Category Archives for Passengers.
Years after the “Racist Burger King” passenger made the airplane crown infamous, the crown has returned to a plane with a very different energy. This time, a Black passenger sits calmly in the window seat wearing a similar gold crown — subverting the meme and taking back the symbol.
United Flight 2005 from Chicago to Minneapolis diverted to Madison after pilots declared a Level 4 threat when a Russian passenger allegedly threatened people onboard and charged the cockpit door. Off-duty law enforcement helped subdue him before landing, where police took him into custody.
“Your mother didn’t raise you right.” A woman on an American Airlines flight tried to deplane at Charlotte, moving toward the front of the aircraft and shoving herself past other customers while passengers were still waiting to deplane. The aircraft door apparently is even not open yet. She wants to move forward. Two passengers challenge her cutting the line to get off the aircraft and things get worse when she argues.
A passenger denied boarding at Manchester Airport after urinating on himself turned the refund fight into a livestreamed bridge standoff, shutting down access to Terminal 2 while demanding £2,700 back for his missed Jamaica trip. Police eventually brought cash to the scene — and then arrested him anyway
A man died in an Uber crash on the way to Midway Airport. Now the Illinois Supreme Court is considering whether his widow can sue Uber in court — or whether her own unrelated Uber app account forces her wrongful-death claims into arbitration.
This woman won’t fly private or first class with her kids. And there’s a reasonable argument here, but this one’s so over the top I’m actually not sure if it’s parody?
Passengers reportedly got off a flight in Philadelphia still fighting, and the argument did not end at the jet bridge. New video near gate E8 shows the brawl spilling into the terminal, with one woman on the ground, another lunging over her, and bystanders rushing in after the fight dragged more people into the chaos.
Reclining is allowed. Repeatedly body-slamming your seatback for two hours because the guy behind you is tall is not. That is what passengers say happened on a United flight from Denver to Chicago, while the 6’7″ man behind him somehow stayed completely unbothered while a flight attendant allowed it to continue.
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey apparently went 20 years without seeing each other after their divorce. They both were in the same cabin of a flight to Hawaii, while Simpson’s second ex sat in back with their three kids.
Humanoid robots are now getting their own airline seats, and the rules are not ready. Southwest crews delayed one flight over a passenger’s 75-pound robot. On another crew had to figure out whether it was a passenger, baggage, or a lithium-battery problem. Robots are starting to enter ordinary travel faster than airline rules can keep up.
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 »
