Trump Airport Rebookings

United Airlines reportedly offered reroutes to customers avoiding Trump International Airport.

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United Airlines Offers Free Flight Changes to Avoid Landing at Newly Named ‘President Donald J. Trump International Airport’ – Company Calls Internal Memo “Poorly Worded” After Exposure * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim Hᴏft

Snowflakes in Palm Beach

One airline makes special offer to snowflake passengers wanting to boycott Trump International Airport, leaked memo says | Blaze Media

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United Airlines said customers cannot change destinations for free solely because they object to an airport’s name or three-letter code. The clarification followed a leaked internal memo that told reservation agents to use “empowerment” to reroute passengers who wanted to avoid President Donald J. Trump International Airport in Palm Beach, Florida. Palm Beach International Airport was officially renamed on July 9 in honor of Donald Trump, with its airport code changed to DJT. The memo had suggested fee-free changes to alternate airports, but United said that is not its policy.

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United backtracked

United later backed away from the free rerouting option it had made available to passengers objecting to the airport’s Trump branding. Travelers who wanted to avoid the airport could no longer rely on that accommodation.

Reroute accommodations

United offered passengers upset by the Trump airport renaming special flight-change or rerouting options. The accommodation let anti-Trump travelers avoid flying into the newly renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport.

Anti-Trump overreaction

United and anti-Trump travelers overreacted to the Palm Beach airport being renamed for Trump and given a DJT code. The airline yielded to left-wing or anti-Trump pressure by accommodating passengers who refused to land there.