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Want Better Treatment When You Fly? Watch How This Southwest Passenger Did Everything Wrong (And What It Cost Her)

by Gary Leff on January 6, 2025

Jan 06 2025

A parent in this situation should be the most sympathetic passenger imaginable – but not when she drops the f-word a second time, and calls the agent something else too. And that’s before even bringing the employee’s race into it through use of an epithet sometimes used to describe African Americans.

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Sleeping Passengers Abandoned On Empty American Airlines Planes: A Startling Union Memo Reveals Why

by Gary Leff on January 6, 2025

Jan 06 2025

American Airlines flight attendants apparently have been leaving passengers on board aircraft. Everyone leaves the plane, and the sleeping passenger is still there. Sometimes they’re in a window seat and no one notices. Other times they’re in the lavatory.

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Airplane Floor Beds For Kids? Family Trades Safety Concerns For Social Media Fame

by Gary Leff on January 6, 2025

Jan 06 2025

The online social media Australian-Filipina Blackman family shared their travels with kids in coach – booking the bulkhead row and letting the kids sleep on the floor for their flight. While they’re mostly known among their millions of followers for cute family content, this has caused some consternation in aviation circles.

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United Flies Farther, Delta Banks the Most, And Star Alliance Tops Worldwide Revenue – Breaking Down The Numbers

by Gary Leff on January 6, 2025

Jan 06 2025

United Airlines flies the most seat miles – they fly a lot of widebodies great distances around the world. Delta Air Lines produces the most revenue. They get paid.

American Airlines, though, flies the most passengers. Of course it’s El Paso to Dallas, Charlotte to Savannah and Phoenix to Reno.

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TSA Bins Are Dirtier Than You Can Imagine – Even the Agents Are Grossed Out [Roundup]

by Gary Leff on January 6, 2025

Jan 06 2025

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

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Trapped By Waymo On Way To The Airport: Self-Driving Taxi Just Spins In Circles As Passenger’s Flight Slips Away

by Gary Leff on January 5, 2025

Jan 05 2025

Mike Johns was trying to get from Phoenix home to Los Angeles. He took a Waymo to the airport, only it wouldn’t stop looping around a parking lot instead of heading to the terminal.

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‘I’ve Never Experienced Service Like This’: United Airlines Agent Saves 91-Year-Old From $1,000 Booking Mistake

by Gary Leff on January 5, 2025

Jan 05 2025

One 91 year old reader – who is still a working actor – shared a story about United that shows initiative, customer service, and just what United employees can and sometimes will do to take care of a customer.

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Why AAdvantage Members Struggle To Book Asia Premium Cabin Awards—And Why It’s Not All American’s Fault

by Gary Leff on January 5, 2025

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Jan 05 2025

Reader Barney wants to know why it’s gotten so hard to use his American Airlines AAdvantage miles to fly in premium cabins to Asia, or whether he’s imagining things? I’d say he’s right, and I think I know why.

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United Airlines Moves Up Timeline For Free Starlink Wi-Fi Rollout

by Gary Leff on January 5, 2025

Jan 05 2025

United Airlines is adding free Starlink wifi to its planes over the coming years. They’ve updated the install timeline. Based on experience with Hawaiian Airlines and JSX, it should be faster – and with far less latency – than competitors’ wifi.

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American Airlines Miami Lounge Disaster: Flagship Dining’s Service Failures Highlight Bigger Problems [Roundup]

by Gary Leff on January 5, 2025

Jan 05 2025

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

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