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person packing shipping box with luggage with caption 'Let's see how much it costs to ship my luggage to Florida versus paying $150 to Spirit Airlines' (l) woman with luggage at counter at Spirit airlines airport (c) hand on cardboard box heading to Florida with caption 'It only cost $34.33 Let's go.' (r)

‘Check-in baggage dupe’: Spirit Airlines customer ships luggage for $35 instead of checking a bag for $150

'The rest will fit in my backpack.'

On Jan 25, 2023 by Braden Bjella

IRL

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 10: Federal Bureau of Investigation seal outside the J. Edgar Hoover F.B.I. Building in Washington, DC September 10, 2016.

‘Vast Muslim registry deployed against Muslims’: American-Islamic group calls on FBI to stop maintaining No Fly List

'Even a cursory review of the lists show they are both almost entirely lists of Arabic and Muslim names.'

On Jan 24, 2023 by Mikael Thalen

Tech

Karen gets escorted out of Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines ‘Karen’ tells whole plane ‘I hope y’all crash and die!’ while getting booted off

'Pilot wasn't having that bad juju!!'

On Jan 17, 2023 by Jack Alban

Internet Culture IRL

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft is airborne with sky and hills in background

‘A complete stranger helped him’: Woman says Alaska Airlines lost her son

'Few hrs later they call to ask if I ever got my kid.'

On Jan 11, 2023 by Rebekah Harding

IRL

Federal Aviation Administration on phone in hand in front of monitor with FAA website on screen

Biden says no evidence of cyberattack in FAA outage that grounded flights

'We don't know what the cause of it is.'

On Jan 11, 2023 by Mikael Thalen

Tech

bag of luggage on concrete (l) United Airlines sign above counter (c) bag of luggage on wooden table on concrete (r)

‘United is lying about it’: A traveler tracked her missing luggage across town with an AirTag after United told her it was at a distribution center

'Folks please share so other United passengers who lost their bags know this may be their fate.'

On Jan 3, 2023 by Jacob Seitz

Tech

guy shows man forcing bag to fit into frontiers measuring box tiktok

‘This guy barely used any force at all, and he was still forced to pay $100’: Passenger allegedly had to pay bag fee after using force to fit bag into dimension-checker box

'Yeah I'm not apologizing and I'm disputing the credit card charge.'

On Nov 19, 2022 by Jack Alban

IRL

‘Sacrificed comfort for his currency’: Frontier Airlines passenger hacks strict bag size rule

'I don't think she liked my husband's solution.'

On Oct 20, 2022 by Lauren Castro

IRL

tiktoker says american airlines is worst to fly with wheelchair tiktok

‘I got to Orlando, and my wheelchair was not here’: Customer says American Airlines forgot to put their wheelchair on flight (updated)

'American Airlines has given me a real f*cking run for my money.'

On Sep 20, 2022 by Braden Bjella

IRL

‘Don’t fly Air France’: TikToker slams Air France for putting her family in economy after paying $12,000 for premium seats

'I paid $12,000 so that I wouldn’t have to sit in economy with my baby on my lap for a 17-hour flight.'

On Sep 18, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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woman in plane seat holding hand on face mask caption 'There's no way this happened on my flight' (l) flight DM's caption 'where u stayin im tryna hit' from chad4C (c) woman in plane seat holding hand on nose caption 'SHUTTT UPPP' (r)

‘I would feel so trapped’: ‘Chad’ harasses woman on airplane via Air New Zealand in-flight DMs

'You can't make this stuff up.'

On Aug 13, 2022 by Melody Heald

IRL

person crying caption 'they had me get off the plane in front of everyone along with my wife to interrogate me about the eczema i've had my whole life. they asked me to provide medical documents and told my wife to watch her attitude. i've never been so humiliated in my life' (l) Spirit Airlines plane flying in blue sky (c) person crying caption 'they had me get off the plane in front of everyone along with my wife to interrogate me about the eczema i've had my whole life. they asked me to provide medical documents and told my wife to watch her attitude. i've never been so humiliated in my life' (r)

‘Everyone with a visible non-contagious skin condition has been anticipating this’: TikToker says she was forced off Spirit Airlines flight after chronic eczema was mistaken for monkeypox

'Maybe teach your employees what monkeypox looks like before you catch hundreds of medical discrimination cases.'

On Aug 6, 2022 by Jack Alban

IRL

‘People need to mind their business’: People think woman snuck her dog on United Airlines flight, sparking debate

‘I’ve done it. Most of the time, they don’t even ask for paperwork.'

On Jul 25, 2022 by Braden Bjella

Internet Culture IRL

‘I am so disappointed and disgusted’: TikToker claims airline canceled her flight and forced her from the terminal when she asked for accommodations

'This is unfortunately how air travel goes.'

On Jul 23, 2022 by Brooke Sjoberg

Internet Culture IRL

hired person dancing in pineapple costume caption 'ATLANTA It's 8 in the morning' (l) people walking in airport caption 'ATLANTA It's 8 in the morning' (c) hired DJ preforming at airport caption 'ATLANTA It's 8 in the morning' (r)

‘It’s 8 in the morning’: Southwest Airlines hires DJ and dancing pineapple to play Silento’s “Watch Me” for airport travelers

'Imagine if you were just on a 11 hour flight and see this.'

On Jul 15, 2022 by Melody Heald

IRL