The once-friendly skies just keep getting nastier.
A Manhattan socialite whose pals include first daughter Tiffany Trump is suing United Airlines saying she was traveling to London last year when she was yanked out of business class by an attendant, cursed at and ultimately forced into a middle seat in the back of the plane.
Karen Shiboleth, the Instagram-loving daughter of wealthy New York lawyers, was headed to the UK from Newark Liberty International Airport to start a master’s degree program in international relations at Kings College on Sept. 10, 2016.
She’d originally paid $1,500 for a window seat in economy. Then she used American Express points plus $500 in fees to upgrade to an economy plus seat. Finally, when she was at the airport, she upgraded again, forking over an additional $1,150 for business class seat 1B.
The 24-year-old, whose mother was general counsel to Revlon, says she paid the extra money to be near the front of the plane because she was traveling with “heavy luggage and large carry-on bags which contained a significant amount of her personal belongings and valuables.”
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How is telling the world who Ms Shiboleth's friends are, important to this story? If this woman has so much money why didn't she go Business in the first place with her heavy luggage and large carry-ons.
ReplyDeleteBecause the elite think those things elevate them above others.
DeletePoor little entitled Princess didn't get her way boo hoo. Now after the other incident she smells blood in the water and goes running to Mommy.
ReplyDeleteMore money than sense.
ReplyDeleteBlood is in the water and Daddy's a shark. Need any more explanation? Go after a deep pocketed recognized "bad guy" and you stand a good chance at the scumbag lottery.
ReplyDeleteIt's a non-story. It's meant to create more divides in our society.
ReplyDelete$3150 and she gets shoved in ecomony class. Id be pissed too
ReplyDeleteI had two bad experiences last year on United. Not suing or whining but decided last year to never fly them again.
ReplyDeleteTo the poor little rich girl that was so badly treated...only your lawyer cares. The rest of the world couldn't care less.
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