# United

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united/784284>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 12, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united/784284 "2017-04-12T02:11:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tempe\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tempe_jeff/32/7328_2.png) [@Tempe\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tempe_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united/784284/241 "2017-04-24T01:54:33Z")

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United is wrong because, American Airlines had a non-stop going the same way an hour and a half later. They could have paid to get their customers there easily. Instead, they demanded their paying customers wait 20 hours for the next flight. Is it pronounced DumbAss or, Doo-Mas?

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