I don't understand the Alec Baldwin scam

Is anyone else surprised that he didn’t arrange (or have his assistant arrange) some sort of VIP tour?

“I sued Delta Airlines
'Cause they sold me a ticket to New Jersey
I went there, and it sucked”
– “Weird” Al Yankovic, “I’ll Sue Ya”

Then I wouldn’t agree that a tourist would automatically realize that the tour didn’t land on Liberty Island just from that phrase. You “see NY from the water” if you take a tour that goes to the island as well.