News and notes from around the interweb:
- Alaska Airlines will no longer check bags onto other airlines when flying on separate tickets, following American Airlines. Sad!
If you find a partner award for, say, Seattle to London but there’s no award space for Pasco, Washington to Seattle on Alaska – and you have to pay extra to buy that ticket – they will only check your bag from Pasco to Seattle. You then have to collect your bag and check it back in. What a waste of a customer’s times.
This way they push people to book everything on a single ticket (which can be more expensive) and they don’t have to split checked bag fees, but they fail to exempt premium cabin (that doesn’t pay the fees) and award travel (where it’s Alaska forcing customers onto separate tickets in the first place). This is one of the most customer-unfriendly moves current American Airlines management made, and it’s such a shame to see Alaska copy it.
- The U.S. seized a Boeing 747 in Miami this week
- Marriage proposals on board commercial flights are de rigueur. Actually getting married on board is noteworthy.
- “Service dog.”
Hey @SouthwestAir we really turned the flight around for a “service dog” that was growling at passengers, now I’m going to miss my connecting flight all because of this. pic.twitter.com/pvy9WsLQ11
— Ferrrrn (@knhjlmb) February 13, 2024
- Man Causes Security Scare at Frankfurt Airport After Claiming He Has Hand Grenades On Him Because The Security Check Was Taking Too Long
- Marriott forced to buy Sheraton Grand Chicago for $500 million
- Every few years we’re shown the future of standing airline seats as a horror piece on the news, and a European train went ahead and installed them.
Oh jeez, a European railroad has installed the seats airline passengers have been told to fear but in reality could never exist. https://t.co/q23geUQsjN
— Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) February 14, 2024
- Alaska Airlines is surveying its Stumptown coffee partnership versus their old Starbucks deal
No dogs never .
The flyer in Frankfurt must have been a Florida Man heading home.
Georgia – Actually he is from your home state.
If you loved traveling on Greyhound buses in the old days, you’ll love Southwest Airlines today. It’;s only a matter of time before someone brings live chickens on a plane.
David +1
My birth state is Florida, but I moved “north” to Georgia. While Georgia is disfunctional, it pales in comparison to Florida. Of course, we could always add in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.
A lawsuit by the other travelers should be filed. The bs has to stop.
David: you promised that you were giving up on View from the Wing, so do it instead of attacking others.
I have had AS interline bags a few times over the past year out of SEA and it seems they really are not trained on how to do this – there are almost no check-in agents with experience. One time it took the agent over 30 minutes and several phone calls. This was true even two months ago. I suppose at some point the inability to actually accomplish the task or accurately accomplish it becomes the reality forcing the change in policy. It is sad as it would seem the systems should be advanced enough to make this not so difficult. I have noticed AS taking on AAs methods in a couple of areas lately and not for the better.
When this “service dog” trouble happens, every passenger should be flooding social media attacking the AIRLINE for allowing fake service dogs onboard. Airlines know the difference between service dogs and “emotional support” pets. They willingly choose to pacify the small number of people who will complain if they can’t bring their little Fee-Fee on board with them. Airlines will only stop when publicly called out enough times that passengers start to avoid them or damage the brand.