This was supposed to be a beautiful trip for this New Jersey family but turned out to be hell after they were kicked off a JetBlue flight to Las Vegas over a birthday cake.
The family was taken a surprise trip for Burke, booked by her husband, Cameron. The Jersey City family said there was another surprise that came with the flight and it wasn’t the kind you celebrate.
The violation that JetBlue claimed was that a birthday cake, initially stored in the overhead bin, caused a security risk.
A flight attendant told Cameron he had to move it. He moved the cake, and placed it under the seat. They said the situation then escalated when a second flight attendant confronted the first flight attendant, and whatever was going on between them, he said, wasn’t pretty.
JetBlue released a statement saying, “(The customer) refused multiple requests from the crew to remove the items… became agitated, cursed and yelled at