Posted on 02/24/2018 9:09:09 AM PST by Simon Green
Delta Air Lines and United Airlines said they will scrap group airfare discounts for members of the National Rifle Association, joining a growing list of companies to end perks for the gun-rights group following the deadly mass shooting at a South Florida high school last week.
Delta and United were offering discounts of 2 percent and 10 percent off online fares for flights to the NRA's meeting in Dallas in June, according to the NRA's website.
Delta said that it will inform the NRA of its decision and will request that it remove the airline's information from its website. The airline emphasized in a tweet that it is not a sponsor of the NRA's event. United issued a similar statement.
"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," the airline told CNBC.
The NRA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Others that have ended discounts for NRA members this week include car rental companies Avis Budget Group and Hertz Global Holdings as well as insurance company Metlife.
The decision comes after 17 people were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in southern Florida on Feb. 14. The outcry after the shooting has sparked public pressure on corporations who offer discounts to the NRA as well as asset managers who invest in gun manufacturers.
Yeah, cause you just never know when some violent NRA member is gonna shoot up an airport. Again.
Good to know!
These companies are self-identifying themselves as corporations not worthy of my money!
Cowards. Like the cop.
My Delta American Express gets the scissors.
The war against the NRA has begun.
When they do it should be to announce an NRA member and NRA supporter boycott of United.
No more Delta or United flights.............period...........
...and delta.
Companies live and die by the polls and they’re leery of a public backlash.
Dropping the NRA is the easiest way to avoid controversy and companies have a right to refuse to do business with any one.
Don’t agree with it but its the genius of free market capitalism.
Yep.
Somebody start a list!
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They are basically accusing NRA members of complicity which is absolutely disgusting.
America is no longer a place for rational discussions. Its lets do the stupidest thing we possibly can that will not address the issue at hand.
They had no problem offering the discounts prior to the aftermath of the latest school shooting. The NRA doesn’t shoot up schools. They should file lawsuits against everyone of these companies for implying that they are responsible for these murders. It’s not about the little discount, it is about the damage to their good name.
I did not even know there was an NRA discount with Delta. Shame on them wussing out and dissing NRA.
Doesn’t bother me a lick. Corporations are stupid to favor anything political nowadays. Shut up and fly.
Never knew they offered NRA discounts.
Perhaps cuz I never thought of mentioning to an airline that I’m a member?
I don’t have the luxury of boycotting those 2 airlines.
Screw’em. We take out business elsewhere or do without.
United offers a small discount for members to attend the annual meeting in Dallas, not everyday travel.
The purpose of this is to make the folks think that the NRA IS the cause of the problem, not one individual’s decision to choose evil over good.
An unforseen result of the Left’s current putsch...a blooming of NRA membership, maybe? I will sign up for the NRA five-year membership later today.
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