My Facebook feed has been full of folks sharing American sending out targeted giveaways of Platinum elite status. Status is valid for few months with an expedited offer (12,500 qualifying miles and $2000 qualifying dollars) to keep it through the end of the current elite year.
Air India crew apparently stay at the Renaissance London Heathrow after arriving from Delhi or Mumbai. And they’re hungry enough in the morning to fill up boxes off the buffet on your way out from breakfast.
The hotel has had enough, they reached out to the airline to complain, and the airline has sent a memo to crew.
You’ve probably heard of the Bridge to Nowhere and may have even heard of the Airport for Nobody but on Tuesday United flew a 4 hour trip to no place.
Air France has added Paris – Male service to its schedule twice a week. Starting November 1, the Delta partner will operate a 3-class Boeing 777-200ER on the route.
Here are great options to redeem miles to the Maldives.
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This is only one side of the story because reportedly Delta did not comment.
Emirates says their flight EK228 from Seattle to Dubai on February 2 went mechanical and they were “unable to obtain a $300 spare part from Delta.” In fact, the part was first installed but Emirates says Delta ordered it removed for spite.
The President met today in the State Dining Room with CEOs of Delta, United, Southwest, and others along with several airports. Jared Kushner and economic advisor Gary Cohn were present as well.
Here’s the pool report on the meeting.
Each year hotels with award redemption categories adjust which hotels are in which categories, and thus how many points they cost to redeem. In most cases the cost in points is related to average room rates, although Marriott’s have been tied to frequency of redemption.
This year Marriott and Starwood both have announced their planned changes at the same time, and coordinated that those changes will go into effect March 7.
United debuted their new Polaris lounge at Chicago O’Hare in the old club and first class lounge space at gate C18 a couple of months ago. This is a business (and first) class lounge. It is not a Star Alliance Gold lounge and not a United Club.
Here’s the timeline for Polaris lounge openings over the next 24 months which will bring the number of new business class lounges to 9 by the end of 2018.
US airline CEOs meet with President Trump today.
The heads of United, Delta, Southwest, Alaska, and JetBlue will be there — along with FedEx, UPS, and Atlas Air. Lobbying group Airlines for America will be there, along with airport officials from “Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, Washington, D.C., Tampa, Fla., Buffalo, N.Y. and Nashville, Tennessee…”
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