Hollywood star Holly Robinson Peete 'livid' after sons not allowed to board Air Canada flight at YVR
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Actor Holly Robinson Peete says she feels disrespected by Air Canada after her two sons were barred from boarding a flight at Vancouver airport, with a ticket agent telling them they could not board without presenting the credit card used to pay for their tickets.
The incident happened on Monday, Oct. 4, while Peete was in Mission, B.C., shooting the movie Our Christmas Journey. Peete is familiar with the province, having shot 21 Jump Street in Vancouver, and says she considers B.C. her "second home."
Her two sons, 19-year-old Robinson and 16-year-old Roman, were visiting her for the weekend and were planning to board an evening flight back to Los Angeles. They both had one-way business-class seats, something Peete says she had booked numerous times before.
But when the two boys got to the Air Canada ticket counter at Vancouver International Airport, they were told they needed to present the credit card used to purchase the tickets in order to board. The boys called their parents, who attempted to speak to the ticket agent and convince them of their identity.
"They said it was 'policy' and the card was flagged. You must verify the card. You're not flying today," Peete told CBC News.
"And then at one point [the ticket agent] turned his back on them and walked away. Left them at the ticket encounter with no other ticketing agents there."
Peete says the Air Canada agent refused to speak with her to verify her identity, and the boys missed their flight.