Reader @JayseDavid was on board United flight UA3411 from Chicago to Louisville, a United Express regional jet operated by Republic Airlines.
The flight was overbooked and United was looking for 4 volunteers to give up their seat, reportedly “for personnel that needed to be at work the next day.” There weren’t any volunteers, so United moved on to bump passengers involuntarily.
There’s an 844 mile flight between Conakry, Guinea and Ouagadougou, Burkina Fasao. It’s operated twice a week with a Boeing 737 by Turkish Airlines.
It’s a short hop, but Friday’s early morning flight was just long enough for a baby to be born onboard.
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British Airways eliminated free meals in economy on intra-European flights, and even free hot water if you bring your own tea bags. They’re reducing leg room, too.
Now they’re saying that they’ll consider no more free meals in coach on long haul flights, too.
Twitter may not get the experienced agents and priority it used to, there are too many people trying to get service that way, and mass metrics like response times have been imposed.
But twitter can solve real problems that are tough to solve any other way.
Checking lithium ion batteries as cargo is dangerous. The European Aviation Safety Agency has expressed concerned over the electronics ban for this reason.
We can’t make the world risk free (although there are fewer people trying to take down planes than we often think). All we can do is transfer risk.
American’s August 2015 meal service was an improvement, not up to pre-merger standards but a huge step forward after norming catering with US Airways in September 2014 (the ‘mystery meat’ which I later learned was supposed to be a short rib was genuinely disgusting).
The new meal service was supposed to last a year but that extended into the fall. The choices that were introduced — Julian Barsotti meals — in November were a real step down.
What is the value of miles and points by airline, hotel and credit card program? Miles used to be thought to be worth 2 cents. Turns out that’s wrong.
Expedia is pricing airberlin itineraries from Copenhagen to Berlin (possibly others, though likely requiring origination in Denmark) as low as 43 cents.
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