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While I’ve been on plenty of planes that had to divert — because of weather, fuel, and the President’s flight path — I don’t recall ever diverting because someone onboard had taken ill.
Every single time Dr. Peter Maguire flies American Airlines he’s at the right place at the right time.
Upside is the new travel booking site from Priceline founder Jay Walker. It finally launched with full functionality last month. They raised $50 million on a $200 million valuation even before they were fully operational. And with all that marketing money they’re significantly overinvesting in getting you to make a booking now.
Over the past week there have been tons of headlines across all form of media about Cassie DePecol who reports having visited every country in the world. And she’s only 27.
But along with the impressive feat there’s another one being attributed to her: that she’s the first woman to have done it.
Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Tyrone Crawford was removed from an American Airlines flight yesterday over a dispute involving the size of his carry on bag.
He has since deleted this tweet:
Emirates is already making some service cuts to save on costs and is selling first class lounge access to customers not traveling in first to boost revenue.
They may not be done tweaking their rules to monetize some of the higher-end services that Emirates has available. Reportedly Emirates is considering several more moves to boost revenue.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
American flies its premium-configured Airbus A321Ts between New York JFK and Boston.
The American Airlines Airbus A321T is a 3-cabin aircraft with economy (including Main Cabin Extra extra legroom seating), fully flat business class, and 1-1 seating first class. It’s the most luxurious, high-end narrow body aircraft and the best narrowbody plane flying domestically in the U.S.
Last week I wrote that effectiveg March 1 Delta will offer a choice of 3 meals in economy on these flights, and even accommodate special meal requests, replacing ‘buy on board’.
Now they’re expanding free meals in coach beyond just premium New York – West Coast flights.
There’s been a bit of buzz lately about how while the major US airlines are lobbying the US government to block Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar there’s another closer-to-home airline about to eat their lunch flying to Europe and beyond – Star Alliance member and United partner Air Canada. They’re building their long haul route network and offer connections through hubs like Montreal and Toronto from cities across America.
One new flight they’re launching is Montreal – Tel Aviv.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
