Monthly Archives

Monthly Archives for November 2017.

Review: Cathay Pacific Business Class, Singapore – Hong Kong

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Nov 25 2017

After visiting the new Cathay Pacific lounge in Singapore’s brand spanking new terminal 4 it was off to Hong Kong.

Cathay offers 8 flights a day non-stop to Hong Kong from Singapore and they also fly daily to Bangkok. I was on their third flight of the day, the 8 a.m. departure on a Boeing 777-300ER. Sadly though I was on a first class award the aircraft had business as its top cabin. Still, it’s lie flat direct aisle access reverse herringbone business class, for a flight blocked at 3 hours 55 minutes.

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11 People Taken to Hospital in Chicago After Major Turbulence Strikes

Nov 25 2017

Eleven people were injured on Star Alliance member EVA Air’s flight BR56 from Taipei to Chicago on Wednesday when about an hour and 20 minutes into flight severe turbulence struck over Japan.

Among the crew reportedly two flight attendants sprained their ankles, other crewmembers sought passengers qualified to provide medical assistance in response to the incident.

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Could Britons Have to Sell Their Stakes in British Airways for the Airline to Survive?

Nov 24 2017

British Airways has been the favored instrument of the UK government, the remaining instrument reminiscent of empire, stretching beyond its borders around the world and in many cases disproportionately to former colonial destinations.

Yet British Airways could be forced to make the radical move of becoming very un-British to survive.

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The American-US Airways Merger is Creating the Opposite of Synergies

Nov 24 2017

Adding flight attendants to planes to make flight attendants happy temporarily as a ‘make good’ so they can fly cool places is the very definition of crazy.

When mergers are consummated they promise ‘synergies’ which mean cost reductions as a result of reduced staffing. Adding a flight attendant to A330 routes to make flight attendants happy because they haven’t yet finished the merger four years in is an example of how this merger is creating whatever the opposite of synergies are.

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American Airlines Offers Miles at ‘Regular Price’ for Black Friday

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Nov 24 2017

After the merger with US Airways they took the Dividend Miles approach of putting miles on sale three fourths of the year. The only purpose that ‘regular price’ serves is to be a reference point that allows them to announce a huge (always on) sale.

For Black Friday they’re selling miles at 1.77 cents apiece. They’ve sold miles for less in the past.

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