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Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

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‘Another attendant who witnessed the interaction came over to me’: Woman says American Airlines destroyed her wheelchair. It was inside the cabin

Grace Fowler is freelancer reporter and past summer media fellow with the Daily Dot. She&#8217;s a graduate of Texas State University, where she studied mass communications.

Grace Fowler

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‘This is a paid service’: Traveler shares why she’s canceling Clear membership after 3 trips

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

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Rachel Kiley

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‘If you can stay home, stay home’: Flight attendant says not to fly right now. Here’s why

Parks Kugle is a writer and reporter based in San Antonio. His work has appeared in Lumina Literary Journal, Wicked Local Newspapers, and various publications across the U.S. He enjoys comics and gardening.

Parks Kugle

Airport worker shares why you should never fly out of Atlanta on a Tuesday

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‘Don’t book on Tuesday, period’: Airport worker shares why you should never fly out of Atlanta on a Tuesday

Beau Paul is a freelance writer from Austin, Texas. Beau also wrote narrative and dialog for the gaming industry for several years before becoming an entertainment journalist.

Beau Paul

Delta customer says workers ‘abused’ their power, wouldn’t let her on flight

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‘My dad was dying of cancer any minute’: Delta customer says workers ‘abused’ their power, wouldn’t let her on flight

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

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‘We don’t even pay for carry on bags’: Spirit Airlines passenger doesn’t want to pay $125 fee to travel with her dog. So she does this instead

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

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‘This happens way more often than people realize’: Woman says Delta couldn’t find her ticket number, forced her to buy a new one

Ramon Ramirez was the managing editor and, formerly, the Dot&#8217;s news director, entertainment editor, and evening editor. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Grantland, Washington City Paper, Austin American-Statesman, and Austin Monitor.

Ramon Ramirez

A person looking at the camera next to an American Airlines flight. There is text that says main character of the week in a Daily Dot newsletter web_crawlr font.

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Main Character of the Week: Woman who had poor customer service on American Airlines 

Mike Hadge

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‘I can’t think of anything worse’: Some people are ‘rawdogging’ entire plane rides—and bragging about it

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

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Charlotte Colombo

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‘You better than me. I would’ve already been at the hotel’: Passenger considers getting off plane after hearing what airline is offering to give up seat

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

Delta offers $4K to passengers if they skip their flight

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‘That’s 2 all-inclusive vacations’: Delta offers $4K to passengers if they skip their flight

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Main Character of the Week: Spirit Airlines traveler who went through an emergency landing

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‘We about to fly into the water’: Man shares what to expect if your plane has to make an emergency water landing after traumatic Spirit flight

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

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‘Can I get a refund?’: American Airlines passenger can’t believe her strange aisle seat

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