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Last week Spanish social media influencer Mery Caldass uploaded a video from an airport, crying as she shared that her travel plans to Puerto Rico had fallen apart: “I asked ChatGPT if I needed a visa, and it told me no.”
A Southwest Airlines passenger gets into an argument at the gate. He seems to have shown up late – his seat have have been given away to a standby passenger. But he pushes past the agent and tries to rush the boarding door anyway and get onto the plane.
One coach passenger boarded their Zurich – New York JFK flight and found a a bare foot planted squarely on their armrest. It wasn’t an accidental brush or quick stretch – it was a full, unrepentant, toes-out encroachment before boarding had even finished. And all they could think was: “I have a 9 hour flight ahead of me.”
The crew slapped restraints on him. Twice. He broke free both times. The second time, a 6’6″ ex-football player on the flight manhandled him back down like a toddler into a car seat. “Sit your ass down,” he apparently told the man,
A Delta Air Lines passenger sitting at the bulkhead was spotted barefoot, with their feet up on the cabin divider. Their shoes were on the floor, with socks crumpled in the aisle.
And they were wearing very short shorts – or possibly underwear – but seeingly no pants.
A United Airlines passenger’s explosive lavatory episode cancelled their flight, sparked a hazmat response, and became a viral confession.
A passenger accidentally boarded Delta flight 607 from New York JFK to Las Vegas on Sunday. He meant to fly to Los Angeles.
An Ibom Air passenger traveling from Uyo to Lagos, Nigeria was filmed striking a flight attendant and then clashing with airport security on arrival on Sunday, August 10, 2025. The airline has banned her, and she’s been remanded to Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending court proceedings.
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told the story that after boarding, she stepped back off the aircraft to make “one more” phone call after the plane’s door had been closed, and proceeded to pounded on the aircraft door when she they wouldn’t let her back on. According to McCarthy, the pilot passed the lawmaker’s purse out the cckpit window – and the carrier barred her for life.
Atlanta rapper Erica Banks of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta fame was caught with a handgun going through a TSA security checkpoint at the Atlanta airport on Wednesday night.
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 »
