United flight attendants, who haven’t seen a pay raise in five years, are being promised a potential breakthrough deal this March—but the airline says they’ll need to accept tradeoffs on scheduling, and unpaid leave to get it done.
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Serial Stowaway Strikes Again—Caught In Delta Lavatories, Now Sneaks Onto United Flight To Milan
A woman who famously stowed away on a Delta flight to Paris—spending hours undetected in lavatories—has struck again, sneaking through TSA and boarding a United flight from Newark to Milan.
Top Analyst Warns United: MileagePlus Changes Could Kill Loyalty—’If You Don’t Have Their Credit Card, You Don’t Matter’
United Airlines is aggressively pushing customers toward its credit cards with major MileagePlus changes, but top airline analyst Henry Harteveldt warns this strategy could backfire—alienating loyal flyers who feel that without the card, their business simply doesn’t matter.
United Will Operate 750 Daily Flights From Chicago—Leaked Slides Show Revenue Falling Nearly 3x Faster Than Elsewhere
United Airlines is flooding Chicago O’Hare with up to 750 flights per day this summer—its biggest schedule ever—but leaked internal slides reveal revenue per seat mile there is already falling 2.7 times faster than elsewhere. The airline appears willing to depress short-term profits, betting that American Airlines can’t afford to match this costly fare war.
United Airlines Slashes MileagePlus Earnings Up To 40% And Hikes Award Prices—If You Don’t Have Their Credit Card
United Airlines is drastically cutting mileage earning and increasing award prices for passengers without a MileagePlus credit card, pushing flyers to sign up for its cards as it moves aggressively toward becoming an even more card-centric program.
‘Stop, He’s Already Dead!’ Leaked United Slides Mock Collapse of American’s ‘Temporary’ Chicago Hub, Plan To Beat Them Revealed
Internal slides leaked from United Airlines reveal its aggressive strategy to dominate Chicago O’Hare, as their leadership openly mocks American’s hub there as “temporary” underscoring how American’s strategic missteps have cost hundreds of millions in losses.
‘Temporary Hub’: United Airlines CFO Brutally Mocks American Airlines, Teases Merger and Big Product Changes
United Airlines CFO Michael Leskinen openly ridiculed American Airlines’ strategy at Chicago O’Hare—declaring it a “temporary hub”—while hinting at upcoming major product announcements, loyalty program upgrades, and potential mergers on the horizon.
United Airlines Tells Employees Flight Attendants Can Have Industry’s Highest Pay—But Union Won’t Say Yes
In a blunt internal message to employees, United Airlines says it has offered flight attendants the highest pay rates in the industry, but claims union leaders are refusing to agree to the needed tradeoffs. After five years without raises, here’s what’s holding up a deal.
United Airlines Is Handing Out Silver Elite Status—Breaks Precedent In Loyalty Strategy
United Airlines is quietly giving away Silver elite status—a dramatic shift from traditional airline loyalty strategy—by pairing it directly with targeted credit card offers, signaling a bold new approach that could change how frequent flyer perks are earned industry-wide.
United Flight Attendant Stops Snack Service to Comfort Passenger In Tears, Afraid Of Missing Connection
When a passenger broke down in tears, terrified she’d miss her connecting flight to China, a United Airlines flight attendant paused snack service, knelt in the aisle, and comforted her in a powerful moment of compassion—captured in a viral video that’s going around for all the right reasons.











