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The Daily Dot

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 

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

Black woman pays $600 to get seat upgraded. American Airlines gives it away to white woman

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‘They let her keep my seat’: American Airlines customer says she was bamboozled after paying $562 for upgraded seat

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

Driver shares nightmare experience with Tesla rental after it malfunctioned on the highway, leaving them stranded

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‘Never again’: Driver shares nightmare experience with Tesla rental after wrong charger left them stranded

Mike Hadge

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

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

Brooke Sjoberg

Passenger says Air Canada lost her wedding dress in 1.5 hour flight

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‘I don’t know what I’m gonna do’: Passenger says Air Canada lost her wedding dress during 1.5-hour flight

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

Braden Bjella

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‘It’s fishy’: JetBlue traveler says plane delayed because 80 TV screens are out—and 2 other flights had ‘malfunctioning’ issues. What’s going on?

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

American Airlines traveler has ‘nightmare slumber party’ at airport when flight gets canceled

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‘Their $12 food voucher in 2024 is ridiculous’: American Airlines traveler has ‘nightmare slumber party’ at airport

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

Man says Miami hotel ‘scammed him’ before travel

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‘Which I paid for by the way on Hotels.com’: Man says Miami hotel ‘scammed him’ upon arrival. Here’s why

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

Hotel worker praises guest who do this one thing

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‘IMMA DO THAT FOR HOUSEKEEPING NOW’: Hotel worker praises guests who do this one thing with the A/C before leaving

Ljeonida is a reporter and writer with a degree in journalism and communications from the University of Tirana in her native Albania. She has a particular interest in all things digital marketing; she considers herself a copywriter, content producer, SEO specialist, and passionate marketer. Ljeonida is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Ljeonida Mulabazi

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‘Stop getting ice with your drink’: 5 travel tips to fly by from flight attendants

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

American Airlines passenger says she received this unexpected perk while sitting in exit row

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‘Booking EXIT row seats going forward’: American Airlines passenger says she received this unexpected perk while sitting in exit row

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

Hotel guest warns against 3 San Antonio pizza places running a ‘scam’

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‘It blew my mind’: Hotel guest warns against 3 San Antonio pizza places running a ‘scam.’ It’s not just Texas

Woman says Greyhound FlixBus broke down in the middle of the desert

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