Andie MacDowell has learned the hard way that tweeting a complaint doesn't always get sympathy on social media. 
 
 The 57-year-old actress, known for her roles in the films Groundhog Day, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Sex, Lies and Videotape, tweeted at American Airlines on Friday after getting bumped from the first-class section: "Paid for first class & they put me in tourist because of my dog that I pre-booked & paid for." 
 
 Actress Andie MacDowell didn't get much sympathy from social media after complaining on Twitter she was bumped from first class and put in "tourist." 
 
 Company shaming online can be an effective tool when customer service goes wrong, but MacDowell's story didn't sit well with a lot of people who saw the post. 
 
 The Magic Mike XXL star was bombarded with complaints directed not at the airline, but at Macdowell herself and what was perceived as her elitist attitude. The messages put MacDowell and many of her fans who tried to respond on the defensive. 
 
 Social media took aim at Andie MacDowell's complaint on Twitter that she was bumped from first class. 
 
 The star, who was travelling with her rescue dog for the first time, tried to explain she only complained because she felt a particular employee had been rude to her, and she also wanted to get part of her flight reimbursed. 
 
 "Just hate that I paid for what I didn't get," she wrote in response to a message on Twitter. 
 
 MacDowell addressed many of the harsh statements directed at her initial tweet in a positive way. 
 
 The backlash also forced her to write again on Sunday, saying she's happy to fly coach, travel by bus or the subway as long as she's not asked to overpay. She then wrote: "Lessons learned, never complain on Twitter." 
 
 I'm very happy flying in coach I'm happy on a bus or the subway but if I play for first class, that's where I want to be,that was the point — @AndieMacDowell3 ||||| Andie MacDowell was not happy when she and her dog were downgraded from first class to what she called "tourist" class on a recent American Airlines flight. 
 
 The 57-year-old Four Weddings and a Funeral, Magic Mike XXL and Groundhog Day actress took to Twitter recent to vent her frustration. 
 
 "@AmericanAir HELP I paid for first class & they put me in tourist because of my dog that I pre-booked & paid for," she tweeted Friday, alongside a selfie with fellow coach passengers. 
 
 She doesn't look that peeved in the photo—in fact, the actress is smiling widely. 
 
 MacDowell said she encountered "the rudest person I have ever had to deal with" while checking in for her flight in Charlotte, N.C. 
 
 "I was checked 1a when I left LA they told me they would reassigned me Charlotte first class he did not want to help," she wrote. "There was no excuse why the guy would not just let me ask someone to change seats he had a power trip." 
 
 "I just want to be reimbursed for my second part of my trip," she added. ||||| Angry Alec is @ it again — but this time, not on Twitter. 
 
 The same day he deactivated his Twitter account, Alec Baldwin used The Huffington Post to rant yesterday against an American Airlines flight attendant who failed to be awed by his stardom. 
 
 A day after he was booted from an LA-to-JFK flight for freaking out because a crew member told him to turn off his phone, Baldwin last night apologized for delaying his fellow passengers — but resumed his verbal attack on the flight attendant. 
 
 “I was singled out by this woman in the most unpleasant of tones. I guess the fact that this woman, who had decided to make some example of me, while everyone else was left undisturbed, did get the better of me,” Baldwin wrote about the flight attendant on the Huffington Web site. 
 
 “The lesson I’ve learned is to keep my phone off when the 1950s gym teacher is on duty. That was my fault there, even though this trip was quite a bit different from so many others.” 
 
 The loudmouth Capital One spokesman — he plays a pampered passenger getting the most out of his frequent-flier miles in the bank’s ads — first used the words “gym teacher” to describe the airline employee in a series of tweets after he was thrown off the flight. 
 
 It’s not the first time the actor has tried to publicly humiliate a worker who ticked him off. On Sept. 7, Baldwin badmouthed a man making his coffee at Starbucks. 
 
 “Starbucks on 93 and B’way. Uptight Queen barrista [sic] named JAY has an attitude problem,” he tweeted. 
 
 But unlike the coffeehouse giant, American Airlines stood up to the bullying Long Island native, calling Baldwin “rude” for using “offensive language.” 
 
 “The passenger ultimately stood up [with the seat-belt light still on for departure] and took his phone into the plane’s lavatory,” AA said on Facebook. “He slammed the lavatory door so hard, the cockpit crew heard it and became alarmed, even with the cockpit door closed and locked. They immediately contacted the cabin crew to check on the situation. 
 
 “The passenger was extremely rude to the crew, calling them inappropriate names and using offensive language.” 
 
 Baldwin, 53, used his spare time yesterday to again trash the airline and its attendant, saying he was persecuted because of who he is. 
 
 “In this case, while other people were still manipulating their own phones, this one employee singled me out to put my phone away,” Baldwin whined. 
 
 A witness to Baldwin’s tirade said the “30 Rock” star dropped an F-bomb at the flight attendant. 
 
 “ ‘I want your f–king name right now!’ ” he allegedly screamed. 
 
 After that outburst, Baldwin went into the restroom and pounded the walls before coming out to challenge a group of flight attendants, including the original target of his fury. 
 
 “When he cornered the other flight attendants after the bathroom tantrum, he screamed, ‘I want that woman’s name right now!’ ’’ a witness told The Post. 
 
 “Both times, she [Baldwin’s flight-attendant target] said, ‘You can copy it from my name tag.’ ” 
 
 Later Baldwin deactivated his popular Twitter account, leaving his 600,000 followers in the dark. 
 
 In one of his last tweets, Baldwin wrote, “Let’s play a game called Mass Unfollowing. I want to crash this acct and start again.” 
 
 Baldwin’s rep said he didn’t know when or if the raging actor would be back on Twitter. 
 
 Baldwin insisted he was merely playing the online game Words with Friends while the plane was on the ground. 
 
 Words with Friends maker Zynga lapped up the attention, as the game enjoyed a huge spike in popularity following Baldwin’s tirade. 
 
 The Scrabble-esque time killer had 5.5 million Facebook users yesterday, up from 5.2 million on Saturday and Sunday..
– Andie MacDowell says that she'll no longer be doing two things: paying for first class on American Airlines and complaining on Twitter. USA Today reports that a kerfuffle began on Friday, when the Groundhog Day star tweeted "HELP" to @AmericanAir because she had been downgraded from first class to tourist after having been assigned to seat 1A, meaning there was no seat in front of her under which to place the dog she was traveling with. She also complained that while checking in for her flight in Charlotte, NC, she met "the rudest person I have ever had to deal with," though she conceded that there was "more legroom in tourist." Many Twitter users failed to be moved by her plight, with one tweeting "God bless you for tolerating the peasants," E! Online reports. But MacDowell's fans sprang to her defense, sparking a fierce debate in which the star fired off dozens of tweets to both supporters and critics, reports USA Today. "I'm very happy flying in coach I'm happy on a bus or the subway but if I [pay] for first class, that's where I want to be," she wrote. By Sunday, having apparently "learned the hard way that tweeting a complaint doesn't always get sympathy on social media," she said it was time to move on, the CBC reports. (Click to read about 13 celebrities behaving badly on planes.)