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An American Airlines flight attendant announced a new federal law this on Monday on board a trip from Charlotte to Des Moines – claiming they’re being required to vigorously enforce cell phones in airplane mode while onboard the aircraft.
A passenger is suing American Airlines because a flight attendant fell on her. The airline told the judge the incident was entirely the fault of another unruly passenger – but the judge wasn’t buying it – and the case is allowed to proceed, even though that other passenger allegedly pushed the flight attendant onto the seated customer, resulting in injuries.
Captain Renault said to Major Strasser in Casablanca, “I have no conviction, if that’s what you mean. I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy.”
A TikTok influencer faked her Emirates first class experience. She got called out for it online by an Emirates flight attendant, and now that crewmember is in trouble.
A United Airlines passenger flying from Newark to Phoenix got $500 for switching seats with another passenger. The flight was full – oversold even- and a gate agent called him up before the flight.
“Big Curvy Olivia” thinks it is discrimination that aircraft aisles are so narrow, and posts video of herself struggling to get through a United Airlines Polaris business class cabin. But widened aisles would mean even less room for seats! Meanwhile, some ‘plus-sized influencers’ think that airlines should just give them extra space for free.
If an airline gives you a hotel room after a long delay or flight cancellation, it’s often after a long wait, eating into the time you’re able to sleep. Even airlines that will provide you a room automatically through their app may not have any rooms available (at their discount rate) to provide you. And the room you get may not be the kind of place you want to sleep.
A new survey of customers reveals that Southwest is scared. Southwest is asking just how much their passengers hate what they’ve done.
A Frontier Airlines passenger took to social media to complain about a pilot on board flight 3212 on Monday wearing a Trump cap while taking them from Los Angeles to Dallas – Fort Worth. This is generally not allowed and the photo is going viral across various social media platforms.
United is clearly the global carrier among U.S. airlines, and among airlines with the widest reaches in the world, willing to take big swings even to destinations where they lack partners or connecting traffic and that haven’t demonstrated passenger demand yet.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
