Originally Posted by
ctownflyer
UA made giant press events for Tom and named planes after him! Was it all entrapment? It would be a clearly deceptive and unfair practice to name a plane after someone and invite the press to cover events and then void a deal over Tom talking to the press.
I suppose there is no conflict in this - they wanted to publicize what Tom was doing and how much he was flying, BUT they did not want people to know he had a lifetime pass. United probably wanted people to believe that he was paying for a ticket every time.