News and notes from around the interweb:
- A visual representation of placing security over liberty at Washington National airport.
- The Trouble With the Memphis Airport: No Crowds the legacy Northwest Airlines hub is no longer as busy under Delta and the article compares it to former US Airways hub Pittsburgh. Of course San Jose, Nashville, Raleigh, St. Louis and San Juan used to be American Airlines hubs. Columbus and Las Vegas were America West hubs. Baltimore and Kansas City were US Airways hubs. AirTran, Frontier, and Midwest hubbed in Milwaukee. To name just a few.
- Qatar Airways Privilege Club raised award prices about 60% across the board for travel on their own flights, without notice and right after imposing a new award redemption fee. And the program was already much worse than Etihad Guest.
- Qatar Airways is improving premium cabin dining and that’s from an already high base.
- Chrome browser extension to search award availability efficiently across a range of dates (HT: David H.)
- Braniff pilots gather for one last cookout
- This is actually stupid on two levels.
A couple from Puerto Rico was denied a Rancho Cordova hotel room after a Motel 6 employee told the husband his driver's license wasn't from the United States. pic.twitter.com/zccFhvy0wv
— Tom Miller (@KCRAMiller) May 25, 2018
@ Gary — You can be sure that the idiot who doesn’t know that PR is part of the USA voted for and will again vote for THE IDIOT. Make American Stupid Again.
@Gene – Ah yes, THE IDIOT from Kenya that thinks there are 57 states. LOL.
Has the number of AA miles for Qatar awards increased too?
As a Memphis native, I can say that it truly is sad to see it lose Memphis International lose its hub status. While I was only about 15 years old when the merger happened, I remember it clearly being a bustling airport. It won a ton of awards when it was opened for the champagne glass architecture at the ticketing hall.
If you ever get the chance to go to Memphis, make sure to check out the FedEx area. While you can’t access it, you have to drive by it on the way to the airport. It’s SO fascinating.
@Jose
LOL – Classic!
Typical idiot Republicans, equating a misspeak by President Obama (who is still better liked by the current temp resident) with absolute ignorance by a Republican.
*than*
Honestly we have business having a stake in territories like PR, Guam, etc if we’re going to deny them statehood. What happened to no taxation without representation? What happened to literally having a revolution over colonialism? American hypocrisy once again. The only reason why the territories aren’t states is because the party of racism can’t stand letting brown people vote.
@Truth “…President Obama (who is still better liked by the current temp resident)..”
And Neville Chamberlain was hugely popular in 1938 after the Munich agreement. How’d that work out??? (And that guy after him was hugely unpopular at first….). Truth hurts!
@Truth- this from someone who is somehow sure how someone else voted, never mind IF he or she voted.
@Ray: Puerto Rico residents do not pay US federal income tax.
@CoolHandLuke – no
Told your Puerto Rico drivers license is not from the US? I can meet if not top that. Checked into a Phoenix hotel and was asked where I was from. When I said “Maine”, the very nice person at the desk asked if I needed a passport to come to the US. THIRD time that has happened….