News and notes from around the interweb:
- Knee room versus legroom on a plane:
- One of the Chicago seminars is holding a ‘variety show’ today “fast-paced segments on miles and points by guests across the points community” and hosted by Stefan Krasowski and I’m told including folks like Frequent Miler, with event donations to charity RIP Medical Debt.
- New Amex Centurion longe wifi password Amex1850. For many years it’s been ‘MemberSince’. How many of you remember when it was ‘MemberOf’?
- Paris Charles de Gaulle Star Alliance lounge is now open in terminal 1 (for gates 10 to 38) and is approximately 14,000 square feet.
Credit: Star Alliance - United temporarily eliminates blankets on all domestic flights
- Filed under things you didn’t know you actually had to say: your hands belong in front of you when you fly, not on the back of your seat.
Q: Who lays claim to this space? On the one hand, it’s my seatback pocket. On the other hand, it’s his hand. pic.twitter.com/F173Hfki07
— Jeb Brooks (@JebBrooks) October 12, 2023
- Conrad Austin hotel project is off
- Colorado airport racing to get rid of leaded avgas
Gary – not to nitpick (but I will), I was in the Dalla Centurion Lounge the day it opened (2nd one after LV) and in LV as well that trip (which had only been open a few months). The WiFi password was MemberSince and hasn’t changed until I was in the Seattle lounge last week and saw the new one (although they said MemberSince would also work for a while). When and where was it MemberOf?! I sure don’t remember it and, as stated, pretty much have history since the beginning
I recommend the next Amex Centurion Lounge password should be “thanksforbeingonouronehourwaitinglisttoenter” or, “weareadepartureloungeonly” or, “youarenotwelcomemorethanthreehours” or, “sorrythecappuccinomachineisbroken” or, “yourguestsarefiftydollarseach” or, “sorryweranoutoffood” or “weapologizetheshowerisoutofservice.”
@AC – The Dallas lounge, at opening, did have its password set as MemberOf!
All I want is leg room. The idea of being in a bulkhead is a nightmare.
Re: knee room; this is why I actually preferred a lot of the old school J products (eg. 2-2-2 “La Z Boy” type seating) over the reverse herringbone seats that everyone seems to love. Having the completely open space in front of me as opposed to a confined leg-well was always a big plus for me.
Interesting Gary – thought it was MemberSince from beginning and was on that lounge first day. Certainly possible I misremembered after 10 years or so
No, it’s about leg room. Just about every business and First seat has at least manageable knee room. But if you can’t fully extend your legs, sleeping is a problem. And sleep is really why these seats exist in the first place.
I also remember MemberOf briefly before it changed to MemberSince.
Was just asked a few minutes ago if I wanted wifi at PHX, I joked “you mean the one with the same membersince password as everywhere else for years” and the guy was taken aback. Tried to argue that it was exclusive to his location only. Ha.