News and notes from around the interweb:
- A man in India tried to hide an affair with an overseas girlfriend from his wife by tearing pages out of his passport showing his entry and exit stamps. Upon his return to India border officials noticed the torn pages – and arrested him for altering his passport. Now the wife knows…
- More Hawaii visitors saying they won’t return, due to high costs
- United flight attendant mistakes Simone Biles for child, offers her coloring book Wut?
- So about those customer satisfaction scores Delta asks customers for and then brags about getting…
Oh @Delta , this isn’t how to learn about customer satisfaction pic.twitter.com/WRohYBHreD
— Dave Frankland (@dfrankland) July 11, 2022
- Yikes.
Just how close was this flight to crashing into the ground?
6 feet.
If the flight crew had reacted a second later, it's over. What happened? ATC gave an incorrect altimiter setting, leading to a glide slope 280 feet below profile. https://t.co/TlNRBkbEEv pic.twitter.com/v6u5byfRtV
— Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) July 11, 2022
- Alaska Airlines gives every employee 90,000 miles to celebrate its 90th anniversary. Back at the start of 2018 employees were being given $1000 each prompted by tax law changes. Assume that this costs the airline $700 – $750 apiece.
@alaskaair Today, we gave every employee 90,000 miles to celebrate 90 years of flying. 💙✈️ #AlaskaAir #TravelTok #TravelTheGlobe #EmployeeAppreciation #WhereToNext #iAmAlaska ♬ Sunrise – Official Sound Studio - There’s real truth to this. You elites getting free breakfast know what I’m talking about.
great headline LOL – I have been trying to use Alaska miles for about 7 years, I think I booked a one way flight once where AA had availability for a portion of my miles. I have passed up on many cc offers because of this. My spouse also still has 30k miles we can’t ever seem to use.
You think those miles cost that much?? Surely not, especially since breakage is huge. Probably half that
Agree with Hawaii being too expensive. Groceries were so expensive, we only made note of the price of anything when it was reasonable price.
@Mike Riess- yes, rough order of magnitude estimation of costs 74 to 85 basis points
Hawaii car rental costs are astronomical. We finally used Turo to get someone’s private car for a few days, since Hertz et. al. wanted well over $600. Turo is NOT ready for prime time, and the “operators” on it are running scams. I’ve used it twice with mixed feelings. Caveat emptor, YMMV!
Just wait till they try and book a flight on British Airways and they learn they must pay $800 in garbage fees.
@Alan… they are “Fuel Surcharges” plus seat fees , bag fees,
Another reason to never visit Hawaii…. the government went full Nazi during the scamdemic. And I know some of you Branch Covidians here were some of their biggest cheerleaders. YOU SUCK!
@JL100 (and @Gary, if serious and not just trying to be glib)
You must be doing it wrong 😉
I’ve had great luck with Alaska redemptions over the years. First/biz class on JAL, First/biz class on CX, First class to Hawaii…not to mention the occasional 5k coach short haul. The quality of redemptions varies widely depending on the carrier, as the different airlines have different and sometimes excessive charges (looking at you Malaysia).
As a budget conscious traveler, I consistently use Alaska miles on AA metal to fly R/T Europe twice per year from W Coast.
Use the BofA Visa Sig for 1st checked bag free.
Don’t even think about using the BA partner option. Lo mileage requirements, but HUGE fuel surcharges. What is up with BA? The Empire has ended guys.