Actress Jessica Chastain picked a poor time to publicly complain about a $15 refund she received from JetBlue after her in-flight entertainment system malfunctioned, apparently forcing her to “rawdog” her six-hour flight.
The Zero Dark Thirty star provoked widespread mockery for choosing to complain about such a seemingly trivial matter at a time when millions of Americans are recovering from the ongoing devastation brought by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Jessica Chastain — who is worth an estimated $50 million — posted her beef with JetBlue on her official X account. Though she deleted her first post, her subsequent exchanges with JetBlue’s customer service are still visible.
Chastain initially complained that the $15 refund wasn’t commensurate to the $1500 she shelled out for her JetBlue ticket.
“Thanks you @JetBlue for your $15.00 credit. My flight was $1,500 and the credit is 1/100 of the money I paid you,” Chastain’s deleted tweet posted on Wednesday stated. “Strange that I paid that for your flight entertainment system that didn’t work for the duration of my 6hr flight, but I guess it was worth it for this $15 credit.”
JetBlue’s customer service failed to assuage the actress.
“There should be some flight credit or something since I have a TrueBlue account and have been a loyal customer,” she wrote.
Chastain’s public spat with the airline provoked a slew of mockery.
“Are you for real?” one commenter noted. “Bring a fucking iPad/laptop with entertainment downloaded.”
“Girl, read the effing room,” another commented.
“I have been poor enough to have to take a Greyhound bus for 2 days with the only entertainment being crazy/scary passengers. You’ll be fine,” wrote another.
“Don’t become a Karen of the airlines,” yet another commented.
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