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‘In the 21st century, every disgruntled passenger is a potential publisher’

on Apr 11, 2017 | 0 comments

By Ronan Shields

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How United Airlines hasn’t learned its social media lessons

A little over two weeks after embroiling itself in a social media storm over the #Legginsgate controversy, United Airlines’ reputational status has gone from bad to worse.

An attempt to “re-accommodate” a passenger on an overbooked flight ended up in a blood-splattered, global outcry that could cost it “up to six-or-seven figures”, according to communications experts, who concluded that the carrier has simply failed to learn its lessons, as well as underestimated the power of social media.

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Source: The Drum