News and notes from around the interweb:
- Earn Delta miles when you use Instacart SkyMiles are, as my grandfather used to say, “better than a hole in the head.”
- You’re focused on the pressure cooker, what makes this story unusual is they didn’t keep the cash for themselves (HT: @iflyplaces)
Early this morning @TSA officers @BostonLogan discovered approximately $10k hidden inside a slow cooker. Not sure why the passenger decided to hide money in a slow cooker, but @MassStatePolice eventually cleared the passenger and the money. pic.twitter.com/7DbSJsKAsI
— TSA_NewEngland (@TSA_NewEngland) February 17, 2022
- Alaska Airlines adds award bookings on Malaysia Airlines and the redemption rates are really bad new Alaska partners generally come on with awful pricing, so assume that when existing contracts are up with incumbent partners those prices too should rise. A lot.
- I flew Southwest on day one of the return of alcohol. Flight attendant was downright giddy when she saw her first free drink chit in two years come out of my wallet. Strangest part? It had stayed in the wallet the full two years.
- Outgoing Executive Vice President of American Airlines endorses No Fly List for disruptive passengers, even though this is not provided for as a punishment in law. This follows the incident where one of the airline’s flight attendants hit a passenger over the head with a coffee pot in order to subdue him.
Amen. https://t.co/W2lsgV61EU
— elise (@elisecom) February 18, 2022
- $500 off Qatar Airways business class tickets
Did American Airlines wipe the blood off the dented coffee pot and put it back in service for the next flight. Or, did American Airlines preserve its history and retire this coffee pot to the CR Smith Museum of aviation history in Fort Worth. The bloodstained coffee pot would also allow American Airlines team members to demonstrate how, for passenger safety, they subdue agitated passengers during their VIP tours.
Yea just what America needs. A bunch of power hungry Karen flight attendants deciding what behavior constitutes placement on the “no fly” list.
On the last AA flight FA repeated 6 times on the speaker that the masks have to be put back between the sips when drinking. They are now on a mission to enforce whatever their union would say. I would not be surprised if AA FAs continuing demands of masking coupled with no service. Should I say that their service in F was measurable? If this continues, AA would soon be on my permanent no-fly list.
Jerry, have you ever been on a flight with a non-mask-related security incident? I have. And, the coffee pot incident involved a mentally ill passenger who feigned opening the main door in-flight and also tried to gain entry into the cockpit. You’ll change your tune when it happens to you.
That’s quite a dent!
People who try and open the door should be banned. people who don’t wanna wear a mask that has been proven to not work should NOT be banned or added to any lists. If you disagree you are a totalitarian sicko.
That was some strong coffee.