"Three of the men had one-way tickets and no checked baggage."
An important and scary detail.
Indeed. Who flies one way from attending a conference? They took a bus one way from Phoenix to attend it?
They requested seat belt extension straps- the stewardess refused, saying they weren't heavy enough to need them.
We were just on a flight from Orlando to JFK with my daughter, son-in-law and 2 grandsons. My daughter(a very nervous flyer) noticed a guy at the next ticket counter with no checked baggage, very jittery, 1 way ticket and PAYING cash. She freaked. The ticket agent was gone for quite awhile after taking his cash. When she returned and gave him his ticket my daughter asked his desitnation(denied) and did they check him out....they were.
When we reaced our gate we searced for him but never saw him again. Don't know if he was denied boarding. My daughter was ready to fly another airline and my son-in-law would have accomadated her(sp?). This all happened on Jet Blue.
I flew that way once. Was immediately flagged...
So they like to travel light and keep their options open. So what? < / sarcasm >