A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
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.
Via Fly 4 Free, Star Alliance airline TAP Air Portugal is selling business class roundtrip from Oslo or Copenhagen to the US from just $715! Or fly Europe – US one-way from $409 in business class.
Typically we think of a mistake rate as a ‘fat finger’ fare, hitting the wrong key or leaving out a digit. Or perhaps a currency conversion error.
That’s different from a hotel loading their usual rates and then deciding not to honor a booking because they realize later they can sell the room for more to someone else.
Back in 2008 I was earning 9999 Delta miles per one day car rental. That same year Mrp alert who shares a birthday with me earned 100,000 miles in 45 days renting cars.
Those days are long gone but Frequent Flyer Bonuses points out that Star Alliance program SAS EuroBonus is offering 5000 points per one day Hertz rental.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
In February Harrison Ford, piloting his plane, landed on a taxiway instead of a runway and just missed coming down on top of an American Airlines Boeing 737 bound for Dallas.
Shockingly he “retains his pilot’s certificate without restriction” after the FAA determined “no administrative or enforcement action was warranted.”
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.
Kathmandu’s Tribhuwan International Airport is Nepal’s only international airport, and it has only a single runway.
So when a leopard was reported loose on the runway yesterday, the airport had to shut down. The airport was re-opened after half an hour, though the leopard was never found.
The US is considering new rules that would require longer and more extensive interviews at embassies prior to travel, forcing foreigneers to hand over their phones and questioning about ideologies — and not just for Muslims, or travelers from Muslim majority countries either.
This would apply to travelers from Germany, France, Japan and Australia, too.
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 »
