for a physician, I reluctantly awoke and checked her out. She had vasovagal syncope (passed out due to low heart rate, easy to fix by lying her down). After clearing out her row and making her horizontal, she vomited on my lap, also common with this type of passing out.

United did not give me a free flight. They offered me 1000 miles.

In contrast, while on a Southwest flight I helped a COPD player who was O2-dependent (but had not brought O2) by asking the flight attendant to lower his O2 mask for the flight. I sat by him, got unlimited snacks, and a free flight anywhere in the US for the brilliant move.

So fly Southwest, not United.