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Woman’s Ryanair flight gets delayed for so long, she ends up joining a stranger’s gender reveal: ‘Do you get to be a godmother now?’

By Rachel Thomas May 19th
Flight attendant gets on flight at Denver airport. Then the pilot tells her ‘autopilot’ isn’t working

By Ljeonida Mulabazi Apr 29th
‘I thought you could only take flights at like 6 in the morning’: Man flies from Atlanta to L.A. Then he reveals the cost to fly during peak hours

By Gisselle Hernandez Apr 28th
Couple boards red-eye flight from California to New York. Then she realizes he booked first-class—only for himself: ‘Leave him or leave us out of it’

By Ljeonida Mulabazi Apr 21st
Woman gets on flight to Chicago. Then a ‘frat boy’ pilot gets on the intercom: ‘Can confirm many of my pilots are 23-30 years old’

By Rachel Thomas Apr 19th
Woman trusts boyfriend to book their flights. Then she boards hers and realizes his mistake after it’s too late: ‘May this kind of love never find me

By Rachel Thomas Apr 15th
New York mom does everything in her power to keep 4-month-old quiet on plane. Then someone walks up to her with shocking request

By Ljeonida Mulabazi Apr 8th
Southwest customer accuses worker of body-shaming after being told she needs to buy 2 seats: ‘What was the issue if you were the only one in the row?’

By Rebekah Harding Apr 7th
Woman encounters a window-seat thief while flying from Newark. But her struggle didn’t end after getting her seat back: ‘Why should I hold your bag?’

By Kopal Apr 2nd
LA woman gets confused seeing a long line at LAX airport and asks a lady about it. Her response left her too stunned to speak: ‘No sh-t’

By Kopal Apr 1st
Woman tries to board flight in Chicago with ‘medical device.’ Now she’s calling out Delta for discrimination: ‘A breast pump is not a medical device’

By Ljeonida Mulabazi Apr 1st
Woman boards flight from Seattle to Honolulu. Now she’s warning a girl after boyfriend flirted with seatmate: ‘I love a girls’ girl’

By Rebekah Harding Mar 29th
Woman arrives at Atlanta airport 5 hours early for LaGuardia flight. 12 hours later, she’s back where she started: ‘You could’ve drove home…to NYC’

By Ljeonida Mulabazi Mar 27th
California woman flies first-class from Aruba to Washington, D.C. Then a ‘rude’ United flight attendant starts giving out her information willy-nilly

By Rachel Thomas Mar 26th
Delta passenger with MS says first-class passenger said she didn’t look ‘disabled enough’ to pre-board. So they removed her: ‘Absolutely humiliating’

By Braden Bjella Mar 26th
Florida woman gets to airport. Then she realizes she’s missing her wallet—with her license inside. What can she do?

By Braden Bjella Mar 25th
‘I’m scared’: Spirit Airlines customer gets on train in Houston airport. Then it traps her inside at 3 am—and she’s alone

By Stacy Fernandez Mar 25th
Woman with five-month-old gets ready to board Southwest—then they tell her there’s no family boarding anymore: ‘I was standing in group 7’

By Ljeonida Mulabazi Mar 24th
Delta leaves a note that her suitcase got ‘minor’ damage. Then she sees how they left it: ‘I don’t want to know what major damage is’

By Rebekah Harding Mar 23rd
Arizona man wants a refund after seeing what worker is doing to Spirit airplane before flight: ‘Tape cost more than your rent’ 

By Rachel Thomas Mar 19th