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United Airlines Claims TSA Banned Comic Books In Checked Luggage For Comic-Con, TSA Denies It (boardingarea.com)
schwit1 shares a report: San Diego Comic-Con has become so much more than just a comic book convention. But comic books remain the heart and soul of Comic-Con. In addition to attendees being there to buy comic books, vendors flock to Comic-Con to sell their comic books as well. That's why participants in Comic-Con were shocked to find a notice waiting for them at the San Diego airport after Comic-Con: "COMIC-CON ATTENDEES: REMOVE ALL BOOKS FROM CHECKED BAGS." On Twitter, United Airlines confirmed the ban: "The restriction on checking comic books applies to all airlines operating out of San Diego this weekend and is set by the TSA. ^MD" Consumerist reached out to TSA and were told by a spokeswoman that the warnings about not allowing comic books -- or any kind of book -- in checked bags were simply not true. There is "no restriction on anything related to putting comics or any type of books" in baggage, and TSA never put out any guidance to that effect, she said. "In fact, they are allowed in both checked and carry-on baggage," the spokeswoman told Consumerist, adding that there were no delays in the processing of checked bags out of San Diego yesterday.
On the one hand, we have United Airlines. On the other hand we have the TSA.
Let's just assume they are both somehow lying, incompetent, or both.
6. All of those nonrefundable tickets would be required to be transferable. In the event that you got sick before the flight, or your grandma died, or you pulled jury duty, you could sell or give your ticket away to someone who could use it. Allow the carrier to charge a fee of $25 or so to validate and register the transfer of ownership, which would also be the fee and procedure for fixing a misspelled name on a ticket.
Airlines would immediately claim the return of Stalin, but they they would benefit a lot from such a rule, even though it would reduce the number of seats they could sell twice. No more lines of people wheedling for refunds because every case is special, no more screwing around with doctor notes and death certificates. And because passengers would no longer look forward to flying as though were root canal surgery, it would motivate people to travel more. Being able to pick up cheap tickets to Vegas on eBay would even revive the idea of spontaneous getaways that don't just mean jumping into the car.