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Monthly Archives for July 2021.

Is Putting Business Expenses On A Personal Credit Card To Earn Miles “White Privilege”?

by Gary Leff on July 10, 2021

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Jul 10 2021

Provided an employer is financially solid enough to make the payments, and processes expense reimbursements quickly, there’s few things better than being able to charge business expenses to your personal credit card. This makes it easy to earn initial card bonuses, as well as threshold bonuses that might help you keep elite status, and ultimately generates lots of points for you to use later. Imagine being able to charge plenty of airline tickets (at 5x) and conferences at hotels (3x) in large volumes!

But there are several big “if’s.”

Is The Airline Industry Competitive? The Biden Administration Wants To Make 7 Changes

by Gary Leff on July 10, 2021

Jul 10 2021

With the Biden Administration taking aim at ratcheting up competition regulations across the economy, the airline industry’s lobby shop came out with a claim that the industry is already highly competitive. Some of their arguments are true and fair, others are misleading, and they skip over the role that government plays protecting big incumbent airlines from competition that might drive them to improve their products.

American Airlines Refused Boarding To Turkish Fitness Model Over Revealing Clothes

by Gary Leff on July 10, 2021

Jul 10 2021

Deniz Saypinar, the first Turkish woman to become an International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness pro and the first non-American to win the US National Bikini Fitness Competition, is a fitness model with over 1 million followers on Instagram. American Airlines denied her boarding on a flight from Dallas Fort Worth to Miami on Thursday because they found her attire too revealing.

In an Instagram story she said the airline’s employees called her “naked.”

EPA Says The Disinfecting Spray American Airlines Has Been Using Doesn’t Work

by Gary Leff on July 9, 2021

Jul 09 2021

Last summer American Airlines implemented an elegant solution for disinfecting planes. The chemical SurfaceWise2 was approved in Texas and was touted as killing viruses on surfaces for two weeks. There’d be no reason to spray planes as often during the pandemic.

It turns out the stuff may not actually work.

[Roundup] While You’re Crammed In Coach, This Cat Gets To Fly Private

by Gary Leff on July 9, 2021

Jul 09 2021

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.

[Update: Some Of] American’s Sydney Flights Will Become One-Way Only Starting July 12

by Gary Leff on July 9, 2021

Jul 09 2021

Only 215 people per day are allowed to enter Sydney, Australia from overseas between July 14 and August 31.
As a result American Airlines will stop operating a passenger flight Los Angeles to Sydney starting July 12th (arriving the morning of July 14). They will, however, continue flying Sydney – Los Angeles.

Oh, Come On. Mask Mandates Aren’t Needed But They’re Not Flight Attendants’ Fault

by Gary Leff on July 9, 2021

Jul 09 2021

Tomi Lahren, apparently, feels differently and reaches the Godwin’s law stage of the pandemic.

American Passengers Forced To Place Hands On Heads For Landing Before Being Detained

by Gary Leff on July 9, 2021

Jul 09 2021

Hands up, don’t shoot. American Airlines “ordered passengers on a flight from Los Angeles to Miami on Wednesday to put their hands on their heads” for the last 45 to 60 minutes of the flight “because of a potential security threat.” On arrival in Miami, the plane was boarded by law enforcement with machine guns.

One man was arrested, but that wasn’t the end because when passengers were finally permitted to deplane they were held in the terminal.

The New, Easy, And Cheap Way To Book JetBlue Mint (Business Class) Awards

by Gary Leff on July 9, 2021

Jul 09 2021

The Emirates frequent flyer program has just introduced award redemption on its partner JetBlue. It’s easy to get Emirates points. And the award prices for JetBlue’s ‘Mint’ business class are surprisingly reasonable. You can often book JetBlue business class seats for more than one third fewer points than JetBlue would charge in its own program.

A TSA Insider Walks You Through How To Fly Without ID

by Gary Leff on July 8, 2021

Jul 08 2021

You can skip showing an ID altogether if you have CLEAR and are flying from a terminal where that service is offered. Your eyes or fingerprints are your ID instead.

But if you don’t have ID, perhaps you’ve lost it or forgotten it, you can still fly. TSA has procedures for that. A viral video tells you how.

Monthly Archives

Is Putting Business Expenses On A Personal Credit Card To Earn Miles “White Privilege”?

Is The Airline Industry Competitive? The Biden Administration Wants To Make 7 Changes

American Airlines Refused Boarding To Turkish Fitness Model Over Revealing Clothes

EPA Says The Disinfecting Spray American Airlines Has Been Using Doesn’t Work

[Roundup] While You’re Crammed In Coach, This Cat Gets To Fly Private

[Update: Some Of] American’s Sydney Flights Will Become One-Way Only Starting July 12

Oh, Come On. Mask Mandates Aren’t Needed But They’re Not Flight Attendants’ Fault

American Passengers Forced To Place Hands On Heads For Landing Before Being Detained

The New, Easy, And Cheap Way To Book JetBlue Mint (Business Class) Awards

A TSA Insider Walks You Through How To Fly Without ID

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