Aerolineas Argentinas has cumulatively lost $8 billion in taxpayer money since it was renationalized in 2008.
And Argentina can’t afford to go deeper. The country’s annual inflation rate was 211.4% last year. They had negative 5% GDP growth. Just 5% of people lived in poverty in Argentina ten years ago, now 40% do.
The FBI is investigating New York City Mayor Eric Adams over free upgrades from Turkish Airlines on both official business and leisure travel. It’s part of a wider corruption investigation into the Mayor’s 2021 campaign.
These allegations have prompted searches and seizures by the FBI, targeting Adams’s electronic devices as well as the homes of others linked to these arrangements, including a former Turkish Airlines executive.
Delta has been addressing lounge crowding by taking away access from their most frequent passengers, devaluing SkyMiles elite status and their premium credit card, and those Sky Club access for those buying memberships.
Why not just ban the passengers who behave badly? And if it’s families with children you get the geometric benefit of four or more bans for the price of one.
A husband and wife were traveling with two kids. The husband is in first class, wife in coach with the kids. An hour and a half into the flight, the husband heads back to coach and tells his wife, “your turn.” They trade seats every hour, and their kids run back and forth between the cabins.
Turkish Airlines is adding a new Denver – Istanbul flight this summer, and business class awards are wide open – with availability most days starting in July through end of year (and plenty of space returning in January 2025 as well).
Use this to fly to Europe in peak summer! Even during the Paris Olympics. Connect west back to Western Europe, or connect eastward to Asia – you don’t need to use this to go to Turkey. It may be your jumping off point to the Mideast as well. And United Airlines saver award space can be added into awards to get to and from Denver as well.
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American has created a system to encourage you to join their frequent flyer program – but credit an unintended incentive to hold off cancelling trips you aren’t going to take until as late as the day of travel, so that you have longer to use your travel credits.
Delta Sky Clubs in Minneapolis are offering 50% off on premium drinks through May 31, providing exceptional value for SkyMiles redemptions and making luxury drinks more accessible to travelers.
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A Southwest Airlines flight from Nashville to LaGuardia faced severe weather, resulting in multiple failed landing attempts and a dangerous deviation from its course, coming within 67 feet of the control tower, before safely diverting to Baltimore, sparking a Federal Aviation Administration investigation.
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