News and notes from around the interweb:
- Is it gauche to upcharge in the lounge, or is 9,000 SkyMiles for caviar in the Delta One lounge the best redemption they’ve offered in ages?
The Delta One Lounge (JFK) now sells a caviar option….
byu/FutureMillionMiler indeltaThis price mistake though is pretty sweet – the caviar gets cheaper when you add champagne!
⚠️ Delta One Lounge (JFK) Error Pricing
byu/FutureMillionMiler indelta - The single most misunderstood thing in all of aviation: that is not duct tape. Speed tape is entirely different.
My @americanair flight is delayed because of a faulty seal on the right engine.
No problem! Nothing a little duct tape can’t fix. Oh geez. pic.twitter.com/wcIiI2jjmk
— Javier Manjarres (@JavManjarres) November 28, 2025
- Their Obsession With Travel Points Led to an Unexpected Spark (NYT)
“Heather Peggs and George Igoe connected over frequent flier miles” (HT: Paul H)They were married Nov. 22, before 113 guests at the TWA Hotel at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, N.Y. Joe Fulton, a close friend of the couple who was previously ordained through the Universal Life Church, officiated. Mr. Igoe and his groomsmen made their entrance to the ceremony by emerging from the vintage plane in the hotel’s lobby, and Ms. Peggs walked down the aisle to Kina Grannis’s rendition of “Can’t Help Falling in Love.”
In a nod to their passion for travel, the dinner tables were named after airports.
- Cat gets loose on Thanksgiving flight. They were confused, because they were sure Southwest had moved to assigned seating.
- This was an incident from June – it’s making the rounds again.
At Milan's Malpensa International Airport in Italy, a Chinese woman was deeply unhappy and threw a tantrum because her luggage exceeded the limit and she couldn't pass through. pic.twitter.com/hiJMde9b0J
— 鈴森はるか 『haruka suzumori』 (@harukaawake) November 28, 2025
Why is caviar not free in the Delta One lounge? Passengers paying $5,000 or $10,000 for a Delta One ticket should have caviar for free.
this is the one time i’d take the guy instead of the cat!
@ Gary — What FNT said.
Yeah, but no, mistaking speed tape for duct tape is not the “most misunderstood thing in aviation”. Instead they are
3) clogging the gate before your boarding group will get you on the plane faster,
2) the cabin wall and table are fine places for your bare feet, and
1) No, Tim Dunn- Delta is not a premium airlines
Jeeper Champagne? A typo?
What @Gene and @FNT said!