Apparently Insulting Your Crew On The Plane S Wi Fi Can Go Very Wrong

Sign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.Turns out inflight Wi-Fi might cause more trouble than it’s worth ($1 to $20). At least, that was the case for travel blogger and YouTuber Josh Cahill when he took to Instagram to complain about the insufficient service midway through a Malaysia Air flight.The story begins quite innocently. Cahill, who has a following of about 24k on Instagram and 59k youtube subscribers, actually expressed his excitement over flying Malaysia Airlines flight MH004 from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to London (LHR) the day prior. “There are only a handful of airlines that make you feel loved… @malaysiaairlines is one of them!” reads the caption of an Instagram that Cahill posted the day before boarding. “It always puts a big smile on my face when flying the Malaysian Flag carrier. Tomorrow I finally get to experience their new Flagship, the Airbus A350 to London.” He had reached out to the Malaysia Airlines social media coordinator to secure permission to film as well.

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There are only a handful of airlines that make you feel loved… @malaysiaairlines is one of them! It always puts a big smile on my face when flying the Malaysian Flag carrier ?? - Tomorrow I finally get to experience their new Flagship, the Airbus A350 to London. Terima Kasih :) . #gotravelyourway #avgeek #aviationgeek #instagramaviation #businesstraveller #instaplane #aviationlovers #luxurytravel #businessclass #aviation4u #firstclasstravel #airlinegeeks #aviationdaily #aviationdaily #aviationblogger #bloggerlife #youtuber #joshcahill #malaysiaairlines #MH #kualalumpur #KL A post shared by Josh Cahill (@gotravelyourway) on Sep 23, 2018 at 5:19am PDT

However, according to Cahill, things took a sharp dive for the worse upon boarding. Seated in economy, Cahill says his inflight entertainment device froze on the loading page. When he requested help from the crew to fix the problem, he didn’t get much of a response – leaving him on a 14-hour flight with no entertainment. On top of that, the complimentary breakfast he had was “dreadful” and served on a “sticky and filthy tray.“So, angry and disappointed, Cahill accessed the inflight Wi-Fi to air his grievances via Instagram.

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I’m only halfway through my flight to London and I can already say that this is the most disappointing flight of the year. Very unfriendly crew (where did the amazing Malaysian hospitality go?), broken inflight entertainment (asked the crew to fix it and they never got back to me) which leaves me 13 hours without entertainment, dreadful food served on a sticky and filthy tray and on top of that I was probably assigned the worst seat on that plane… sorry @malaysiaairlines but this was/is a really poor performance. Stayed tuned for the full review, soon on my YouTube! However, Malaysia will always be my favorite country ??❤️ . #gotravelyourway #avgeek #aviationgeek #instagramaviation #businesstraveller #instaplane #aviationlovers #luxurytravel #businessclass #aviation4u #firstclasstravel #airlinegeeks #aviationdaily #aviationdaily #aviationblogger #bloggerlife #youtuber #joshcahill #malaysiaairlines #mh04 #london #uk #malaysia #kualalumpur #nightmare A post shared by Josh Cahill (@gotravelyourway) on Sep 23, 2018 at 10:26pm PDT

Apparently, it didn’t take long for the flight crew to catch wind of the scathing post. Following this, Cahill claims that the treatment only got worse. After being confronted by a crew member, he was snubbed for beverages and told he would only be served his next in-flight meal if he stopped recording – which he didn’t do, despite eventually getting his dinner.When the flight landed, Cahill was met by a Malaysia Airlines representative that apologized for the behavior of the crew and overall poor experience. However, despite Malaysia Airlines’ attempts to make things right, Cahill recalled the experience in a 20 minute-long YouTube video as “very humiliating.“So, moral of this story: Maybe you’re better off saving your airline criticisms for when you’re on the ground and NOT trapped in an aircraft, thousands of miles from home with a vengeful crew. But you live and you learn.(By the way, we had one of our TPG staff review a Malaysia Airlines Airbus A350 — and spoiler alert: we loved it.)

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A post shared by Josh Cahill (@gotravelyourway) on Sep 23, 2018 at 5:19am PDT

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A post shared by Josh Cahill (@gotravelyourway) on Sep 23, 2018 at 10:26pm PDT