(KUTV) A Utah couple reportedly kicked off of an international United flight to their wedding arrived safely in Costa Rica Sunday. 
 
 Michael Hohl told 2News he and Amber Maxwell were traveling from Houston to Costa Rica, en route to their April 16 wedding. 
 
 "It was the strangest thing I have ever had to go through,” said groom Michael Hohl during a layover in Houston. 
 
 Hohl and Maxwell were among the last to board the 737 Saturday. 
 
 “When we got to row 24, there was a gentleman sprawled out across the row with his shoes off, napping. We were the last to enter the plane. Instead of waking the gentleman up, there was a bunch of empty seats. We decided just to sit a few rows in front of our seat,” he said. 
 
 They chose to sit in aisle 21, an emergency exit row. The crew informed the pair they were in the wrong seat and asked them to take their assigned seat. 
 
 “We returned to our seats. A marshal came back not more than two minutes later and removed us from the plane. And that was it,” said Hohl. “We got to the gate and asked why. And they said it was because we were in the wrong seats and being disruptive.” 
 
 Hohl said he and Maxwell complied because of a recent video that showed a United passenger being dragged off a flight. Dr. David Dao suffered a concussion and broken nose and was reportedly removed to make room for a United employee. 
 
 After the couple got off the plane, United representatives reportedly told Hohl the pilot requested he and Maxwell be removed from the plane because they were behaving in a "disorderly" fashion. 
 
 Hohl said he told United he and Maxwell were compliant. 
 
 In an emailed response from United, a representative said Hohl and Maxwell "repeatedly attempted to sit in upgraded seating which they did not purchase and they would not follow crew instructions to return to their assigned seats." 
 
 Hohl told 2News United rescheduled their flight for Sunday morning, the day of the wedding, and gave them "inconsistent promises about hotels and transportation to hotels." 
 
 United has faced recent criticism for the way it handled Dao's removal. The airline recently announced it would change its policy after a video of the passenger being violently removed went viral, promising it would make sure crews traveling on an aircraft are booked into seats at least 60 minutes before departure. 

 More turbulence for United, this time with an engaged couple 
 
 It's been a turbulent week for United Airlines. It didn't get any better over the weekend. 
 
 United, trying to recover from video of a man being pulled off a plane, took it on the chin again Sunday when a Utah couple told their story of being removed from a flight in Houston. 
 
 Michael Hohl and Amber Maxwell were traveling to Costa Rica for their wedding on Sunday. 
 
 The couple, and a group of friends, were flying from Salt Lake City with a layover at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. 
 
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 Hohl and Maxwell boarded the plane last and found a sleeping man spread across their row of seats, Hohl claimed. The groom-to-be said they didn't want to wake the man, so the couple moved three rows up in the half-empty flight and didn't think about it. 
 
 Hohl told KHOU-TV in Houston when they sat down, the crew informed them they were in the wrong seats and moved them to the correct seats. 
 
 In a statement, United Airlines said Hohl and Maxwell "repeatedly attempted to sit in upgraded seating" and wouldn't follow the crew's instructions about where their purchased seats were. 
 
 "We’re disappointed anytime a customer has an experience that doesn’t measure up to their expectations," airline spokeswoman Maggie Schmerin said in a written statement. 
 
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 After the couple returned to their seats, Hohl said, things got weird. Shortly before Flight 1737 was scheduled to take off, the crew asked the pair to get off the plane. 
 
 Flashbacks to the video of Dr. David Dao being dragged off a Chicago-to-Louisville flight a week earlier came to mind. Then, the couple claimed, a U.S. Marshal came onto the plane and asked them to get off. 
 
 The TSA's Federal Air Marshal Service later told the Chronicle that "no Federal Air Marshals were involved in this alleged incident." 
 
 The couple cooperated and left without incident, they said. They rebooked for Sunday, but said this was their last flight on United Airlines. 
 
 It was just under a week ago that footage of Dao's removal from a United flight went viral, sparking outrage overseas. In the melee, Dao sustained injuries and now plans to file a lawsuit against the airline. After the incident, United put in place a new rule stipulating that crew members will no longer be allowed to displace passengers already on board the plane. 
 
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– A bride and groom from Utah say they barely made it to their own wedding on time after getting kicked off a United Airlines flight. Michael Hohl and Amber Maxwell say they were on their way from Salt Lake City to Costa Rica with friends on Saturday when they boarded their connecting flight in Houston and found a sleeping man sprawled across their row of seats, the Houston Chronicle reports. They say they were the last passengers to board the flight and decided to sit in empty seats a few rows up instead of waking the man. They say they moved back to their assigned seats after a flight attendant asked them to—but then, a US marshal boarded the plane, said they'd been disorderly, and told them to get off. "It was the strangest thing I have ever had to go through," Hohl tells KUTV. He says they decided to comply with the officer's order because they remembered video of passenger David Dao being dragged off a United flight the previous weekend. He says they made it to their Sunday wedding after being rebooked on a flight the next day—but they won't be flying United again. The airline has a different take on events, KHOU reports. In a statement, United said the couple repeatedly tried to sit in upgraded premium economy seats they hadn't bought and refused requests to return to their seats. The TSA tells the Chronicle that no federal air marshals were involved in the incident.