United Airlines Investigating Who Leaked Ted Cruz s Cancun Flight Info
On 2/19/21 at 11:00 PM EST
United Airlines has begun investigating who leaked Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz s flight information for his retrurn trip from Cancun, Mexico to Texas earlier this week.
Around noon on Thursday, Edward Russell, lead airlines reporter at the travel industry publication Skift, said on Twitter that a source at United Airlines told him that Senator Ted Cruz rebooked his flight back to Houston from Cancun for this afternoon at around 6 a.m. today (Thursday). [Cruz] was originally scheduled to return on Saturday, Russell added.
Spoke to a source at United Airlines, Senator Ted Cruz rebooked his flight back to Houston from Cancun for this afternoon at around 6 a.m. today (Thursday). He was originally scheduled to return on Saturday.https://t.co/QV9xgibIQ9 Edward Russell (@ByERussell) February 18, 2021
United Airlines probes source of leak about Senator Ted Cruz s travel plans
Cruz rebooked ticket back to US from Cancun on Thursday afternoon
But the senator was initially planning to stay in Cancun through Saturday
That detail was first reported by Skift journalist Edward Russell
Source also revealed Cruz was on standby for upgrade before return flight
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