Jan
12
2021
Alaska says no changes to current partner redemption pricing when they join oneworld, and to expect advance notice of any changes.
Alaska Airlines Won’t Change Award Chart When They Join oneworld
Monthly Archives
Monthly Archives for January 2021.
Marriott Brings Back “Elite Guarantees”
Jan
11
2021
Marriott has continued to promote its elite benefit guarantees despite suspending them during the pandemic. Fortunately the cash guarantee compensation is back for when hotels fail to deliver specific promised benefits.
Passengers Arrested And Dragged Out Of Miami Airport Baggage Claim
Jan
11
2021
In this video shared to social media, women can be seem arrested at baggage claim in the Miami airport. They’re dragged out as they futilely resist the officers and the younger woman screams that “it hurts.” One woman announces that she has four children. A concerned onlooker worries about the kids, but the officer responds confidently that he has experience performing arrests where children are involved.
According to reports in social media a mother and daughter assaulted a flight attendant on their trip to Miami.
Fact Check: That Delta Passenger Wasn’t Added To The No Fly List For Attending The Capitol Hill Riots
Jan
11
2021
Since midday Sunday people were sharing to social media a video purportedly showing someone who attended the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday being denied boarding on Delta Air Lines because he had been added to the government’s No Fly List.
However the person checked in, went through security and was denied boarding at the gate. And the person who posted the original video didn’t claim the No Fly List had anything to do with it.
Delayed Covid-19 Test Kept Passenger Off Boeing 737-500 That Crashed Saturday
Jan
11
2021
On Saturday Indonesian carrier Sriwijaya Air lost a Boeing 737-500 operating as flight SJ-182 from Jakarta to Pontianak. There were 56 passengers and 6 crew on board.
Each of them – along with the mechanics, air traffic controllers, and even people who were supposed to be on the flight but didn’t make it – has a story.
Virgin Atlantic Restoring 2020 Award Pricing For Delta Transatlantic Non-Stop Flights
On New Years Day Virgin Atlantic updated its award pricing for travel on Delta. One of the few bright spots in Virgin’s Flying Club program was inexpensive Delta awards, so this was disappointing in the extreme. Prices went up in some cases more than 100%, largely focused on longer distance premium cabin awards.
Then, two days later, their spokespeople started saying that transatlantic awards wouldn’t go up as much as they had published and there would be an update. They’ve now said non-stop transatlantic awards will revert to their earlier pricing, but flying Delta anywhere else in the world or with connections will be a lot more expensive than it was in 2020 in many cases.
Hotel Chain Advertises Free Local Phone Calls, Policy Is To Charge For Them Anyway
Jan
10
2021
Extended Stay America has had a customer-friendly policy dating back years of not charging for local calls. They’ve advertised this since when in-room phone revenue was a thing (before everyone had cell phones with unlimited domestic calling) and the chain stills promote ‘free local calls’ on their website.
Yet for several months they’ve been charging for local calls. The chain tells me that’s not a mistake.
Get Two Years Of Hilton Diamond Status After Just 9 Nights
Jan
10
2021
Hilton has cut its status challenge requirements in half, and since it’s the beginning of the calendar year doing a status match now and meeting the requirements earns next year’s status.
In other words, do a status match now and you get 90 days of status. During that time stay 9 nights with Hilton and you will earn Honors Diamond elite status through March 2023.
New York Times Says Credit Card Rewards Hurt The Poor. That’s Not True.
Jan
10
2021
In a glowing New York Times magazine profile of Brian Kelly, the founder of The Points Guy website, there are a number of unreasonable and poorly-argued claims. One in particular bothered me enough to address: that people earning credit card rewards do so at the expense of the poor.
Merchants pay fees to swipe credit cards, but the cost to accept credit cards is lower than other forms of payment. In the fight between businesses and credit card companies over fees, poor people are used as a fig leaf for corporate interests. Cutting interchange rates doesn’t lower prices, and doesn’t improve access to credit for the poor.
$60 In Free Wine From American Express Offers, Is There Anything Worth Drinking?
Jan
10
2021
American Express has an ‘Amex Offer’ that I’ve added to my Platinum Card from American Express for (2) $30 off $30 statement credits for purchases at Wine Insiders.
