Monthly Archives for March 2017.
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.
Countryside Hotels, which has 40 properties in Sweden, offers a new relationship guarantee: “married couples who sleep in the same room and book it under their ‘relationship guarantee’ [rate who then] split less than 12 months later, they get their money back for two nights if they send in the divorce papers as proof.”
Singer John Legend’s bag was snatched at New York JFK airport Thursday evening around 9 p.m. Initially it was erroneously reported to have been taken by a cab driver who was going to take Legend into the city, however that turned out to be false — unsurprisingly Legend had a pre-arranged driver.
His bag contained “a pair of Cartier Panther cuff links with clear and green stones, valued at $30k. The clothes inside were valued at $500, and there was a $500 pair of eyeglasses.”
Earlier this month Qatar Airways debuted their new business class Qsuite which may be the new best business class seat in the world.
Stifel’s Joseph DeNardi and Matthew Rachal think that American AAdvantage will drive the airline’s stock price growth.
They report that analysts are pegging American’s stock at $54 while they expect $95 because of growth in AAdvantage revenue which is very high margin.
Delta used to offer SkyDeli and America West had Snack Sac. On a short flight in coach you’d pick up a bag with food on your way down the jetway. That saved work for the flight attendants and still let the airline feed you.
American Airlines had Bistro Bags. I spotted one of the old carts, not in use since around 2004, at New York JFK late last month.
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.
American’s fundamental operating belief has been that if planes depart on time they’ll arrive on time, or at least an on-time departure is the number one thing they can contribute to an on time arrival. So there has been incredible pressure on employees to send planes out exactly on time.
Air India flies between Pune and Delhi with a mixture of Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. The A321s are single cabin economy flights.
Shiv Sena Member of Parliament Ravindra Gaikwad showed up for one of these flights with an open business class ticket, wanting to take the 7:35am departure to Delhi on a day it was operated by a single cabin A321.
Continually better product at lower cost is the hallmark of vibrant competitive industries.
The US legacy airlines, with Basic Economy fares, are striving to provide less at the same price
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
