Sep
15
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.
Southwest Airlines: Don’t Feed The Pilots [Roundup]
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Monthly Archives for September 2023.
Air China Has Filed To Fly New York To Los Angeles
Sep
15
2023
Star Alliance member Air China plans to operate a flight within the United States, from New York to Los Angeles.
The trick is that they will only be able to carry their own connecting passengers on the New York JFK to Los Angeles flight.
Non-Delta Flyers Benefit Most From Sky Club Changes
Sep
14
2023
Amex Platinum customers who don’t focus their travel on Delta actually seem to come out ahead, even as their unlimited benefit (which they weren’t making full use of) gets scaled back.
For Delta loyalists with an Amex Platinum, well, that’s another story entirely.
People Are Leaving Stinky Things In The Front Trunks Of Rental Car EVs [Roundup]
Sep
14
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.
Delta: We’re Not Done Making Changes To SkyMiles Status – Or First Class
Sep
14
2023
At the Morgan Stanley 11th Annual Laguna Conference, Delta was asked about changes to the airline’s loyalty program.
New: Spy On The Best Award Availability That Other Frequent Flyers Are Finding
Sep
14
2023
So this is pretty interesting, a new feature from Point.me lets you see what awards other people are finding. Great inspiration for your own mileage redemptions!
Delta Air Lines Risks Killing American Express Deal Golden Goose With SkyMiles Changes
Sep
14
2023
Delta says that nearly 1% of GDP is currently being charged to their Amex cards, why would they risk this? A lot of Delta cards are going to be cancelled since they no longer have unlimited or any access to Sky Clubs, and since the thresholds for earning status are so high.
There will be some people who double down on their Delta Amex cards, but at the end of the status chase if they can put hundreds of thousands of dollars of spend on those cards, they will have… Delta SkyMiles instead of more valuable rewards currencies they could have earned. The opportunity cost is high!
Southwest Airlines Reveals They Have A Problem At Orange County’s Airport
Sep
14
2023
Southwest is the largest airline at the airport. They were allocated 44 daily departures for 2023, down from 57 flights in 2022. Basically the airport guesses how full flights will be, and applies that percentage to back into the current 11.8 million allowable passengers. And that determines how many flights they’ll permit.
Apparently they’ve been filling too many seats, because Southwest Airlines let employees know that they have a problem to manage in Orange County.
Frontier Airlines CEO Says You’re Lazy, So He Has To Cut Costs
Sep
14
2023
Spirit Airlines lost its relentless focus on costs, but Frontier Airlines still has it. Frontier is the U.S. Franke airline now and it’s headed by Spirit’s former marketing chief, Barry Biffle. Flight attendant training is done at a truck stop in Wyoming because it’s cheap.
United’s CEO Scott Kirby says airlines are overstaffed by 10%. Biffle will actually do something about it.
Bilt Rewards Adds New Premium Hotel Award Search Tool As Free Service
Sep
14
2023
Ultimately this is a great tool, that’s normally premium priced, but available free at no cost through the Bilt app – a way to help make the most of Bilt points or any points, the way that they’ve done with airlines and point.me.
