Don't fly United

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He didn't comply because has a mental illness in addition to his criminal convictions.

You must be one of the four United employees who bumped paying customer on that overbooked flight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the excuse airlines give for overbooking flights. Airline tickets are usually nonrefundable so if someone doesn't show up they already paid & the airline gets the money. Is it that the airlines want to be able to get twice as much money for that seat if you don't show up?

Please answer, 17:02, or anyone...? -DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the excuse airlines give for overbooking flights. Airline tickets are usually nonrefundable so if someone doesn't show up they already paid & the airline gets the money. Is it that the airlines want to be able to get twice as much money for that seat if you don't show up?

Please answer, 17:02, or anyone...? -DP

Not 17:02 or airline expert, but my non-expert guess is this way airline gets more money. Also, not all tickets are non-refundable, depending on ticket class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the excuse airlines give for overbooking flights. Airline tickets are usually nonrefundable so if someone doesn't show up they already paid & the airline gets the money. Is it that the airlines want to be able to get twice as much money for that seat if you don't show up?

Please answer, 17:02, or anyone...? -DP

Not 17:02 or airline expert, but my non-expert guess is this way airline gets more money. Also, not all tickets are non-refundable, depending on ticket class.

Yeah, pure greed, why not? Our elected politicians are allowing them to get away with this shit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the excuse airlines give for overbooking flights. Airline tickets are usually nonrefundable so if someone doesn't show up they already paid & the airline gets the money. Is it that the airlines want to be able to get twice as much money for that seat if you don't show up?

Pretty much yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the excuse airlines give for overbooking flights. Airline tickets are usually nonrefundable so if someone doesn't show up they already paid & the airline gets the money. Is it that the airlines want to be able to get twice as much money for that seat if you don't show up?

Pretty much. Pure greed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the excuse airlines give for overbooking flights. Airline tickets are usually nonrefundable so if someone doesn't show up they already paid & the airline gets the money. Is it that the airlines want to be able to get twice as much money for that seat if you don't show up?

Please answer, 17:02, or anyone...? -DP

Not 17:02 or airline expert, but my non-expert guess is this way airline gets more money. Also, not all tickets are non-refundable, depending on ticket class.

But you generally have to pay a lot more for refundable tickets.

[Anonymous]

Interesting article claiming that United did not have the legal right to remove a passenger, citing specific laws: http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/united-cites-wrong-rule-for-illegally-de-boarding-passenger/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article claiming that United did not have the legal right to remove a passenger, citing specific laws: http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/united-cites-wrong-rule-for-illegally-de-boarding-passenger/

Thank you, PP and Dan Abrams. The plot thickens! I *almost* feel sorry for United Airlines. Has their bozo CEO found a new job yet?

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United Airlines knew the guy was a ethnic MINORITY by his last name. Duh.

Lots of people have "ethnic" last names due to marriage who are not that minority, and vice versa.

United messed up in this situatino in many ways, but I really doubt they are targeting Asians as part of some master plan to discriminate.

Unfortunately for United, many people in Asia don't see it that way now.

Foreign carriers make up 2/3 of the service from the Far East to the US:
https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/US%20International%20Air%20Passenger%20and%20Freight%20Statistics%20Report%20for%20December%202015.pdf

So United doesn't have much to lose.

Also, their stock is up today to where it was before the incident:
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/UAL?p=UAL

How quickly people forget...

Why do you care? Are you a 50 cent from United?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He caused his injuries. All he had to do was use his perfectly fine working legs. He could have easily stood up. It looked like he did everything he could to get banged up. Now everyone feels sorry for him because he is a convicted criminal. It appears he was not raised to obey the law and he feels he can get away with it.

Yes!!! How dare the slaves fight for liberation, the blacks fight for equal rights,.... It was against the law back then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sheer greed, that damn United Airlines.

no, it's the incompetence of low-paying labor.

It is the incompetence of management who is cheap towards both their workers and their cusotmers. How dare they think they deserve million dollar bonus while paying their workers so little.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He didn't comply because has a mental illness in addition to his criminal convictions.

You must be one of the four United employees who bumped paying customer on that overbooked flight.

Maybe he is ODC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sheer greed, that damn United Airlines.

no, it's the incompetence of low-paying labor.

It is the incompetence of management who is cheap towards both their workers and their cusotmers. How dare they think they deserve million dollar bonus while paying their workers so little.

+1,000,000

[Anonymous]

Great Article PP!