United Airlines will allow groups of up to five MileagePlus members to share and redeem their bonus miles through one linked account, TravelLeisure reports. Crediting bonus miles to a joint account will not affect an individual member's status with the airline. And if…
United Airlines offers to redeem your gift cards for United Miles. More than 100 retailers participate in United's MileagePlus gift card redemption program, including Starbucks, Target and even Southwest Airlines, TravelLeisure reports. The exchange is carried out entirely online. This allows frequent flyers…
A French court has sentenced a United Airlines pilot who showed up to work in a state of intoxication to six months' suspended prison sentence. Yahoo! writes about it. The 63-year-old American, who was identified as Henry W., was supposed to take off from Charles de…
Boeing 777 United Airlines returned to its point of departure due to a passenger who caused chaos on board. He refused to follow the instructions of the crew members. More details told One Mile At A Time. This incident occurred on July 20, 2023 and is associated with UA871…
Changing time zones is often one of the most difficult stages of travel. And although commercial aviation took off more than a century ago, there is still no simple solution. Luckily, United Airlines and Chase have teamed up to help frequent flyers deal with one…
One of the toughest questions about reducing greenhouse gas emissions is what to do about aviation. Most commercial aircraft are too heavy to fly on electricity with today's technology. But United Airlines is already talking about how electric…
A mechanical problem on a United Airlines flight caused the plane to make an emergency landing in the early hours of September 22 at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, CNN reports. “When our plane encountered a mechanical problem shortly after takeoff, it was left in the air to burn…
United Airlines has created a game where you can feel like a pilot or a dispatcher. It is in the airline's application and was created so that travelers do not get bored on the way. Simple Flying writes about it. The air traffic control game is called Cleared...
Veteran flight attendant Ricardo Gedes spent 23 years at United Airlines under an assumed name. The Brazilian stole the identity of William Ladd, who died in a car accident at the age of 4 in the 1970s, according to INSIDER. Investigators matched two sets of fingerprints provided by Guedes to the Brazilian government and ...
A Colorado woman said that she, her husband and child were taken off a United Airlines flight after their two-year-old daughter refused to wear a mask. According to the mother, the experience was "absolutely traumatic" and "very humiliating." Writes about this Fox News. IN…