It’s sad the depths to which American’s Flagship First Class product has fallen. They are eliminating the product, but the truth is going the other direction wouldn’t have been hard.
You need to be very careful Googling airline phone numbers because scam travel agencies have corrupted the results. But even knowing this, here’s a truly strange case.
I’m earning transferable points with no fee using the no annual fee Mesa card. You don’t even pay your mortgage with the card. You just tell them how much your mortgage is, and they award you the points as long as you spend $1,000 on the card each month. I do that in a 3x category.
A Southwest Airlines passenger gets into an argument at the gate. He seems to have shown up late – his seat have have been given away to a standby passenger. But he pushes past the agent and tries to rush the boarding door anyway and get onto the plane.
One coach passenger boarded their Zurich – New York JFK flight and found a a bare foot planted squarely on their armrest. It wasn’t an accidental brush or quick stretch – it was a full, unrepentant, toes-out encroachment before boarding had even finished. And all they could think was: “I have a 9 hour flight ahead of me.”
American Airlines is firing flight attendants for offering other crewmembers incentives to pick up their trips. The union says this is new, and violates their contract. The Chicago base notified crewmembers on Friday that “Posting a trip with an incentive to drop” had led to “The absolute worst outcome available” and that was done without any progressive discipline.
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted by a federal grand jury – highly unusual for a sitting mayor (it’s never happened before in New Orleans!). Former officer on her protection detail, and alleged affair partner, Jeffrey Paul Vappie II, was also indicted.
Marriott is threatening to close a Bonvoy Ambassador member’s account, after they complained about several of the brand’s hotels. They’ve let him know that they don’t want complainers – they want customers who will accept degraded brand standards and continue handing over at least $23,000 a year.
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 »
