Mohammed al-Modadi lit up a cigarette and burned himself into the annals of airline security incidents. As if breaking the no-smoking rule wasn’t bad enough, he made a joke about shoe bombs. Hi, Jack, nice to cause a nationwide scare with ya’. Ah, Qatar.
The Atlantic breaks down the al-Modadi incident in a minute-by-minute timeline here.
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Six airlines of last resort on McSweeney’s.
Here’s a tale of how United Airlines made a passenger take apart their bass guitar before boarding.
After I checked in today at the airport I asked the attendant if I might have received the upgrade i asked for. Instead of just a simple no, I was suddenly told that the Bass Guitar on my [...]
This story of a horrible Delta Airlines experience, in which Delta actually lies to a passenger so they can look like they’re in the right, comes from a reader (of course, this is assuming the reader’s story is true):
I booked a flight from SFO to Dublin, Ireland by way of Atlanta on Delta. I spoke [...]
File this one under United Airlines Complaints: United Breaks Guitars music video:
This American Airlines horror story comes courtesy of the comments on the (quite active) American Airlines complaint thread here:
As of last night, American Airlines has managed to lose my bag for the third time in 2 months! Twice in 2 weeks!! Counter people at airport don’t try to help you. They barely even look at [...]
Had a bad time flying on Air Nippon? Something go wrong traveling on this Japanese airline? Share your story of woe here.
“I need a little audience participation, otherwise this is not going over well.” The Southwest Airlines Rapping Flight Attendant video:
Note: the following came to me via email. Read with standard “hey, email forward” glasses on. I checked snopes to see if they had anything on this, they didn’t.
“REALITY” TRAVEL OPTIONS by UNITED (Not yet trademarked, but soon to show true colors!)
This is a reference to my Portland (PDX) to Buenos Aires (EZE) trip, beginning [...]
Yes, the economy is tanking. But know what? Gas prices are way low. That means airlines must have a bunch of extra cash in their vaults, right? And is there any better way to spend extra money than to spend it on bacon?
Bacon. Kids love it. Adults love it. It’s the Food of the Moment. [...]