Passenger tips

Don't joke about airline pilots and alcohol.

A United Airlines passenger said he was thrilled about being served a first-class manicotti meal in an economy-plus seat — until he says it almost landed him on a no-fly list.

The passenger who generated dozens of memes for accusing another passenger of being "not real" on an American Airlines flight is said to live in a multimillion-dollar house in Lakewood, Dallas, per a New York Post report.

A United Airlines passenger flew two hours across the US after the airline failed to reunite her with her bag.

A man has accused a United Airlines flight attendant of shaming him and his wife over their special needs child's behavior during a flight from New Delhi to Newark. 

An airline passenger with a severe nut allergy bought 48 packs of peanuts on her flight to prevent anyone from opening them.

A Delta Air Lines passenger threatened to hurt a flight attendant on board a recent flight to New Orleans, according to a report by the local television station FOX8. 

A New Jersey-bound Delta Airlines flight turned around mid-air and headed back to a Massachusetts airport after an anonymous caller told police that a passenger on the plane made threats about the flight, authorities said early Monday.

A passenger on Royal Caribbean's Spectrum of the Seas fell overboard on Monday, the Singapore-based news outlet, The Strait Times, reported.

A Delta passenger said she had to tape safety pamphlets to her window on an eight-hour international flight after she was told by a flight attendant it was the only way she could get shade. 

For all their copious complaints about tight seating and sketchy service, consumers have proven themselves to be remarkably price-sensitive, willing to forego all manner of niceties to save a buck or two. Proof positive is the reliably robust financial performance of the likes of Southwest and Spirit.

The media—social media, asocial media, major media, marginal media, all media—has been positively aflame for the past 24 hours with reporting and editorializing on United Airlines’ latest mishandling of a passenger confrontation.

Congressman Rick Nolan (D-Minnesota) introduced legislation today that would require U.S. airlines to provide travelers with a one-page “bill of rights.”

As reported by the Branson Tri Lakes News, a passenger on a Southwest flight in 2014 that landed at the wrong airport is suing the airline for $74,999.99.

For decades, airlines just about everywhere have been resisting government-mandated passenger rights regulations. Despite the fact that the airlines brought on themselves many of the regulations they hate; they’ve had a remarkably deaf ear for customer pain points. That struggle has been ongoing for years both in the U.S. and abroad.

An American Airlines flight turned back to New York City after a disagreement ensued between a passenger and a flight attendant. 

The US Coast Guard has stopped its search for a 30-year-old male passenger who went overboard from the Carnival Elation cruise ship on Sunday.

A 29-year-old man was arrested after attempting to open an aircraft's emergency exit door in mid-air, The Times of India reported.

After a long weekend of work in Las Vegas, April Love planned to doze off on her Delta Air Lines return flight from Las Vegas to Atlanta, but her day descended into what she said was the worst travel experience of her life.

A Bangkok-bound flight departing from Chiang Mai reportedly had to return to the gate moments before takeoff after a passenger became unruly over a bag he left at the airport.

Countless conversations about flight etiquette have raged on TikTok in recent months, and one passenger has sparked yet another discussion about plane seating, after she said her partner refused to pay an additional fee to sit beside her.