Priority Lane Feathers Ruffled: Birds Take Over American Airlines Boarding [Roundup]

by Gary Leff

News and notes from around the interweb:

  • There are more birds in the priority lane than general boarding, natch.

    Posts from the americanairlines
    community on Reddit

  • United has gotten really good at celebrating customer milestones inflight

  • Frontier Airlines takes an axe to their route network.

  • Trump ‘eyes deal’ to save failing DC Waldorf-Astoria, turn it back into Trump International Hotel

  • Lack of seat assignments on Southwest actually makes life difficult in an unexpected way – it’s tougher for the airline (and law enforcement) to identify passengers who aren’t supposed to be on board an aircraft.

    Posts from the southwestairlines
    community on Reddit

  • Actress and comedian, Danielle Pinnock, known for her role in the CBS series ‘Ghosts’ flew Air Canada and it was.. something else. She barely made her flight after becoming distracted in the lounge, only to witness a series of eccentric events in first class. A magician entertained passengers with tricks. A man with numerous children struggles to manage them, occupying several rows of first class. A mother and daughter loudly argue, likening the first-class experience to a “Greyhound bus.”

    The flight was diverted to Toronto for fuel. This required a change in crew. The magician moved to first class and continued entertaining. She spiled her wine.

  • I don’t think this is within published size guidelines.

    This is why there is no room in the overheads
    byu/millero indelta

About Gary Leff

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 »

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Comments

  1. I enjoyed staying at the Waldorf-Astoria in DC using free night award through the Amex Aspire card. It would be a shame if he took back the hotel for several reasons, personally because then that lucrative redemption would not be a thing anymore, and collectively, you know, like as a society, we probably should not have a king who collects emoluments through foreign delegations staying at his hotels, but I guess the time for holding anyone accountable for that has come and gone. Enjoy the grift, everyone!

  2. Awesome on united MM milestone recognition. I hit AA 1mm about 2 months ago, sitting upfront on a purchased seat, didn’t even get a PDB or my coat hung. I did, however, get my MM luggage tag in the mail a week or so later. Oh well.

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