Unlike NBA teams that charter flights, WNBA teams primarily fly commercial per the collective bargaining agreement. The players don’t fly economy, but the seats are still tight.
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Baggage handlers and New York Liberty WNBA basketball team load bags onto buses at Harry Reid International Airport, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in Las Vegas. Leo Stevens, a baggage handler at Harry Reid International Airport, helps move bags belonging to the New York Liberty WNBA basketball team, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in Las Vegas.
Stewart, a Diamond Medallion member on Delta, was upgraded to first class for the trip from Hartford to Atlanta because of her status on the airline. She wasn’t so fortunate on the second part of the trip — the four-plus hour flight from Atlanta to Las Vegas.Once New York’s 33-person travel party got to Bradley Airport in Connecticut, it was a seamless process with the Liberty operations staff efficiently unloading the bus in less than 3 minutes.
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