Yegods, a bit more info about what happened on the United flight:

I am so disgusted. From a passenger on board: #United #BoycottUnited pic.twitter.com/koyfa6GFVv

— RhondaSam (@Rhondasam) April 11, 2017

Now take it with a grain of salt, but still this is a pretty shitty situation that they’ve created for themselves. Whoever that manager was that laughed at the suggestion of offering $1600 probably isn’t laughing now.