Jan
07
2023
Did you know that you don’t have to check out of a hotel (most of the time) but that you still should anyway?
Do You Check Out Of Hotels Before Leaving? Here’s How To Save A Little Time
Monthly Archives
Monthly Archives for January 2023.
Japan Airlines Tells Passengers It’s Unethical To Eat On Board
Jan
07
2023
Japan Airlines is asking business class customers to skip meals on board, telling them it is the ethical thing to do – which must make a business class passenger choosing to eat unethical.
Here’s The Struggle Southwest Airlines Will Face Bringing Back Customers
Jan
07
2023
It’s time to get aggressive marketing the ways in which Southwest is better, and making it easy and rewarding to do business with the airline.
80,000 Mile Offer For Tough-To-Get Yet Useful Lufthansa Miles [Roundup]
Jan
07
2023
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.
Review: Hyatt’s Royal Palms Resort, Phoenix
Jan
06
2023
The Royal Palms Resort Phoenix may be my new favorite hotel in the area. The grounds are beautiful, service is excellent, and the food is even good. My own quibble would be with the rooms, which could very much use a refresh.
Delta Air Lines Testing New Status Match Offers, There Are Four To Choose From [Roundup]
Jan
06
2023
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.
The First Emirates A380 With Refreshed Seats Has Entered Service
Jan
06
2023
Emirates has completed the refresh of the first one of its Airbus A380s and is placing it into service today, January 6, as flight EK3 from Dubai to London Heathrow. The airline has a fleet of 120 A380s, though slightly more than half will receive the interior retrofit.
These planes are receiving 56 premium economy seats, as well a new color palette in business and first class.
American Airlines Dropping Service From Miami To Israel
Jan
06
2023
American Airlines is pulling out of its Miami – Tel Aviv route, a service they only began in June 2021 and which they expanded two months ago.
Another Air India Passenger Urinates On Woman Inflight
Jan
06
2023
An Air India flight from New York to Delhi, where a passenger walked up to a woman seated in business class and urinated on her and nothing was done about it, is making international news.
And the narrative that ‘this happens on Air India’ is being reinforced because 10 days after that incident another man urinated on a woman on Air India, this time on a Paris to Delhi flight on December 6th. Once again little was done about it.
How Much Money Did Southwest Airlines Lose From Its Operational Meltdown
Jan
06
2023
The airline has described ‘millions’ of passengers effected, though the number is over a million and likely around two million. The costs to the airline are staggering, and they are now expecting to lose money for the fourth quarter of 2022 as a result of lost revenue (they didn’t earn ticket revenue for the flights they cancelled) and higher expenses (reimbursing and compensating passengers).
Just how big of a deal was this?
