News and notes from around the interweb:
- The rise and fall of the Great Saltair: The search for Utah’s lost world-class lakefront resort
- Volaris Fires Pilot Who Recorded Near Accident
🇲🇽 Énième incident grave à l’aéroport de Mexico.
Samedi, un Airbus de Volaris a dû interrompre sa manœuvre d’atterrissage pour éviter une collision avec un autre appareil de la même compagnie qui était sur le point de décoller de l’aéroport de Mexico.pic.twitter.com/hcpoZIdxW7
— air plus news (@airplusnews) May 10, 2022
- Is Alan Joyce on his final flight? A history of the Qantas CEO’s fight against everyone
- Boom founder Blake Scholl: from high school dropout to supersonic high-flyer still a long shot, they need engines to make it possible and possible isn’t enough it needs to be efficient enough to be profitable for airlines. But someone should, eventually, make this work. Maybe it’ll be Boom Aerospace?
- Throughout the pandemic I’ve been saying it’s important not just to know the entry rules for your destination but also for any connecting city in case irregular operations cause you to miss a connection – you don’t want to be stuck in an airport in a country you cannot enter. Jetstar passengers stranded at Tokyo Narita without food or water due to cancelled connecting flight.
- After Qatar Airways adopted Avios as a currency while retaining management of its own points bank, British Airways parent IAG wants other companies, including non-airlines, to adopt Avios as a loyalty currency (Skift)
Regarding the Avios “currency” story, all airlines need to wake up and engage their customers across revenue channels. If an airline is making money off of a co-branded credit card, incentivize the use of that credit card. The same goes for the airline’s hotel partnerships, hotel portal, shopping portal, etc.
Whether or not you like American Airlines, it was smart to move AAdvantage to the new Loyalty Points system. Yes, some customers are worse off. But, as a whole, most customers will have greater opportunity and will be more engaged. For the company, the proof will be in its quarterly financial statements. We shall see.
It seems British Airways is waking up to the notion and it would be smart to follow American Airlines’ lead. Same for Delta and United. The days of idiotic qualifying mile and segment-counting for tier status need to end.
Can you convert BA Avios to QR Avios?
Or, how would you use BA Avios to book QR seats?
Thank you!
@ Kalboz
Yes you can transfer BA Avios to QR Avios, or the other way.
There is something to do first but have a look an a BA website or even the great Head for Points site in the uk.