Two airlines said this morning that they are ending travel partnerships with the National Rifle Association amidst a greater public backlash against the organization. Similarly, United Airlines tweeted that it will no longer offer its special rate for the meeting and also requested that it be removed from the travel website. We will be requesting that the NRA remove our information from their website. — United Airlines (@united) February 24, 2018The NRA has faced a consumer backlash following a school shooting in Parkland, Florida last week that left 17 people dead. Unlike other organizations that have severed ongoing partnerships with the NRA, the airlines were offering one-off travel discounts for group members.
Delta, United ending group travel discount for NRA members
- Delta and United Airlines have announced that they are ending a discount for NRA members that made it cheaper for them to fly to the group's annual convention. In a tweet sent early Saturday morning, Delta said that it will be ending its contract that provided discounted rates for NRA members "through our group travel program." Delta is reaching out to the NRA to let them know we will be ending their contract for discounted rates through our group travel program. Rental car company Hertz will no longer offer a discount program to NRA members and First National Bank of Omaha said it will not renew a co-branded credit card it has with the NRA. As of this report, Delta and United's information was still on the NRA's travel website.
United Airlines ends discount for travel to NRA annual meeting
As it stated in United Airlines announced Saturday that it would eliminate a discount program for the National Rifle Association (NRA), following in the footsteps of competitor Delta Airlines and a host of other companies that have cut ties with the gun group in recent days. In a statement posted to its Twitter account, United said it would no longer offer a discounted rate for NRA members traveling to their annual meeting. United is notifying the NRA that we will no longer offer a discounted rate to their annual meeting and we are asking that the NRA remove our information from their website. — United Airlines (@united) February 24, 2018ADVERTISEMENTIn a statement to ThinkProgress Friday, a United Airlines spokesperson said the company "does not have an affiliation with the NRA" and that its program related to the NRA's annual conference came from its "standard meeting agreement process."United's announcement came hours after its competitor, Delta Airlines, announced it would also end a discount program for NRA members. Delta is reaching out to the NRA to let them know we will be ending their contract for discounted rates through our group travel program.Author
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