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Lauren Phillips shared that she was flying Delta Air Lines first class and “threaten[ed] by a employee that she won’t let me on the plane bc of the way I’m dressed.”
Here’s a video making the rounds, that I’ve seen on several twitter accounts and also on LinkedIn, purporting to show a young child kicking the seat back of the man in front of them. The child is a bundle of energy, bouncing a bit up and down in their seat. And the man in the row ahead speaks to the mom about it.
The man’s wife counsels some grace, “he’ll stop in a sec, he’s a kid.” But the man turns around and asks the mother to “get your kid under control.” And they begin to talk about whether she’s a good parent or not.
Dozens of flights were delayed at the Sydney airport, as Malaysia Airlines flight 122 made an emergency landing after a self-proclaimed “slave of Allah” made a bomb threat and – at least metaphorically – is said to have taken the flight “hostage.”
On July 2, an American Airlines passenger declares that a man seated by her was “not real” and warned everyone that if they stayed on board the flight they would die.
The incident that first made the marketing executive with an undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State go viral was an argument with family over Apple AirPods.
One of the most controversial etiquette questions is whether it’s alright for spouses to split up when they fly, with one person in a premium cabin and the other one flying coach?
I finally had the opportunity to experience the choice for myself. My wife, daughter, and I flew from Austin to Las Vegas – and we split up into different cabins.
Venus Williams flew American Airlines to Canada, but American sent her bags to the Bahamas. When she was supposed to be preparing for a tennis match, she was instead focused as her “full time job day and night” for three days calling the airline, hoping to get her bags back. She really doesn’t have people to do that for her?
A comedian named Cindy Arena was traveling with her four and six year old kids and they weren’t seated together. She asked another woman to switch seats so she could sit with her kids. The woman said no. Her right, but…
That meant the mom wasn’t with the kids, and this woman who wouldn’t change was seated next to them instead. One of the kids was four! Hijinks are going to ensue!
Kine-Chan, an OnlyFans model, was denied boarding while leaving Navegantes in southern Brazil. She was wearing a costume resembling Rebecca from Netflix’s “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners,” which is apparently a thing.
Philadelphia rapper Gillie Da King, formerly Gillie Da Kid, was denied check-in by American Airlines in Madrid. His party of four passengers, flying business class, missed the check-in time and they get into an argument – they were at the airport before the cutoff, but weren’t checked in.
The staffer tells the rapper, an AAdvantage Executive Platinum member, “I don’t want to talk to you” and threatens to call the police.
When inner rage hits and there’s just nothing to do with it except let it out, I suppose this is more productive than taking it out on someone else.
A passenger whose flight was cancelled does just that – lets it out – by acting first as though she’s possessed, and then turning to interpretive dance to express herself. We’ve all been there, amiright?
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 »
