American Airlines makes virtually no premium cabin award space on their own flights available, except for the occasional brief ‘dumps’ of space that last for hours or a day before reverting to their normal lack of inventory.
It seems especially notable that right now American is offering a highly unusual amount of premium cabin award space at the very end of the schedule.
Last night the pilot of a United flight from Austin to San Francisco was removed after showing up out of uniform, in plain clothes, and entering the cabin to make a bizarre rant in front of passengers about her divorce, the election (she didn’t support Trump or Clinton), and make a book recommendation.
She apologized for being late, polled passengers on whether they minded that she was out of uniform, and promised that she’d be letting her co-pilot fly so that passengers didn’t need to be nervous about her (and emphasizing that ‘he’s a man‘).
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You can fly from Los Angeles or San Francisco to Copenhagen from $309 roundtrip on Star Alliance member and partner Air Canada, via Toronto onboard a Boeing 787.
Starting March 1 My Hyatt Concierge is a new top tier benefit at Hyatt, and precious little has been written about it. I spoke to Hyatt Senior Vice President Jeff Zidell to learn more.
Earlier this year one passenger was jailed for listening to music on their phone during takeoff and landing.
Another passenger tried to make calls during their flight. It’s not clear what the third passenger was doing other than refusing to turn off their phone when asked by a flight attendant.
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The ACLU asked the TSA for scientific research behind their ‘behavior detection officer’ screen program. It turns out there is none.
What’s more, you’re not just being watched using pseudo-science in the security line — plain clothes TSA employees are also watching you in the terminal.
American Airlines oneworld partner Japan Airlines appears to be running a great sale out of New York, Chicago, and LA to various destinations in Southeast Asia for as little as $466 roundtrip.
I know many readers want business class sales, it’s a long way to go in coach, but it’s clearly the golden age of air travel.
Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer has worked with Steely Dan and Weird Al. He’s a Grammy winner, and sang the 1964 number one hit “Hang on Sloopy” by The McCoys. He wrote the wrestling entrance song Hulk Hogan.
But perhaps he’ll now be best remembered for getting caught traveling with a firearm, as Jeff Martin reports, and asking, Was that wrong? I do it all the time and nobody told me.
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 »
