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Uber’s Dirty Currency Trick: Flip One Setting To Stop The 1.5% Extra Charge—Instantly
Read this before you use Uber on your next vacation. The rideshare company wants to add a 1.5% surcharge every time you use their service outside of your home country. You can opt out, but you need to know how!
The Carry-On Con: Why Airlines Keep Forcing Passengers To Check Carry-on Bags For No Good Reason [Roundup]
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Inside Hyatt’s Award Failure: 150 Elite Nights, A 6-Month Certificate, And Miraval Arizona’s Unbookable Dates
Is the most valuable award offered to Hyatt’s most loyal guests actually completely useless? Hyatt introduced the Ultimate Free Night Award and the Miraval Extra Award a year ago, and if you want to use them at Miraval Arizona before your certificates expire — you can’t.
American Airlines Sad Buy On Board Food: They Hid Cheese Plates For Elites—But Couldn’t Spare A Plastic Knife
The thing that struck me most about the cheese plate – aside from how sad it was – is that is consists of big chunks of cheese, crackers, grapes and a chocolate. But there is no plastic knife to slice the cheese. So you’re stuck taking big bites out of these cheese chunks. It is… awkward.
From 1920s Thinking to Digital Autonomy: After 100 Years, It’s Time To Rethink How Air Traffic Control Works
Why is it that airlines give up control of their aircraft to the government from the moment it pushes back to the moment it arrives at its destination?
Inside the Military’s 5-Star Secret: How Elite VIPs Soar in Luxury While Flying On Cargo Planes [Roundup]
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
New Trump Administration Policy Bars Trans TSA Screeners From Patting Down Passengers
Transexual TSA screeners are no longer permitted to perform pat-downs on passengers and are instead being limited to other duties. Individual airport security screeners report receiving a memo about this change, and a TSA spokesperson confirms the shift in policy to me.
Who’s Sitting In First Class? Data Shows Airlines Are Selling These Tickets To High Income Males From The West Coast
When I was first traveling for work, the first class cabin was mostly upgrades. And that meant it was frequent business travelers, who skewed middle aged and male. First class fares have come down a lot, there are plenty of upsells to leisure travelers, and as little as 13% of first class seats may be going to upgrades (Delta, but other airlines are catching up to them). The demographics of who is sitting up front have changed, but there are still remnants of the past.
Limited-Time Offer: Get A Southwest Airlines Companion Pass Plus Points With Chase Card Offer
Instead of earning just points from an initial bonus, they’re offering you points and a Companion Pass. This way a friend or spouse you designate can travel with you free (plus government taxes) whenever you fly – whether you’re traveling on points or a paid ticket, as long as there’s still a seat for sale on the aircraft.