This pilot admits that to earn over $527,000 flying a Boeing 737 he had to “fly more than average.” However it’s not that uncommon. Sun Country Airlines reported that one of their pilots earned $750,000.
Passenger Karen Ayers reports being in a window seat – selected free with her MileagePlus elite status – on board United Airlines flight 149 from Newark to São Paulo. She wound up with the worst seat choice possible: the man in the middle seat next to her reportedly appeared inebriated. Ayers says he “kept putting his arm over the arm rest on MY side and EVERY time he would do that, he would touch my legs.”
In what may be the single most Amtrak story ever, the last Amtrak train of the day following Christmas left all of its passengers behind at Union Station in Washington, D.C. Everyone stood ready to board, no one bothered to let the 100 or so people on, so the train left.
Over 200 United Airlines flight attendants, along with other employees, reported severe gastrointestinal issues after eating the airline’s Christmas holiday meal at Denver airport. Symptoms such as stomach pain, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting emerged rapidly, with multiple attendants missing work and at least one reportedly becoming ill mid-flight.
One of the most frequent question I get is about airport lounges, and whether there’s a good, comprehensive resource to look up which lounges will be available at an airport – especially which ones are accessible whether you have an airline club membership, a premium credit card, elite status or a Priority Pass membership. There’s a new, free resource that does just this exactly.
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Changing to an open seat nobody else is using can’t be stealing because the airline hasn’t given up anything, and claiming it harms other passengers isn’t right either because other passengers still got exactly what they paid for.
Parents flying Delta first class from Tampa to Atlanta allowed their child to place stickers all over the seating area around them – and leave it that way. After all, they probably had a connection to catch!
Tampa – Atlanta is only 406 miles and seems like a lot of work for a child to accomplish so quickly, but apparently they had the process automated.
As I wrote that I suspected, there was not, actually, a devaluation of partner awards by Air France KLM Flying Blue.
On Christmas Eve another stowaway was caught on a Delta Air Lines flight. This time Delta 487 from Seattle to Honolulu had someone onboard without a ticket. They’d managed to get through TSA security with no boarding pass, and to get past the gate agent and onto the Airbus A321neo.
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