About Gary Leff

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 »

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Musician Kicked Off American Airlines Flight Because His Cello Was a “Safety Risk”

Apr 05 2017

In May of last year American refused to allow a 1742 Guarneri violin as a carry on despite policy that should have allowed it.

No airline wants to be like United which breaks guitars forcing valuable instruments into checked baggage. We still remember that incident 8 years later. Memo to airlines, musicians write songs, and songs go viral.

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Qantas Ramping Up US Lobbying Before Re-filing for Joint Venture With American Airlines

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Apr 04 2017

American shared during its earnings call in January that they planned to re-file an application for its expanded joint venture with Qantas now that a new administration is in charge at the Department of Transportation (and Elaine Chao has been nominated to lead the department).

Now The Hill is reporting that Qantas is ramping up its lobbying effort to secure approval for their joint venture with American.

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