Stranded traveler gifted flight upgrade after chance encounter with airline CEO [Video]

A woman who said she recently found herself stuck at an international airport with no flight home ran into an airline CEO who turned her entire day around. 

Julia Jaroslawski is a 20-year-old student from Chicago who ran into some travel trouble while trying to get back to the U.S. from Bangkok, Thailand. 

She told Fox News Digital that she flew to Doha, Qatar, for a layover and was hoping to fly standby to Chicago that day. 

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“Initially, conversations with the airline staff gave me confidence that I wouldn’t face any issues flying home, especially since there were plenty of seats available on the flight from Doha to Chicago,” she wrote via email.

She added, “So, it came as a shock when, at the end of boarding, they informed me that I couldn’t be given a seat due to a weight restriction.”

With no realistic flight …