Employee United Airlines force transplanted a woman from business class in economy

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A United Airlines employee forced the woman to move from her seat in business class to the back of the plane, without providing any explanation.

Affected Karen Shibolet, who 10 September 2016, flew the plane United Airlines Heathrow airport to start college in London, filed a lawsuit against the company, reports New York Daily News.

After several upgrades Shibolet managed to book a place in the class BusinessFirstwhose value was $ 3 146,66 and 60 thousands of award miles American Express.

The girl usually did not travel in business class, but that time, having flown to London for a long time, she took with her a lot of valuable things. The first class was supposed to protect her belongings, as well as create additional comfort, because very few people could survive a flight overseas without excitement and stress.

After Shibolet put the plane in the plane, she noticed that in the class BusinessFirst there were a few empty seats.

However, for 10 minutes before takeoff, the officer United Airlines “Without explanation, demanded that the woman leave the place in United BusinessFirst and moved to the back of the aircraft. "

Shibolet asked for an explanation, but no one told her why she had to move to another place and why she couldn’t just go to a free place. BusinessFirst.

The girl refused to leave her seat, after which an employee of the company brought her by hand (by force) and nevertheless forced her to sit in the tail end of the aircraft on the middle seat.

It is noteworthy that the employee who transplanted the girl was not a steward, it was the duty officer at the landing gate of the company. Flight attendants sympathized with the girl and could not explain what had happened.

Shibolet asked for a partial refund of the cost of the ticket, and she was given a voucher for $ 750, although the difference in the price of her ticket and the ticket to the place where she was transferred was much larger.

Now a woman in court requires the company to pay her $ 150 thousands of damage.

Recall from the beginning of April United Airlines faced immediately several scandals related to the rough treatment of passengers: employees of the company forcefully drove people out of the planewere rude removed from the flight a couple flying to their own wedding, and one of passengers aboard are even bitten by scorpion.

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