News and notes from around the interweb:
- Southwest Airlines is fun and games, but not on a flight before 6 a.m.
hey @southwest I’m all about the little games and jokes… but at 530am?! I’m at a loss for words at how incredibly disappointed I am getting woken up to all the PA yelling, singing, and games. Please do better Southwest ♂️ (Flight 162 Houston to Vegas 2/16/24) pic.twitter.com/AobEfJy8XM
— DJ Scene (@djscene) February 16, 2024
- New MGM status match/challenge offer. Useful, because Hyatt is no longer MGM’s partner (no more Hyatt->MGM status) and the new Marriott-MGM partnership lets MGM elites status match into Marriott but doesn’t offer MGM status matches to Marriott elites.
New @MGMRewards Status Challenge
✅ [Challenge Period] The “Status Match period” to request, receive approval for, and start a Status Match Challenge begins at 7:01 AM Pacific Time (PT) on February 15, 2024 and ends June 30, 2024 at 11:59 PM PT. The “Status Match approval…
— ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟᴢᴏʀᴋ (@TravelZork) February 17, 2024
- Qantas considering monthly ‘pay as you go’ model for lounge access with auto-renewal if not cancelled.
Qantas Club Melbourne - The hotel American gives out free might not have been much better. Take control of your own flight delay. Consider booking a hotel out of pocket, hopefully billable to your rewards card’s trip delay coverage. (Though maybe they should offer these in the Admirals Club?)
Some pure comedy happening over at @AmericanAir in Miami.
12-hour flight delay until next morning but because it wasn’t technically “cancelled” no hotel accommodations were provided but they did offer this depressing and unsafe option… pic.twitter.com/h9nqeKmXSJ
— Max McKendry (@McKendryMM12) February 17, 2024
- Perez Hilton’s mom’s Rimowa suitcases sold for $20
@madelinejoyw luckiest thrift find EVER #thrifted #thrifting #rimowa #rimowaoriginal #thrifthaul #thriftfinds #suitcase ♬ dance the night away sped – S O U N D S
It seems that there is always someone who has to complain about something.
Yeah, I’ve had Southwest flights early morning where they want to talk and talk and talk and sing songs and such. Sorry, should be limited to safety related only. This ranks up there with American doing the credit card spiel on a redeye at 4am. Though a good friend of mine told me a funny story at dinner recently about a customer that got Travis Christ’s home phone number and woke him up with a credit card pitch in the middle of the night….