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United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby tells his airline’s pilots that American Airlines might “have to de-hub” Chicago O’Hare.
For 17 years – from 1953 until 1970 – United ran daily flights that didn’t allow women. Marketed as “a club in the sky—For Men Only,” the service featured first class seating, steak dinners, cocktails, complimentary cigars, slippers, teletype business news with closing market quotes, and a “last‑minute message” service before pushback.
Andrew Gao, who works at an AI startup, put the United virtual assistant through its paces when it wasn’t giving the help that he was looking for.
United Airlines launched ’15 new destinations’ for winter. And they aren’t shy about saying they’re going after Spirit while they’re down. What they’re actually doing is anticompetitive – and revealing their playbook for blocking competition at Newark and beyond.
United flight 1996 from Chicago O’Hare to San Juan was delayed three hours when the captain spilled coffee in the cockpit. The Airbus A321neo was already taxiing out when this happened
New headphones launch in long haul business class and premium economy starting Monday, September 1 – with premium cross country and long haul Hawaii flighs getting these “by mid-September.”
Passengers screamed as United Flight 5971 plunged 4,000 feet. One said they thought it was the end — and a menu stayed jammed in the ceiling until landing.
United has been expanding its capacity for tarmac transfers and to process passengers through Global Services check-in – and offering those experiences to passengers who do not expect it.
United says the agent was trying to be helpful, and looked up the phone number themselves on the internet rather than through United’s internal systems.
Fed chair Jerome Powell is in Jackson Hole to deliver his last speech there. He had to fly United to get there – the morning prior to his speech.
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 »
