Jun
17
2018
After cancelling 675 flights Thursday and Friday, American’s wholly owned regional carrier PSA is again experiencing problems today.
American’s Regional Flights Melting Down in Charlotte Again
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40% Bonus Buying Alaska Miles Through July 13 (The Best Airline Miles at 2.1 Cents)
Jun
17
2018
Alaska Airlines is offering a 40% bonus on purchased miles through July 13.
Alaska Airlines allows a free stopover on each one way award. And they have some of the best redemption prices of any program.
Biggest Starwood Points Sale Before the Program Effectively Ends Next Month
Jun
17
2018
Starwood is offering a 35% discount on buying Starpoints through July 20. They’re actually letting you buy points at a price which those points are worth which is great.
Technically Starwood Preferred Guest will still exists August 1, but that’s a legal distinction. Marriott, Starwood, and Ritz-Carlton will all have the same program at this point just with different names because contractual issues prevent them from calling it one program. For all intents and purposes though this is the last sale of Starpoints qua Starpoints.
Airport Bans Sleeping and Sitting on the Floor, Employs Monitors to Wake Passengers
Jun
16
2018
Sleeping in airports is a time-honored tradition. It happens regularly during major storms, when flights are cancelled and airlines aren’t giving out hotel vouchers or nearby hotels are booked solid. Airports sometimes bring in cots.
Passengers with long layovers after an overnight flight may lay down in a quiet spot on the floor, too. There’s even a guide to sleeping in airports.
Passenger Clapping Turns to Screams at Plane Goes Off the Runway
Jun
16
2018
On Thursday a Bravo Air MD-83 left Antalya, Turkey bound for Kiev, Ukraine. There were 169 passengers and 6 crew on board. On arrival the aircraft landed but veered off the runway before coming to a stop.
A passenger was videotaping the landing from inside the cabin. At 22 seconds you can hear clapping after touchdown, but at 37 seconds you can hear in turn to screams. It’s incredibly eerie.
Richard Branson Has a Message for Doug Parker and Free Airport Ice Cream
Jun
16
2018
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What Are the Least Racist Airports to Go Through US Immigration?
Jun
16
2018
There’s no question that immigration and customs develops a different culture and reputation at different airports in the U.S. While you’d hope they would apply standards and procedures from their handbook uniformly, there’s a difference between de facto practice and de jure rules.
People learn procedures by watching other people, and by discussing how to go about doing their jobs with colleagues. In other words, customs and immigration procedures are carried out by people.
Report: Sick Passengers Refused Water, Threatened With Arrest During 4 Hour Delay on Singapore Flight
Jun
16
2018
On Friday’s Singapore Airlines flight SQ516 from Singapore to Kolkata, India was delayed four hours due to non-working air conditioning onboard. But apparently crew didn’t keep passengers informed about what was wrong or what it looked like to fix the aircraft.
There weren’t any refreshments served during the delay that stretched as long as the block time for this four-times weekly Airbus A330. Allegedly sick passengers were refused water.
American Will Pay $45 Million to Settle Claim They Illegally Colluded With Other Airlines
Jun
15
2018
Three years ago the Department of Justice announced that they were investigating the US airlines for unlawful collusion to limit capacity and increase airfares.
DOJ walking away from its case didn’t end matters. There’s still a private lawsuit. It argues that the major US airlines colluded to restrict capacity through their public statements calling for capacity discipline.
The Scams People are Running on Uber and Suing Equifax in Small Claims Court for its Data Breach
Jun
15
2018
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