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Beware of flying United Airlines

Sicard
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https://uk.yahoo.com/news/united-passenger-dragged-off-plane-004400916.html

Not just worrying - frightening.

I wonder if it's many partners have the same policy.
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  • Stevie_Palimo
    Stevie_Palimo Posts: 3,306 Forumite
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    This subject already bashed to death on here.
  • DUKE
    DUKE Posts: 7,360 Forumite
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    I'd never fly United again, bad attitude staff who need some serious training from Emirates, Etihad, Thai, even Tom Cook :eek: or Thomson :eek: could learn the nasal, whiny bi*ches some manners.
  • PompeyPete
    PompeyPete Posts: 7,126 Forumite
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    United got me and the cook to Nicaragua via Houston and back last year without any hiccups.

    Thumbs up from me.:)
  • Ganga
    Ganga Posts: 4,253 Forumite
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    PompeyPete wrote: »
    United got me and the cook to Nicaragua via Houston and back last year without any hiccups.

    Thumbs up from me.:)

    I suspect this is a one off,if it happened every day they would indeed struggle to get customers.
    I also suspect that the passenger who was dragged of the plane will get a lot of money in compensation.:rotfl:
  • DigForVictory
    DigForVictory Posts: 12,109 Forumite
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    The consensus appears to be they made a stonking glitch at boarding & should have run the price higher rather than allow the heavy squad aboard.

    That said, onboard, it was not handled well but up to a point if you hadn't realised it was just overbooking but worried about security it might have been reassuring. In a rather icky way.
  • IAmWales
    IAmWales Posts: 2,024 Forumite
    DUKE wrote: »
    I'd never fly United again, bad attitude staff who need some serious training from Emirates, Etihad, Thai, even Tom Cook :eek: or Thomson :eek: could learn the nasal, whiny bi*ches some manners.

    * teach

    I doubt they'll miss your business.
  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 35,938 Forumite
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    Ganga wrote: »
    I suspect this is a one off,if it happened every day they would indeed struggle to get customers.
    I also suspect that the passenger who was dragged of the plane will get a lot of money in compensation.:rotfl:
    Or maybe not such a one-off:
    http://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-united-low-priority-passenger-20170412-story.html
  • DUKE
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    IAmWales wrote: »
    * teach

    I doubt they'll miss your business.

    Cheeky! :p I certainly wont be missing theirs either.
  • LoraN
    LoraN Posts: 13 Forumite
    I fight one time with United, and everything was nice. That's sad that you had such experience :(
  • waamo
    waamo Posts: 10,298 Forumite
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    LoraN wrote: »
    I fight one time with United, .... :(

    Crikey how many passengers have United Airlines beaten up?
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