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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.
Woman Gets $1200 Payout After 2 Day Checked Bag Delay
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Monthly Archives for July 2022.
Capital One’s New Spark Travel Elite Won’t Show Up On Personal Credit
Jul
21
2022
Capital One launched the new Spark Travel Elite card this week. It’s the ‘small business version of Venture X’ and has an initial bonus offer to earn up to 250,000 miles.
Currently the card is only available through Capital One business relationship managers, though that’s expected to change and the card should become available more broadly. Existing customers of Capital One business cards except for Spark Cash Plus are eligible to apply for the product.
Wide Open Award Space For World’s Best Business Class – Mideast, India, Even Africa
Jul
21
2022
Qatar has one of the best business class product in the world in its ‘QSuites’. These are revolutionary suites with doors and movable partitions that allow two and even four passengers to travel together in their own space.
Right now there’s fantastic award availability at the end of the booking window. You can use this for travel from the U.S. to Doha and beyond to the Mideast, India, the Maldives and even to Africa. And you can book it with American and Alaska miles or points transferred from American Express, Chase, Capital One, Citibank or Bilt.
American Airlines Could Face Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Jul
21
2022
Three successive rounds of taxpayer bailouts and the recovery of the airline industry should be good news for American Airlines, as it is for other U.S. carriers. However American remains in a more precarious financial position than its competitors and has less maneuvering room than other airlines do facing the headwinds that are on the horizon for the industry.
American’s financial statements show liabilities that are greater than their assets and they face four major challenges that could make things worse.
Delta Will Give Free Inflight Internet To All Domestic Mainline Passengers
Jul
21
2022
In March 2019 Delta CEO Ed Bastian said the airline would offer free wifi within “a year or two.” They needed to ensure they had enough bandwidth for everyone to use it, since not charging would mean far greater usage.
Delta tested just how much people used wifi when it’s free and found that their Gogo inflight internet couldn’t handle it without degrading service. The airline has since moved to retrofit planes with ViaSat internet which works faster. And now, according to an internal memo, they’re ready to go.
Even KLM Employees Are Confused Over Amsterdam’s Checked Baggage Ban: Know Before You Go
Jul
21
2022
Amsterdam’s baggage systems broke down and KLM informed passengers that connecting passengers couldn’t check bags on Thursday, July 21.
Reader Don shares his experience this morning checking in for a trip to the U.S. via Amsterdam.
Amsterdam Meltdown: They’re Not Even Accepting Checked Bags From Connecting Flights Tomorrow
Jul
20
2022
Amsterdam Schipol airport was already in meltdown. Now its baggage systems have broken down.
Two Men ‘Bully And Assault’ Woman Trying To Deplane Quickly
Jul
20
2022
When a flight is delayed, and finally arrives at its destination, crew may announce that passengers without a connection should remain seated to let those with a connecting flight get off first, to give them a running chance of making their connection. Almost no one complies, ever.
Passengers in a hurry trying to get off as quickly as possible, ahead of passengers in rows in front of them, can be a source of conflict too. Here’s a woman trying to get by other passengers as they deplane – and the other passengers are having none of it. I’d bet the woman looking to get off wasn’t as polite in asking as she might of been, but they appear to be acting like real jerks.
Woman Filmed Naked In Her Room After Hotel Gives Man The Key, What Should She Do?
Jul
20
2022
A woman reports in multiple places online that last Thursday she was staying one night in a major city at a chain hotel. She showered, put her towel on the rack, and was “standing in the middle of the room completely naked, [when] another guest opens the door suddenly.”
What happened next is what’s really striking. The man didn’t leave. Instead, he started filming her.
The Weirdest Encounters With Airport Security [Roundup]
Jul
20
2022
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.
