Marielle Descalsota

Marielle Descalsota is a junior visual features reporter at Business Insider. She covers travel news and writes about cruises.

Biography:  https://www.businessinsider.com/author/marielle-descalsota?op=1

56%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

75%

Examples:

  • United Airlines now allows frequent flyers to pool miles in a joint account.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • The article does not provide any information about conflicts of interest. It only discusses a new feature offered by United Airlines that allows frequent flyers to pool miles in a joint account.

Contradictions

80%

Examples:

  • The statement 'Miles pooled into the joint account cannot be transferred back to individual accounts' is misleading as it implies that once miles are pooled, they can never be returned to an individual account but according to Luc Bondar COO of United MileagePlus program, miles can still be transferred out of a joint account.
  • The title suggests that frequent flyers can pool miles with any four people they want. However the article states that each person must be a member of MileagePlus program and there are no age restrictions for members joining the account except for one member who has to be over 18 years old.

Deceptions

30%

Examples:

  • The statement 'Miles pooled into the joint account cannot be transferred back to individual accounts' is misleading as it implies that once miles are pooled, they can never be returned to an individual account but according to Luc Bondar COO of United MileagePlus program, miles can still be transferred out of a joint account.
  • The title suggests that frequent flyers can pool miles with any four people they want. However the article states that each person must be a member of MileagePlus program and there are no age restrictions for members joining the account except for one member who has to be over 18 years old.

Recent Articles

United Airlines Launches Miles Pooling Program for Families and Friends

United Airlines Launches Miles Pooling Program for Families and Friends

Broke On: Thursday, 21 March 2024 United Airlines has introduced a new program called Miles Pooling that allows MileagePlus members to pool their miles with up to five family and friends. The initiating traveler can create a linked account for free, invite others who can add as many of their personal miles into the pool. Contributed miles cannot be taken out after 24 hours but can be reversed within that time frame.