I don’t know what a Trump administration will do on very many policy areas. Unlike a traditional candidate, there isn’t the litany of well-crafted proposals published and ready to hand to a stable of clear choices to lead cabinet agencies. And of course we have campaign rhetoric to go off of, but politicians aren’t known for keeping promises.
In the travel space though there are some things we can expect.
Donald Trump’s 757 received a water cannon salute as it departed New York LaGuardia airport for Washington DC so that the President Elect could meet with President Obama.
He could have taken the American Airlines Shuttle to Washington National, of course, it used to be the Trump Shuttle. On the Trump Shuttle, there were gold colored fixtures in the lavatories. On Trump’s 757 the seat belts — and everything else — are gold plated.
What happens next is exactly what you’d expect.
According to the criminal complaint (.pdf), Oliver Charles Halliday Gee was onboard Condor flight DE2115 on November 2 from Cancun to Frankfurt…
I’ve argued that if Marriott really wanted they could make their loyalty program the best in the world. While it remains to be seen what path they choose, we learned three things that should be relevant to consumers from yesterday’s quarterly earnings call:
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Effective December 5, Alaska Airlines will start taking fare class into account when determining upgrade priority.
In addition, coach award tickets will become upgradable. Full, refundable coach awards (these book into ‘Z’ inventory) will be eligible for instant upgrade to first class for elite members.
American Airlines was the first Gogo inflight internet customer in 2008. Four years later most, but not all, mainline aircraft had the service.
They installed the air to ground service, and largely didn’t upgrade to newer generations of the technology. As a result on many planes it’s super slow.
American should be driving quickly to a fast, consistent solution — not taking years to get to a fragmented one.
JetSmarter is a membership service that lets you take available seats on private jet flights for free, or get access to charter a flight yourself. There are last minute deals which vary and they run certain routes as shuttles.
They are running all seats on New York – DC flights free for anyone, member or not this week and next week. Non-members can download the app and schedule a free private jet flight between Washington Dulles and Teterboro in New Jersey.
On October 27, Virgin Australia flight VA740 from Gold Coast to Melbourne was instructed to land by someone who wasn’t air traffic control
The plane came witin 275 feet of the runway before the real air traffic control called off the landing. The Virgin Australia 737 climbed to 3800 feet and made a go-round.
Airline alliances were supposed to represent seamless integration, a precursor to the current promise of ‘joint business ventures’ where airlines cooperated and coordinated to create passenger experiences that were nearly metal-neutral. It wasn’t supposed to matter which airline you flew as there would be alliance-wide product standards and assistance during irregular operations.
Willie Walsh, the CEO of IAG which is the parent of oneworld members British Airways and Iberia says that airline alliances won’t exist in 10 years.
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 »
