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Two years ago police stormed the Westin Denver airport room of a United Airlines pilot, arresting him for “dancing, gyrating and waiving” naked in front of the TSA screening checkpoint below the window of his room.
Police entered with guns drawn. He was naked. You cannot see out the hotel room window at the people below. But they can see into the room.
United Airlines has transformed itself into the woke hub-and-spoke carrier. If United’s moves to support affirmative action and crack down on offensive speech appeal to you, consider that maybe corporations aren’t your enemy after all.
I’ve gone ahead and booked a couple more sets of 3 business class award roundtrips for later in 2021 thanks to United opening up award seats across the board on many of its toughest to get routes like Houston – Sydney and San Francisco – Singapore. There are even dates where you’ll find 9 or more business class award seats available.
Other open destinations include San Francisco – Bangalore, San Francisco – Tel Aviv, and Newark – Venice (albeit this last with only modest availability).
Love and Hip Hop star Chinese Kitty got into a fight with Instagram model Baddy Gi on board a United Airlines flight – and wound up banned from United.
In video taken on the plane you can see a man standing between the two attention-hounds trying to keep them apart. Chinese Kitty, born Taylor Hing, is known for her work on the Miami version of the television series. She attacks “Baddy Gi” and then starts to leave the aircraft – only to realize she left her Birkin bag on the plane. She’s carrying a bag that can run $12,000 to $200,000 while flying coach.
We usually see passengers being booted from flights for refusing to wear a mask. It’s unusual to see passengers kicked off for complaining about how other passengers are wearing their masks.
However on Saturday’s United Airlines Newark – Tel Aviv flight that’s exactly what happened.
Cocktail picks are those plastic or wooden sticks that you use to place a lime or lemon in a glass for a cocktail. If you have a nice bar at home, your reusable ones might be stainless steel. Wooden ones retail at Amazon, $6.99 for 300 with free Prime shipping.
Now that the second airline bailout is done – the CARES Act contained $50 billion plus invaluable tax relief for U.S. airlines – United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is already positioning for a third bailout. United Airlines is telling the employees they’re recalling from furlough to expect to be furloughed again after March.
Three medical professionals on board administered chest compressions before the fire department arrived to the scene and removed the man to a hospital, where he passed away. There’s now video from onboard the plane during the time he was being treated by passengers.
EMTs among the passengers put themselves at risk to treat the man, whose mask had been removed, but that had been given an oxygen mask from the aircraft. One of them has since fallen ill with Covid-like symptoms.
For parents of two year olds who have difficulty maintaining a mask throughout their flight, fly Delta which permits young children in that situation to be exempt from the requirement.
Flying Delta is exactly what the family did next but, oddly, without their daughter. They “had to get down to Palm Beach” but the two year old stayed home and mom Instagrammed a beach shot.
I believe I was the first to report on the passenger with Covid-19 who died on a United Airlines flight on Monday. Initially the airline tried to wave me off the story. Now they’re acknowledging it.
United Airlines flight 591 from Orlando to Los Angeles diverted to New Orleans Monday evening. Passenger aoverhead the man’s wife telling medical personnel about the man’s Covid-19 diagnosis. Here’s what they’re telling employees.
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 »
