Punchbowl’s Jake Sherman reports that someone with the first initial “R” and the last name starting with “Cru” has booked a flight out of Cancun to Houston Thursday afternoon. “R Cru” was second on the upgrade list, awaiting business class. (Cruz apparently missed the upgrade.)
The details match the passenger manifest for United Airlines flight 1015, departing Cancun at 2:35 p.m. and arriving in Houston at 4:05 p.m. local time.
Rafael “Ted” Cruz, the Republican Senator from Texas, has been the subject of ridicule as he and his family were spotted on a flight to the vacation resort town of Cancun as millions of people in his home state of Texas suffer without power.