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12-16-2017, 11:13 PM
American Airlines tried to charge a mother $150 for traveling with breast milk
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How is it that airlines keep screwing up simple things like company policy and established TSA rules?
The latest travel blunder belongs to American Airlines. When Sara showed up with her husband and young son for their flight from Boston to Arizona, the gate attendant stopped them for having too many bags and tried to charge them a $150 fee to check a cooler filled with frozen breast milk.
SEE ALSO: Some jerk just diverted a flight by naming his hotspot 'bomb on board' (http://mashable.com/2017/12/01/wifi-name-derails-turkish-flight/)
Salow told ABC 15 (https://www.abc15.com/news/national/mesa-mother-forced-to-throw-away-breast-milk-while-flying-american-airlines) that she and her husband had shown up with four carry-on items: a stroller, a diaper bag, a backpack, and the aforementioned cooler. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/16/american-airlines-breast-milk-150/)
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How is it that airlines keep screwing up simple things like company policy and established TSA rules?
The latest travel blunder belongs to American Airlines. When Sara showed up with her husband and young son for their flight from Boston to Arizona, the gate attendant stopped them for having too many bags and tried to charge them a $150 fee to check a cooler filled with frozen breast milk.
SEE ALSO: Some jerk just diverted a flight by naming his hotspot 'bomb on board' (http://mashable.com/2017/12/01/wifi-name-derails-turkish-flight/)
Salow told ABC 15 (https://www.abc15.com/news/national/mesa-mother-forced-to-throw-away-breast-milk-while-flying-american-airlines) that she and her husband had shown up with four carry-on items: a stroller, a diaper bag, a backpack, and the aforementioned cooler. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/16/american-airlines-breast-milk-150/)
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