Category Archives for Passengers.
A father flew business class from Chicago to Beijing while they left their kid in coach to annoy and be cared for whatever strangers happened to sit beside them. I hadn’t seen this story before, but it’s just been resurfaced. What’s unique is how one passenger decided to take revenge on the poor parenting – by doing a little poor parenting themselves.
Marine Corps veteran Catherine Banks was pulled off a flight from San Francisco on Wednesday when a flight attendant demanded she remove her shirt calling attention to veteran suicide. There were two problems for Banks: the message was important to her, and she didn’t have a bra on underneath.
A passenger flying American Airlines from San Juan to Miami on Monday reportedly vaped from his middle seat in row 22, “He would take hits on his vape and thought no one could see the vape smoke coming out his nose and mouth.” He was wrong – it was noticed – and another passenger on board reports that the man was detained on arrival by police.
A reader flew Delta business class from New York to Europe where he had a run-in with a flight attendant at the end of the trip – and now he’s worried about being banned from the airline. Yet he says he’s the one that was mistreated!
She cold e-mailed the CEO, telling the airline that (1) she’s “never been intoxicated on a flight” (2) doesn’t know the guy she supposedly had sex on board with, and uh (3) she’s a lesbian so even though she wouldn’t have sex with a random passenger she met on a plane, she definitely wouldn’t do so with a dude.
I’ve been to India many times and still find much outside of my comprehension, including its laws. How is it that a woman who entered the country to have an affair with a taxi driver she’d met on a previous trip wound up detained by police for having done so, with a case being filed against the taxi driver?
Whether it’s the recent Ryanair spectacle, a spontaneous lap dance at 30,000 feet escalated into something straight out of a tabloid’s fever dream, or a supermodel’s complaint that passengers don’t give her privacy while she becomes intimate with her girlfriend at her seat, the skies are bustling with more than just air traffic. Here are the 9 greatest instances of Mile High Club adventures.
As we navigate the turbulent airspace of public intimacy, one must ponder: when did the fasten seatbelt sign become a mere suggestion?
You put your name, phone number and probably email address on your luggage. You’re even required to put that information on regional jet valet tags. And that means it’s out in public, for anyone to see.
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.
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 »
