USAirways has been unanimously voted in as a member of the Star Alliance.
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Marriott Discounts
When booking a Marriott hotel room online, you have the opportunity to enter a discount code in the “Corporate/Promotional” box. Here are several to try — some may work out way and others not so well with any given property and date. M11 = Marriott Rewards special BOG = Buy One get One Free at Springhill Suites WCT = Washington DC Tourism Coalition TZO = Travel Zoo Special offer rate W8S = Go West rate WSAS = Southwest $10 off and breakfast for 2 SOWK = 15% off Arizona and California N8R = Eastern hotels-$50 bonus bucks for up to 2 nights(certain properties only) LVU = Love You HON = Honeymoon PKF = Park and Fly PKG = Special rate packages available (escape,honeymoon,parking etc) PES = Escape Packages I24 = Renaissance hotels CUE = Washington…
Ask for the government rate
Radisson is extending government rates to families of U.S. military personnel, families of civilian government employees, and families of veterans through December 30th. This offer is valid at Radisson Hotels & Resorts, Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Country Inns & Suites By Carlson and Park Inn. Of course, there’s no way for them to tell whether you’re really related or not. And after all, we’re just one big happy family in this great land of ours, no?
We all knew this was coming … but not this quick.
USAirways is expected to be invited to join the Star Alliance this Saturday.It’s unclear how long it will take to phase in, however.
Hertz #1 Gold Still Available Free
Just found another free signup code. Go to the Hertz Fee-Waived Gold Enrollment area and enter program name US Airways Preferred and promotion code 6173.
Iraq’s National Carrier to Fly Again
Noone appears to be in charge, and the U.S. military still occupies it’s home airports, but Iraq Airways plans to resume service. What was once a prominent Middle Eastern airline started fading with the Iran-Iraq war, and then Just before the 1991 Gulf War, the airline’s 15 Boeings were flown to Jordan, Iran and Tunisia. The airline has not been able to retrieve all of them, and Baghdad claimed Iran’s national carrier put some of those planes into its own fleet. Iraqi Airways was grounded for several years after the war because of U.N. sanctions that made procuring spare parts impossible. The company’s in-flight catering department sold meals and pastries at Baghdad supermarkets to raise money. The airline resumed limited domestic service in the mid-1990s when spare parts again became available under the oil-for-food program.…
Repossession or something else?
Plane disappears after takeoff A BOEING 727 passenger jet, grounded at Luanda airport a year ago, has disappeared after a mysterious unauthorised take-off, Angola state radio reported today. The plane, chartered by the Angolan airline Airangol, was grounded after being banned from overflying Angolan territory on account of a series of irregularities, said Angola civil aviation director Helder Preza. A witness to the plane’s departure on Sunday, airport employee Luis Lopes, said he saw a white man start the empty plane and then take off after a few dangerous land manoeuvres.
But Only the Federal Government Could Protect Us?
The hiring practices of the Transportation Security Administration, which permitted the employment of screeners with criminal histories, is being probed.That’s a start, but it hardly begins to address the fundamental cultural issues affecting the agency. I’ve written at great length in the past about absurd practices and violations of rights that are rampant in the federal ‘security’ operation.A new problem I hadn’t previously read about, though, is that TSA screeners aren’t particularly considerate of passengers with disabilities, either: Screeners have been accused of forcing passengers to remove prosthetic limbs, lifting them out of wheelchairs or separating blind travelers from their guide dogs. Meanwhile, when it comes to an issue involving real security concerns — whether to arm pilots — the TSA has missed a congressionally mandated deadline for a decision on stun guns in the…
You Caught Me – I Won’t Fight It
Hawaiian Airline’s Chairman and CEO — accused of pilfering funds from the airline at the expense of it’s creditors and other shareholders — will not appeal the bankruptcy court’s decision to appoint a trustee to run the airline.
Quality Grows
Emirates wants to triple the size of it’s fleet over the next ten years. Towards that end, it has placed orders for 26 Boeing 777-300ER planes and is expected to place an order for 23 Airbus 380 super jumbo jets (bringing it’s total of on-order A380s to 45). One reason that Emirates is in a position to expand is the quality of it’s inflight service. Another reason is the success of it’s loyalty program. Emirates won several Freddie Awards in the “international” (non-U.S.) division this year: best affinity credit card, best website, best customer service, best award redemption, best elite level, and program of the year. I had the opportunity to meet a couple of folks from the Emirates Skywards program at the Freddies this year, and can report that they are a real class…
