Check in with ITA1 be like:

  • Me: I would like to travel with this other passenger
  • ITA app: lol that reservation does not exist
  • Me: pretty sure it does
  • My wife: I would like to travel with this other person (adds my reservation)
  • ITA app: fu that reservation does not exist either haha
  • ITA app: btw you are sitting at opposite ends of the plane now
  • ITA app: *crashes before I can save my boarding pass*
  • ITA check-in staff at LCY: if you want to sit together it will be ALL THE MONEY

It’s a real mystery why flag carriers are struggling when they provide the exact same service as low-cost airlines, just for more money.

  1. Formally known as ITA Airways, formerly known as Alitalia, the perennially-struggling Italian national air carrier. ↩