Don't self-upgrade

[Copper]

United Airlines Flight To Israel Diverts Due To Self-Upgraders

United flight to Tel Aviv returns to Newark

This incident involves United Airlines flight UA90 from Newark (EWR) to Tel Aviv (TLV) yesterday evening (Thursday, January 20, 2022), operated by a Boeing 787-10. The flight was scheduled to depart Newark at 11:05PM and arrive in Tel Aviv at 4:20PM today.

Bottom line

Last night’s United Airlines flight from Newark to Tel Aviv ended up being an over two hour journey to nowhere because of two disruptive passengers who decided to self-upgrade. Reportedly they just took business class seats after takeoff since they weren’t full, and refused to return to their original seats.

The flight ended up being canceled, so presumably hundreds of people were stranded (since a flight in the other direction had to be canceled as well), and this cost United a pretty chunk of change.

https://onemileatatime.com/news/united-airlines-flight-diverts-self-upgraders/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=One Mile at a Time&utm_content=United Airlines Flight To Israel Diverts Due To Self-Upgraders

[Mik]

Assholes.