Passenger Stuffed A Bag Of Clothes Into Her Leggings To Avoid An Airline Carry-On Fee—And It Worked [Roundup]

News and notes from around the interweb: SCOTTePANTS. Just watched a woman board a plane with an entire bag of clothes stuffed into her leggings to dodge the carry-on fee. And somehow… it worked. 😭 pic.twitter.com/H98lN19vrR — coco (@groldrush) September 7, 2026 All business class carrier La Compagnie is launching Newark – Dusseldorf. I knew they were adding a New York flight, but this one surprises me which is just to say I didn’t it on my bingo card. La Compagnie’s continued operations alone surprised me given the poor track record of all-business class transatlantic startups. Dusseldorf hasn’t really worked before. Lufthansa used to fly Newark and Chicago – Dusseldorf. Chicago service ended fall 2015, and Newark transitioned to Eurowings in December 2018 and that ended with the pandemic. Dusseldorf isn’t much of a leisure destination. La Compagnie’s model has worked best with premium leisure – discount business class with a meh product, limited schedule. La Compagnie to commence new route from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Newark (EWR) 5 weekly from April 21. • B0400 Depart DUS 12:00 PM Arrive EWR 2:45 PM• B0401 Depart EWR 9:00 PM Arrive DUS 10:20 AM (+1 day) pic.twitter.com/PTku8sxyPa — Ishrion Aviation (@IshrionA) September 7, 2026 Delta gate agent is ‘freezing’ passengers from bringing carry-on bags onboard now that they’ve reached group 5. Delta ascends in Texas with rapid Austin growth Democratic Socialists of America held their conference “Workers Deserve More” at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place where UNITED HERE Local 1 was picketing over stalled contract negotiations. Why is @hasanthehun and the @DemSocialists speaking at the Socialism 2026 conference inside the @Hyatt Regency McCormick Place today, while @UniteHereLocal1 workers protest outside for fair wages and a contract? Apparently, socialist solidarity ends at the hotel doors. https://t.co/SuFcbKpZxh pic.twitter.com/AIxQcjXmPN — Brian Costin (@BrianCostin) September 4, 2026 And in case you wondered, they’re still Dumbing Genocide Down. 🚨 Da’Shaun L. Harrison at Socialism 2026 argues that the political deployment of GLP-1 drugs is “fascistic” because they exist in “a world fixated on genociding fat people.” “The political deployment of GLP-1s is fascistic, not because individuals take them, but because the… pic.twitter.com/CMxfUTUq0e — Stu Smith (@thestustustudio) September 5, 2026 Marriott has filed a trademark for Bonvoy Brilliant Business which would be a premium Amex cobrand card. Topics on this page