[BostonCard]

I fly them all the time since SF is a hub, but I will never forgive United Airlines for tainting Rhapsody in Blue.

Cheers,
Pete F.

OK, then how about this for United's theme song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

Background: The story is (in)famous enough to warrant its own wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Breaks_Guitars)

Musician Dave Carroll said his guitar was broken while in United Airlines' custody. He alleged that he heard a fellow passenger exclaim that baggage handlers on the tarmac at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport were throwing guitars during a layover on his flight from Halifax Stanfield International Airport to Omaha, Nebraska's Eppley Airfield. He arrived at his destination to discover that his $3,500 Taylor guitar was severely damaged.[1] Fox News questioned Carroll on why he checked the valuable guitar and Carroll explained that it is difficult to bring guitars onto flights as carry-on luggage.[2] In his song, he sang that he "alerted three employees who showed complete indifference towards me" when he raised the matter in Chicago. Carroll filed a claim with United Airlines which informed him that he was ineligible for compensation because he had failed to make the claim within its stipulated "standard 24-hour timeframe".[3]

BC

[BostonCard]

I fly them all the time since SF is a hub, but I will never forgive United Airlines for tainting Rhapsody in Blue.

Cheers,
Pete F.

OK, then how about this for United's theme song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

Background: The story is (in)famous enough to warrant its own wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Breaks_Guitars)

Musician Dave Carroll said his guitar was broken while in United Airlines' custody. He alleged that he heard a fellow passenger exclaim that baggage handlers on the tarmac at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport were throwing guitars during a layover on his flight from Halifax Stanfield International Airport to Omaha, Nebraska's Eppley Airfield. He arrived at his destination to discover that his $3,500 Taylor guitar was severely damaged.[1] Fox News questioned Carroll on why he checked the valuable guitar and Carroll explained that it is difficult to bring guitars onto flights as carry-on luggage.[2] In his song, he sang that he "alerted three employees who showed complete indifference towards me" when he raised the matter in Chicago. Carroll filed a claim with United Airlines which informed him that he was ineligible for compensation because he had failed to make the claim within its stipulated "standard 24-hour timeframe".[3]

BC