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UNITED AIRLINES

Tom Posch missed a weekend trip to Cleveland last summer after United Airlines overbooked his flight. Airline offered as compensation.

A long, bumpy ride to denied-boarding compensation

February 17, 2024December 22, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Tom Posch missed a weekend trip to Cleveland last summer after United Airlines overbooked his flight. Normally, travelers in Posch’s shoes would quietly accept the flight vouchers the airline offered as compensation.

Categories The Navigator
In the midst of a life-altering medical diagnosis, a couple shares their struggle to obtain a refund for nonrefundable airline tickets.

No refund for a sick United passenger?

January 22, 2024December 1, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Susan Fuhrman’s husband is sick, and she can’t get a straight answer from United Airlines about her refund request. One representative agrees to a full refund, but another refuses. Who’s right?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
Here's a problem I run into every now and then, and which I normally refer back to the airline which usually tells the passenger "tough luck.

They canceled the flight anyway — can I get a refund?

July 4, 2024November 12, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Here’s a problem I run into every now and then, and which I normally refer back to the airline – which usually tells the passenger “tough luck.”

Categories Should I Take The Case?
Steven Allen says he got a bad one recently when he called to change a United Airlines ticket from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Are airline fees being fairly disclosed?

January 22, 2024November 10, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Air travel is full of surprises, some good, many not.

Categories Commentary

Who’s responsible for this codeshare confusion?

January 24, 2024October 13, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

In a world of airline code-sharing and outsourced call centers, who takes ultimate responsibility when something goes wrong with your flight?

Categories Commentary, The Navigator
I’ve thought United Airlines was a lost cause. The Continental Airlines merger couldn't have gone worse, from a customer service perspective.

Looks like United may not be a lost cause after all

January 22, 2024September 27, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

For the better part of the last year, I’ve thought United Airlines was a lost cause.

Categories Commentary
Paul Kivett’s plane broke down twice before it could take off from Chicago this summer. He arrived in Paris almost five hours late.

Should a European law protect American air travelers?

January 22, 2024September 15, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Paul Kivett’s plane broke down twice before it could take off from Chicago this summer. He arrived in Paris almost five hours late.

Categories The Navigator
It's hard to find anyone who likes the new United Airlines. Even at United Airlines. Can it fix itself? Can it do better?

Can United Airlines fix itself?

November 29, 2023August 14, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

It’s hard to find anyone who likes the new United Airlines. Even at United Airlines.

Categories Commentary
The emergency operations center at United Airlines’ new headquarters in Chicago’s Willis Tower looks like an average conference room.

5 fascinating facts about the new United Airlines

January 22, 2024August 4, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

This is the emergency operations center at United Airlines’ new headquarters in Chicago’s Willis Tower. Looks like an average conference room, doesn’t it?

Categories Commentary
That's my takeaway from today's failed case, which involves a woman who was denied boarding on a United Airlines flight.

Denied boarding because I didn’t pay a change fee

January 22, 2024July 19, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Always read to the end. The very end.

Categories Commentary
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