Airline Bumped a Family From Business Class to Make Room for Pilots — because They Paid with Miles

Airline bumped a family from business class to make room for pilots — because they paid with miles

Gary Leff, who runs the View From the Wing website, posted an Instagram reel from a woman who said American Airlines kicked her family out of business class seats on a flight from Miami to Milan so that deadheading pilots could occupy those seats. — Read the rest The post Airline bumped a family from business class to make room for pilots — because they paid with miles appeared first on Boing Boing.

American Airlines Took Family’s Business Class Seats For Pilots—Then Offered Dad A Broken Seat Coming Home

After American Airlines took a family’s business class seats for deadheading pilots, the father faced another downgrade coming home because his assigned seat was broken. Also: gate agents confiscate carry-ons while bins remain empty, Emirates accelerates mileage expiration, and airline pilots encounter a man in a lawn chair at 16,000 feet over Los Angeles.