Delta’s brand new Naples to Atlanta flight melted down on May 27 before even leaving Italy. Flight 279 sat on the ground for more than seven hours, and was then cancelled outright. Roughly 200 exhausted passengers were herded onto buses and driven a dozen miles to a hotel where the airline had reserved just 13 rooms.
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On Monday, June 2 2025, American Airlines flight 780 took off from Philadelphia for Naples, Italy. They sent the wrong plane – and passengers wound up having to land 124 miles away in Rome.
When two runways were shut down at LAX so then-President Clinton could get a haircut it was a nationwide scandal. I look forward to people who were outraged at that incident defending this one.
Hotel employees are trading stories of their worst guests, prompted by a front desk agent at a New York City Marriott. And some of the things guest incidents are just off the charts crazy.
The two were charged with “serving contaminated food and hurting people’s religious sentiments” the latter being a ‘very Indian’ charge.
My first thought was, a trip credit for a lap infant, I guess I need to buy him a seat next time! Of course I can use his travel credit for my own travels – with his permission, of course! 15,000 points would have felt light, but 45,000 points plus $150 seems pretty good. Perhaps I should be complaining more often.
A guest is suing the St. Regis Bal Harbour in Miami claiming an employee used his master key to access her room while she was naked in the shower — and stood there, watching, for several minutes.
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