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A passenger brought their own picnic on board a flight, laid out a table cloth and even a battery-powered candle. They had a table tent with their name. And then they laid out a charcuterie board with sliced meat, cheese, crackers, pickles and it looks like maybe some mustard?
People often forget that you can bring your own food on a plane! You don’t have to buy it at the airport. Most airport food is horrible, anyway!
Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews advised a doctor and saved a passenger’s life on board a Southwest Airlines flight from Baltimore to Phoenix today. The situation onboard the aircraft had become tense after a woman suddenly became critically ill, with an extremely low blood pressure and a lack of strong pulse, necessitating the immediate use of oxygen. A doctor and nurse on board volunteered to help stabilize the woman’s condition, but her heart rate remained unstable. Andrews stepped in. He suggested that the woman’s symptoms might be due to her blood sugar levels and offered his personal diabetic testing kit as a potential solution. He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 9. He guided the medical professionals on how to use the testing kit effectively. The woman’s heart rate eventually stabilized. The…
A 74-year-old retired flight attendant, Angela Siddell, alleges she received a black eye and was handcuffed on a JetBlue flight after a dispute over disposing a tea cup, leading her to file a lawsuit.
A business class passenger sparked controversy by removing an economy passenger’s bag from the overhead bin, claiming entitlement to the space. With nowhere left to stow the coach passenger’s bag, it was gate checked.
An American Airlines passenger thought she was flying non-stop from St. Thomas to Chicago O’Hare airport, but found out that she was actually on a flight to Miami.
And she says she was pressured by an American Airlines employee in Miami to give up her Instagram and phone number for a possible date in order to get rebooked home to Los Angeles.
Spirit Airlines passengers bound for San Juan showed up at their gate a couple minutes prior to scheduled departure. They didn’t understand why the boarding gate was closed. They weren’t just there on time, they were early!
Taylor Swift plans to “time travel” by leaving Tokyo after her performance and arriving in Las Vegas in time for the Super Bowl, demonstrating the unique capabilities of international travel across the date line.
Ashlee Powers was flying American Airlines to the US Olympic Marathon Trials. She has an American Airlines credit card so that she can have priority boarding, which should mean better access to overhead bin space.
Despite plenty of space available still for bags on board, including directly above her seat, Ms. Powers was stressed on the way to the most important moment of her life, having been made to give up her Olympic running gear.
Air travel doesn’t always work out the way that you want. Seat assignments don’t always work out the way that you want. Your desire for a different outcome, though, is between you and the airline – it doesn’t impose an obligation on other passengers to disadvantage themselves for your benefit.
Sometimes they will! There’s no harm in asking. But it’s perfectly fine for them to say no.
A passenger on a Spirit Airlines flight reportedly removed his pants and shirt and walked through the aisle while the seatbelt sign remained on. The flight had been delayed for several hours, and the man apparently hadn’t sobered up, but though he was obviously intoxicated at the start of the trip a passenger says that the airline didn’t remove him.
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 »
