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A passenger claims she was charged for her carry-on bag while boarding a Ryanair flight – while another woman with the exact same bag wasn’t. That other woman? She was “gorgeous.”
U.K.-based sports journalist Leyla Hamed flew Etihad from Abu Dhabi and says she was questioned by security over her Palestine soccer t-shirt during a stopover. She was told to change or cover the word “Palestine.” Hamed says she “always wear[s] Palestine t-shirts” while traveling, as protest and vocal expression against Israel.
An American Airlines passenger draped her hair over the back of her seat, right into the view of the passenger seated behind her. It was draped over and covering up the tray table. So what’s your inflight vigilantism style?
In video, the blonde passenger is confronted by a man asking if she’d taken his charging cable. She says that she did, and he wants it back.
Dr. Erin Nance, a New York-based orthopedic hand surgeon, and founder of a social media platform for women dealing with chronic health issues, flew American Airlines in business class to Europe. She stepped in and gave up her lie flat seat to save the flight from having to divert to Canada. And now the airline is pretending they don’t know who she is when she’s asking about a make-good on her ticket.
The the last first class passenger came on board. She was “first class Karen,” the “Most Important Person On The Plane who ‘paid hundreds of dollars more than anybody else'”
A passenger shared their experience traveling with their 10 year old, and the internet is furious. These parents have their son sit alone on flights – even when they’re all flying together. The parents sit together, and the child gets placed in a middle seat, often people two other people traveling together. Let those people watch their kid.
In a startling incident at New York’s JFK Airport, a man went on a destructive rampage at the JetBlue check-in area, reportedly after being denied a ticket to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Onlookers were stunned as he shouted and caused significant damage to the airline’s kiosks.
A South Carolina man is facing felony charges after allegedly making terroristic threats at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas on September 9, 2024. The incident occurred when Jared Peeler, frustrated by the lack of direct flights from Las Vegas to South Carolina, reportedly threatened to blow up the airport and made political remarks supporting Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.
Here’s a woman who got upgraded and her husband didn’t. She takes video of him in back. And he clearly gives her stink eye.
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 »
