I flew home to Austin from Los Angeles on Wednesday night I was surprised to be offered a choice of a turkey wrap in a brown cardboard box, or a turkey wrap in a brown cardboard box.
Free Points Transfers and How International Flights Make the World Better
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Review: The New American Airlines Flagship Business Class Lounge at LAX
I’m impressed by the speed with which American has rolled out their Flagship lounges. They’re offering a high quality business class lounge product. The LAX lounge gets busy, but while I was there it wasn’t a madhouse. Food and beverage options, as well as showers, are quite good.
While I often skip the Admirals Club unless I need help with a reservation, it’s at least worth stopping in here if you’re eligible for a snack.
Passenger Possessed by Demons Forces Plane to Turn Around
An Air China passenger claimed to be possessed by evil spirits, and her behavior forced the pilot of the aircraft to turn around and return to Beijing on Wednesday.
The woman in her 50s passed out about 20 minutes after takeoff, and crew determined she needed medical assistance. She regained consciousness and fold flight attendants that her body was being controlled by evil spirits.
Nut Rage Airline Exec Goes Free, and the People Who Read Your Airline Tweets
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Gloria Allred Sued an Airline Over Booze — and Lost
Allred filed suit on behalf of 3 women arguing that Spirit Airlines flight attendants were negligent in serving alcohol to the problem passengers and failing to defuse the fight. She argued the crew “had an obligation to act when the problem passengers exhibited aggressive behavior” however after a 12 day trial a jury found otherwise.
SWISS’ Nonsense Response to DOT Complaints After Cancelling First Class Award Tickets
Earlier this month SWISS made first class award seats available to partner frequent flyer programs. They then cancelled the award reservations claiming it was a mistake.
They’re responding to DOT complaints with utter bullocks.
Hyatt Exempting Many Elites From New Tougher Cancellation Rules
Hyatt has announced today that they’re falling in light with the industry trend. However they’re exempting top tier Globalists and also mid-tier Explorists from this change. In that way they’re more generous than their competitors.
How to Successfully Save Seats on Southwest and Uber Hosed in Europe
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FARE ALERT: Various US Cities to Hawaii From $296 Roundtrip, Cheapest in 3 Years
There’s a fare war to Hawaii. For instance $296 roundtrip fares between Los Angeles and Honolulu are the cheapest West Coast – Hawaii tickets in almost three years.
Great deals are available across myriad US cities to Hawaii. At this point Virgin America and Alaska, which started this with the $296 tickets, have been joined in by American, Delta and Hawaiian.