A mother who accused Qantas of giving Allison Langdon special treatment on a flight has launched another bizarre rant as she doubled down on her claims.
Australian mother-of-five Courtney Babic has been the first to claim the Current Affair presenter was given free champagne on a flight from Sydney to Fiji, while other passengers were denied the same privileges.
She alleged that Ally and her husband Michael Willesee Jr’s children, Mack, seven, and Scout, four, were also allowed to use the bathrooms in first class, unlike other passengers.
After her crazy TikTok went viral, photos obtained by Daily Mail Australia showed Ally’s family using Qantas’ business class check-in before the flight, debunking Babic’s account of events.
Now, Ms Babic has doubled down on her claims by clarifying the real reason she had a problem with Ally, who allegedly received special treatment on the flight.
Earlier this week, taking to TikTok again, Ms Babic claimed she didn’t mind not receiving free alcohol, but questioned why Ally’s children were supposedly given better activities on the plane.
Filming from his hotel in Fiji, he shared his fears about Qantas staff “spitting” in his food on his flight back to Sydney following his series of passionate comments about the airline.
“All the trolls on the internet were saying you were just upset because you didn’t get champagne or alcohol,” she said while discussing the response to her original TikTok.
Mother-of-five Courtney Babic has doubled down on her claims that Allison Langdon, her husband Michael Willesee Jr and their sons Mack, seven, and Scout, four, received special treatment on a Qantas flight.
‘First of all, man, I didn’t order any wine on the flight because we were a morning flight.’
“Kyle and Jackie O said that being famous is just one of the benefits, you get extra things in life and people obviously treat you better,” he continued.
In the extraordinary video, Ms Babic went on to claim that other children were told they could not have the same activities that Ally’s son and daughter had allegedly been given.
“I think the problem was that there were other children around and they didn’t have the same childhood activities – their children were given extra things versus other children who asked for things and were denied,” she said.
“Kids don’t know when someone is famous, they don’t know, and I think if Qantas is going to do that and treat certain people better then maybe they should do it in a more, I guess, quiet way.”
Laughing, he added of the controversy: “I’ll probably get my food spit out on the way back!”
Following her first complaint video last week, Qantas denied the TikToker’s claims, bluntly stating that it was “ridiculous to suggest Allison received special treatment.”
“Any extras offered to you will be the same as those we offer to other similar frequent flyers when they travel with us,” a spokesperson for the airline added.
“Our team often says how pleasant Allison is to deal with and how much she never wants trouble.”
On TikTok this week, Ms Babic said she didn’t mind not getting free alcohol, but took issue with Ally’s children supposedly being given better activities on the plane.
Ally’s representatives declined to comment when contacted by Daily Mail Australia.
Despite Qantas’ response and photographs showing Ally checking in at the airline’s business class counter, Courtney has continued to stand by her claims.
The former primary school teacher turned influencer previously said: ‘(Ally) was nice to everyone but she still wasn’t the right person to the other people who were in the same seat in the class.’
She insisted that Ally’s alleged special treatment from cabin crew did not bother her, despite her series of lengthy videos on the subject.
Her comment prompted a woman claiming to be a former Qantas customer service manager to question her claims.
“I’ve never had an issue with not having alcohol served on an international flight,” he wrote. “Sometimes there is a shortage in more isolated or smaller countries.”
Ms Babic responded to people who claimed she had provided incorrect information by insisting that it was possible Ally had used business class check-in and still been seated in economy class.
“I wasn’t the only one who witnessed this,” Babic responded to one critic. “You think you can’t get priority boarding in an economy class seat? You clearly don’t know anything.”
He mocked another commenter, telling him ‘you’ve clearly never been in the FC (First Class) lounge’, and told another keyboard warrior to ‘get a life’.
Some Qantas Frequent Flyer members may be able to take advantage of first class boarding and lounge access while still flying in economy class.
Following her first rant video last week, Qantas denied her claims, stating bluntly that it was “ridiculous to suggest Allison was given special treatment” (Ally featured on A Current Affair).
Ms. Babic’s original two-and-a-half-minute speech did not refer to Ally by her full name, but only by her first name.
“There was a famous person on the plane from 60 Minutes, I think her name is Allison. She didn’t get a first class seat, she got a coach seat,” Courtney said on TikTok.
‘We flew Qantas. They turned people away if they asked for wine and that’s fine. I didn’t ask for it, but I heard that they turned a lot of people away.
‘But then she was offered wine and handed it out in front of everyone else. So the people who were denied alcohol had to sit and watch this famous lady being served alcohol when they had bought the same ticket for the same price.
‘The staff treated her better than everyone else. It’s not fair. Why are these famous people treated better than you when you’ve both paid the same amount of money?’
“If you give special treatment to someone just because you think they’re famous, I think that’s wrong. I don’t understand what’s going on with the service these days.”
