United First Class Passenger Gets Man Booted From Plane After He Pushed Her During Boarding

by Gary Leff

Apr 06 2024

A United Airlines Global Services member shares that their family got a passenger kicked off a flight after that man behaved badly towards their sister.

There’s a weird status game going on here that at least most of us avoid turning into physical aggression. And as a part of that game we engage in assumptions about the people around us, and about who they are and therefore what they’re entitled to – and those assumptions are wrong more than we’re programmed to realize.

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Heroic Stranger On Southwest Airlines Steps Up, Thwarts Creepy Encounter On 10 Year Old’s Solo Flight

by Gary Leff

Apr 06 2024

A mother shared that her 10 year old son flew Southwest Airlines on Sunday as an unaccompanied minor. Her son sat in a window seat. A woman was in the aisle. And a creepy man chose to sit between them.

The woman objected and took the middle herself. The man sat down in the aisle, and tried to chat the boy up across her, even passing the kid his phone number.

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FBI Investigating NYC Mayor’s Free Turkish Airlines Upgrades

by Gary Leff

Apr 05 2024

The FBI is investigating New York City Mayor Eric Adams over free upgrades from Turkish Airlines on both official business and leisure travel. It’s part of a wider corruption investigation into the Mayor’s 2021 campaign.

These allegations have prompted searches and seizures by the FBI, targeting Adams’s electronic devices as well as the homes of others linked to these arrangements, including a former Turkish Airlines executive.

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Snap Up Turkish Airlines Business Class Awards: Wide Open Summer Through End Of Year

by Gary Leff

Apr 05 2024

Turkish Airlines is adding a new Denver – Istanbul flight this summer, and business class awards are wide open – with availability most days starting in July through end of year (and plenty of space returning in January 2025 as well).

Use this to fly to Europe in peak summer! Even during the Paris Olympics. Connect west back to Western Europe, or connect eastward to Asia – you don’t need to use this to go to Turkey. It may be your jumping off point to the Mideast as well. And United Airlines saver award space can be added into awards to get to and from Denver as well.

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