The New York Times carries a story on airlines keeping and expanding first class sections. Separately, they’re all minor notes. Together, they’re a story.As I noted last month, USAirways is adding first class to its Shuttle routes for fleet commonality — the ability to utilize aircraft throughout its network rather than limiting them to particular routes. Alaska Airlines has decided to keep first class.The article adds, though, the America West offers something unique — first class on some of its regional jets. America West, which is based in Phoenix, is the only carrier offering first class on junior, or regional, jets – on 16 of its 34 Canadair Regional Jets, which typically are all coach with two seats on each side of the aisle. The first-class section consists of two rows with two seats on…
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From “girls peeing in Amsterdam” to miles and points in two clicks. The server logs never cease to amaze me.
500 Free Alaska Miles
HomeLoanCenter.com is giving 500 Alaska Airlines miles for a rate quote. (Link via Gary Steiger.)
Miles and Bugs
McAfee, the anti-virus folks, have a sweepstakes which is giving away a million American Airlines miles.
Northwest Online Game
They call it Check in and Win! and you play once a day to win up to 25,000 miles.
Another Tweak to Continental Elite Status Qualification
Continental previously announced that discount fares would continue to earn full elite status mileage credit through June 30, 2004 if booked on their website. Now they’ve revised this to last through December 31, 2004.
Maybe they should add this to the DSM IV
Dilbert’s colleagues have a fear of flying coach. Then again, so do I.
It only comes once a year
Ahoy! Cap’n Gary says today be Talk Like a Pirate Day. Drink up, me hearties!
Airport parking on the cheap
Ed Perkins writes about finding off-airport parking deals. There’s a pretty neat website that searches for deals and availability for parking lots and also searches lodging rates that include free parking while you’re away.
JetBlue Spinsanity
In light of the revelation that JetBlue had agreed to provide passenger data to the TSA to test CAPPS II, the Computerized Airline Passenger Pre-Screening System, the airline went into spin mode claiming: No JetBlue customer information has been shared with the US Government with respect to testing the CAPPS II program currently under design. Bill Scannell proves JetBlue is lying. JetBlue gave full passenger data to a government contractor to test a prototype program that wasn’t yet being referred to as CAPPS II. So while technically true that they weren’t helping with a “program currently under design,” their response is completely disingenous. A summary of the contractor’s analysis, which even includes some passenger addresses and social security numbers, is available online to prove it, too. (Link via Reason‘s Hit and Run.)
