Alright. I used to say that Spirit Airlines was the worst airline in the history of airlines, but United is making a valiant effort to dethrone them. It’s on a roll.
If you recall, United basically killed a precious pup because some idiot attendant forced a passenger to stick it in an overhead bin.
UGH. My heart. Don’t even get me STARTED on that story. For starters, they’d literally have to restrain me. There’s no way in HECK I’d agree to stuffing my puppy in an overhead bin. Even if it weren’t my dog and I was just the random person sitting next to the owner, I’D BE THROWING A FIT OVER IT. Passengers heard panting and barking. I wouldn’t have been able to sit there with that happening. Nope. There’d be a SCENE.
The next day, another story popped up. United accidentally sent a family’s beloved German Shepard to Japan instead of Kansas. As far as we know, they got the situation squared away, but STILL. I’d be so upset.
Well guess what. United screwed up AGAIN. That’s right. A third pet-related incident within one week.
A United flight going from Newark to St. Louis had to be diverted because they accidentally– sorry, “mistakenly”– loaded a dog on the plane. So not only was the owner inconvenienced. Everyone on the entire flight was affected.
The dog was dropped off in Akron, Ohio, and was later “safely delivered” to its owner, the airline said, but it is unclear where the reunion took place.
United provided compensation to all of the customers on board the diverted Flight 3996, it said.
I don’t even care at this point. United sucks. Hard. Killing pets, sending them to the wrong places, accidentally loading them on wrong flights AND let’s not forget occasionally bloodying a dude up and DRAGGING him off a plane.
Thanks but no thanks.