United Airlines says it is investigating a leak of information about Sen. Ted Cruz
Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzOn The Money: What’s next for the nomination of Neera Tanden GOP signals that the choice of Biden AG will be under pressure on Cuomo Manchin to oppose the choice of Neera Tanden of Biden MOREThe controversial R-Texas flight to Cancun, Mexico.
“It is against United’s policies to share personal information about our customers and we are investigating this incident,” United told The Hill in a statement.
The news of the investigation was first reported by Political. An executive told the news agency that no option is “off the table”, but it depends on the outcome of the investigation and whether they find the employee who leaked the information. The executive noted that the leak could be triggered.
Politico noted that tens of thousands of United employees have access to customer flight data to help them, but leaks about individual flight plans are rare.
Photos began circulating on the internet on Wednesday night of Cruz boarding a flight as millions of people in Texas struggled with the extreme winter.
The Texas senator then issued a statement on Thursday saying he was accompanying his daughters on a trip and would return that day.
Prior to Cruz’s statement, Edward Russell, a reporter for the travel industry news agency Skift, tweeted that a United source told him that Cruz had rescheduled his flight back to Houston that afternoon, when he was scheduled to return on the Saturday.
Spoken to a United Airlines source, Senator Ted Cruz rescheduled his flight back to Houston from Cancún for this afternoon at around 6 am today (Thursday). He was originally scheduled to return on Saturday.https: //t.co/QV9xgibIQ9
– Edward Russell (@ByERussell) February 18, 2021
Travel reporters also posted photos of Cruz appearing to be on the waiting list in the United Business class section. One photo showed “CRU, R” in a list that said “waiting for United Business”.
And so, Ted (Rafael) Cruz seems to be returning to Texas.
“CRU, R.” is on the upgrade list for this afternoon’s flight from Cancún to Houston. He was also on the list on yesterday afternoon’s flight to Cancun. pic.twitter.com/4SJano1zb3
– Kyle Potter (@kpottermn) February 18, 2021
Cruz faced intense scrutiny on Thursday over the decision to go to Cancún, and even faced requests to resign. The senator admitted on Thursday that “it was a mistake” to make the trip.