Americans generally are against allowing inflight use of cell phones. They don’t want to be trapped listening to their seat opponent yap. However opinion on this may be shifting. A new survey shows that nearly half of Americans want to allow it.
Plutonium Stolen From the Parking Lot of the Marriott San Antonio Northwest
On a mission to recover radioactive materials, two Department of Energy employees from the Idaho National Laboratory drove to San Antonio. Materials had been loaned to a private research lab, and their job was to get it back and transport it security to a government facility.
They brought with them specialized radiation detectors. And to calibrate the detectors they have to bring along some plutonium, too, and also cesium. These are the materials used in nuclear weapons or dirty bombs.
Hyatt Credit Card Cardmembers Get Rebate on Award Redemptions Through September 30
Qatar Restricts First Class Awards and New Bigger Bonuses on 2 Cards
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Lowest Price I’ve Ever Seen on the Noise Cancelling Headphones I Use
I use Bose QuietComfort 25 Headphones. I paid $300 for mine when I bought them. Amazon has them on sale for an amazing $125.
Regular price is now $279. They went on sale for Black Friday at $179. $125 is the lowest I’ve seen. But what if I told you they could be further discounted to $77?
Reader Giveaway: (3) Sets of 100,000 Radisson Rewards Points
Radisson reached out and asked if I wanted to give away points to readers to highlight their credit card. I’m always thrilled to give away points, especially a lot of them, and they’ve provided me with (3) sets of 100,000 point prizes. Each prize is worth up to 3 nights.
New Benefits and Faster Miles Earning for Citibank AAdvantage Business Card
I just signed up for the CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard®, taking advantage of the best-ever offer of 70,000 miles after spending $4,000 within the first 4 months of account opening.
Citibank just launched improvements and faster points-earning fro the Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite™ Mastercard®. Now they’ve improved earning and benefits on the business card, too.
Cathay Pacific Business Class Award Space is Hidden, Here’s How to Book It
This is going to be a fairly technical post but I’ll do my best to explain it simply. There have been plenty of reader concerns the last few weeks that Cathay Pacific no longer offers business class award space to American AAdvantage or Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan members. It turns out there’s just a trick to find and book the space.
New US Airline May Order 60 Planes This Week, Preparing to Compete With the Big Carriers
etBlue just ordered 60 Bombardier C-Series jets, now called the Airbus A220, at fire sale prices.
Now JetBlue’s founder, Dave Neeleman, is about to finalize his own order for 60 Airbus A220s to launch his new US airline that’s tentatively named ‘Moxy’.
United Orders New 787s and Regional Jets
United is taking a goldilocks approach, announcing a small order for new aircraft: 25 Embraer E-175s to be delivered in 2019 and replace the same number of Bombardier CRJ-700s and 4 Boeing 787-9s that will replace widebodies in 2020.
They continue to scour the market for used aircraft so don’t view this as a shift to a fleet renewal strategy.