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BS Buck Sexton Buck Sexton Conservative radio and podcast host who covers politics, elections and the news of the day.

“They've done a deal with Starlink that people are actively choosing the airline with Starlink. Very smart by United, I might add. Actively choosing the Starlink option as a differentiator, meaning I was going to fly with so-and-so, but now I'm going to fly with the guys who have Starlink.”

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show · US Politics · October 2026

“They've done a deal with Starlink that people are actively choosing the airline with Starlink. Very smart by United, I might add. Actively choosing the Starlink option as a differentiator, meaning I was going to fly with so-and-so, but now I'm going to fly with the guys who have Starlink.” — Buck Sexton, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Context

After a listener call about Tesla and Starlink, Buck relays what he says United's CEO reported: passengers are now picking flights by whether the plane has Starlink internet. He was unsure how many planes have it so far.

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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show Around 15:46 into the episode
Buck Sexton

But I've bought mine.

Speaker 5

I got mine the same day that Clay got his, and I'm at like 85% full self-drive. Then I bought my wife one. Have a Starlink and getting a Powerwall, full E-line.

Buck Sexton

Speaking of Starlink, did you see the The United Airlines CEO just straight up came out and said, now they've launched Starlink on all their– or they're in process of. I mean, I don't know if it's on all of them yet, but they've done a deal with Starlink that people are actively choosing the airline with Starlink. Very smart by United, I might add. Actively choosing the Starlink option as a differentiator, meaning I was going to fly with so-and-so, but now I'm going to fly with the guys who have Starlink. Southwest, by the way, Clay, one of them.

Clay Travis

Yeah, look, I think one of the challenges with Starlink is it works so good, you're going to have to get used to people making phone conversations, FaceTiming on airplanes because the quality of Wi-Fi is so good. And on the Tesla front with that guy, I'm just telling you, you live in the future. If…

Buck Sexton

Okay, it's the middle of the night, guys. The house is dark. Your family's asleep. You hear something downstairs. Now, maybe it's nothing. Maybe it's not. When the people you love are counting on you, the last thing you want is uncertainty. The last thing you want is to think, I wish I had prepared…

Clay Travis

Yeah.

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