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This controversy is taking off.
A mean girl Emirates flight attendant aroused the internet’s ire — after allegedly ‘mocking’ a travel influencer who committed the sin of having too much fun on her recent first class flight.
Excited to post from the posh airline’s top tier cabin, Thai content creator Bifern boasted to TikTok about the lavish amenities she found on her quick hop from Bangkok to Hong Kong — which takes just two hours.
In the wildly viral clip, she shows herself enjoying the mini bar, multiple meals, a large bathroom complete with a shower — and a giant amenity kit packed with pajamas, slippers, toiletries and headphones.
The lofty video, where the social media star showered, napped and dined on caviar, landed a whopping 8.5 million views — including from the catty crew member, who mocked the maven for her flurry of activity during the short hop.
“The drama started because this one crew left a comment under the video on Facebook where she said, ‘All of this….2 hrs, 14 passengers,’” explained an ex-flight attendant named Veronica — who posted her own follow-up TikTok video to detail the ordeal online.
According to Veronica, a skeptical crew member supposedly asked — in Thai — when Bifern had time to supposedly fall asleep or curl her hair, seeing as the flight was so short.
They also made a further comment about her making it seem as if she’d been on a long-haul flight, rather than a short one — appearing to accuse her of being misleading to her viewers.
“The tone of the overall conversation was very sarcastic and kind of mocking,” Veronica continued, wondering aloud why the aggravated employee chose to “leave a negative comment from a profile that has your full name … that could get you in trouble.”
But viewers came out in droves to Bifern’s defense, saying she had every right to use the amenities because she shelled out cash for her first class ticket — no matter how long the flight was.
“If I’m going to pay a first class ticket, even if it’s only for 2 hours — you bet I’m going to use all the amenities, eat all the caviar that I can eat and get all the freebies because I paid for that,” one person wrote on TikTok.
“If I pay, regardless of how I did that, I should be getting all the services unless I choose to have less on my own. This crew member is screaming jealousy,” scoffed another.
“The girl is entitled to all the amenities and services provided by the airline since she paid the FULL PRICE for the ticket PERIOD. The crews involved just needed to know their places and duty,” argued someone else.
Veronica admitted she had some empathy for the possibly “overworked” crew that would have to work diligently to provide all that pampering to a passenger, but made it clear that she thinks the influencer “has a right to enjoy herself” — no matter what.
“I think about this girl [who was] super excited about being able to buy a ticket in first class and wanting to try all the amenities and just film herself because why not,” she said.
“She had all the right in the world to use everything that was there to use — you know, like, it’s there for a reason.”
