The airline that has been the most consistently profitable in the history of the U.S. airline industry has blown it all up to become just like the rest of the industry – only offering consumers less than other carriers.
Another hotel property has been caught refilling shampoo and bath gel dispensers in the shower from ketchup-style bulk containers that lack any branding at all.
This past Monday a Hagerstown, Maryland woman flying home on Allegiant Air flight 2884 wound up in police custody at Orlando Sanford Airport after giving a 12 year old passenger a beat down. The boy had taunted the 46-year-old woman, calling her “fat” and “Miss Piggy” and saying she couldn’t fit in her seat.
The two were seatmates. The boy pushed her arm off the shared armrest between them and she “started smacking him.” According to other passengers, she hit him with a clenched fist, clubbed him with a plastic water bottle, and then slammed his head against the window.
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A Canadian traveler pled guilty to attacking two TSA employees at the Miami airport in a rampage caught on surveillance camera.
American Airlines flight attendants are selling their seniority again. The company is cracking down on them for it, and the union isn’t protecting the cabin crew.
Flight attendants get to ‘bid’ on trips based on seniority, choosing their schedules which are most convenient to them and which take them to the best destinations. That’s a perk that has real value. Want to fly to Rome? You’d better be super-senior… or be willing to pay someone who is to trade their trip with you.
At first blush it seems like United got the better deal in its partnership with JetBlue. JetBlue’s flights really don’t get United that much, and the airlines aren’t codesharing. United gets back into JFK – by gaining 7 takeoff and landing slots from JetBlue, and the carriers are exchanging a handful of flight times at Newark.
It might be hard to see why JetBlue chose United as a partner. However, the deal makes sense when you read between the lines to what hasn’t been said about the partnership.
A Frontier Airlines check-in agent admitted to a customer, “Yes, I am discriminating.” And they proceeded to charge a wheelchair passenger for transporting their medical equipment.
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Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
