after our plane sat on the tarmac for a combined ~6 hours at two different airports (one we weren't supposed to land in) with no water for passengers and they sent me an automated reply and have not responded to any follow up emails lol
In an oligopoly masquerading as capitalism, customer service being poor is a sign that you are fucked. The alternatives are few, and they do not care either.
I find that copying c-suite executives on (exceedingly polite) emails to customer service provides much better results, because managers are bored and itching to show off just how responsive they are to customers.
I remember American Airlines gave me a "hotel voucher" to make up for trapping me in an airport for over 24 hours.
The "voucher" was actually an ad for a fraudulent hotel website. Ended up getting scammed for $80
The saga continues. Apparently AA flights leaving PHL have been explicitly advised to do so with incomplete catering. (lol: "If ice is available, it will only be offered to first class passengers.")