Mar
18
2020
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Crazy Times Bring Out Dumb Ideas, and Nationalizing Airlines Is The Worst
Mar
18
2020
Former White House Chief of Staff and former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel is known for saying ‘never let a crisis go to waste.’ It’s an opportunity to push an agenda. So as the airline bailout train leaves the station some people are advocating the consumer protection rules that they wanted anyway. Others (like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) want the financial reforms they want anyway.
If you hate air travel you want to use this crisis to nationalize the airlines, an idea put forward by the left wing American Prospect.
American Files To Codeshare With Philippine Airlines
Mar
18
2020
American Airlines interlines a lot of passengers from Philippine Airlines at Los Angeles. They’re picking up a lot of passengers each day from Manila and sending many of them onward to Manila. Now American and Philippine Airlines have filed for permission to codeshare.
American Airlines Hasn’t Stopped Expiring Members’ Miles
Mar
18
2020
American Airlines still expires miles in your account if you don’t have activity for 18 months. They have not paused this even though travel has slowed down for so many. There are simple ways to make sure your miles don’t expire.
Expect REAL ID To Be Delayed “Due To Coronavirus”
Mar
18
2020
The TSA has been saying that starting October 1, 2020 they are only going to accept IDs at security checkpoints that are compliant with a 2005 law that’s been getting kicked down the road for years. There are still a few states that aren’t issuing these IDs, and many people in states that are haven’t replaced their drivers licenses with new ones.
The prospect of turning away passengers from flying en masse never seemed plausible one month before the Presidential election. The October 1, 2020 deadline, which has been pushed off for years, inevitably will be pushed off again.
Now, with coronavirus, we know what excuse the Department of Homeland Security is likely to use.
Don’t Ban Stock Buybacks Or Impose Consumer Protection Rules As Part Of An Airline Bailout
Mar
18
2020
Airline bailouts are a bad idea. Stockholders should take a haircut before taxpayers. Airline bankruptcy does not present contagion risk to the economy. Airlines have flown through bankruptcy successfully – American, Delta, and United have all done it. And any help for workers should address the needs people face independent of industry.. Working for an airline isn’t ‘more special’ than some other job.
However there are very bad ideas circulating around new conditions to impose in exchange for a bailout.
United Has Cut So Much Flying It’s Easier To List The Flights They Run Than Those They Don’t
Mar
18
2020
United’s April flight schedule is down 60% year-over-year; an 85% decrease for international (and greater than that for transatlantic and transpacific) and a 42% for U.S. and Canada flying.
It’s easier to list the international flights that are actually operating than those that aren’t. Domestically there are a lot of cuts but United emphasizes they’ve only completed stopped flying to one U.S. airport
Hyatt Offers Explorist Status & Status Challenge Useful When Corporate Travel Begins Again
Mar
18
2020
Hyatt is offering 90 days of Explorist status and a fast track to either keep Explorist or top tier Globalist through February 22. The best thing is that you have until November 16 to register and start the 90 day clock. As a result you can use this once your travel is starting up again.
All Centurion Lounges Will Close Saturday, Until Further Notice
Mar
18
2020
American Express is closing all Centurion Lounge locations starting Saturday, March 21. Here’s detail on the move.
Hawaii Asks Americans Not To Visit From The Mainland
Mar
18
2020
With 14 confirmed cases of coronavirus including the state’s first case of community spread, the Governor of Hawaii is asking Americans on the mainland not to visit for the next 30 days. Hawaii travel has been one of the few bright spots for airlines, and early on in this crisis Oahu was one of only two major hotel markets to be doing well.
