A 101-year-old woman keeps getting mistaken for a baby on flights, and says it's because American Airlines' booking system can't handle her age

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• An elderly woman named Patricia says American Airlines keeps getting her age wrong.
• The computer can't process that Patricia was born in 1922, not 2022.
• Airlines have increasingly adopted computerization across systems, but glitches often affect the most vulnerable passengers.

American Airlines cabin crew were expecting to look after a baby on board a flight from Chicago to Marquette, Michigan, this weekend.

But sitting in the seat designated for the infant...