There are lots of scammers who try to take advantage of unsuspecting airline passengers. One common scam is that you’ll see phone numbers listed online that claim to be official airline phone numbers, but in reality, they’re just the phone numbers of scammers. So people call those numbers thinking they’re talking to an airline representative, when in reality, that’s not the case.
Here’s a bizarre variation of that — a traveler called United Airlines’ official phone number, but somehow got scammed for over $17,000. I first covered this several days ago, but there’s now an update, as we finally know what happened that caused this. Let’s go over the basics of the story, and then I’ll share the update.
To try and salvage the trip, the man called United’s customer service line. While he was briefly connected to a female agent, he ended up being transferred to a male agent who identified himself as David, and he spent over three hours on the line with him.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
