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A new fundamental right in Denmark: Beer
A Danish court upheld the right to drink beer during unpaid breaks at work.
Watch your bags at all times – even during screening
ABC News reports on TSA security screeners stealing from passengers while their bags are out of sight. Several arrests have been made, and more than 300 complaints have been logged at New York’s JFK airport alone. Faulty background checks are blamed.
A mess of mileage opportunities
Five opportunities I may not have mentioned before: United Visa customers get 250 miles for creating a dining profile with iDine. Sprint customers get 250 miles for signing up for email notification about the miles they earn and can even choose the program from America West, Alaska, United, USAirways, and Midwest Airlines. Get 12,000 Delta miles for funding a brokerage account. This is better than Delta’s Ameritrade and Etrade offers at similar initial deposit levels. (Although if you want to give Etrade $150,000….) I think I’ve mentioned earning miles for conference calls before, but am too tired to search for it on my site. 5000 Delta miles for getting a satellite dish.
Industry of the past?
Videoconferencing is increasingly becoming an alternative to travel. This phenomenon more than any other may hold down airfare prices over time, as full fare travel becomes relatively less attractive. Solo travels may find teleconferencing a better option for deals and accounts with smaller potential payoffs. Teleconferencing also holds down the time devoted to any particular meeting, making scheduling easier and frequent contact among more conference participants a reality. Airlines may need to worry more over time about technology than discounters.
Why Delta Needs a Strong Frequent Flyer Program
A frequent flyer program turns a basic commodity — an airline seat — into a differentiated product. Delta needs that differentiation now more than ever, as their primary hub in Atlanta is under greater attack than ever. Airtran is ramping up Westbound flights and JetBlue is entering the fray as well. Delta picked the wrong time to gut their loyalty program.
Those who live in glass houses
Moralist Bill Bennett (former Drug Czar and author of “The Book of Virtues”) has a gambling problem.
Backup plan
When Flyertalk is down, go visit MoreMiles to satisfy your fix.
Is it a British Airways thing?
Elizabeth Hurley isn’t the only eccentric celebrity flying British Airways these days. Elle MacPherson spent thousands of pounds on the custom-built cot, which Macpherson’s partner Arpad Busson carried aboard a British Airways flight from the Bahamas to London recently. Macpherson told BA staff that the cot was designed to deflect radiation from the sun and cosmic rays at high altitude, the paper said.
Elizabeth Hurley Caught Trying to Join the Mile High Club
Last week, Elizabeth Hurley used her star status to demand an upgrade for her boyfriend and now this: As Hurley and Arun grappled in the first class section of a New York-London British Airways jet, passengers and crew feared they were about to join the exclusive mile-high club. Fellow flyers saw Hurley, 37, slide under the duvet with Nayar and wrap her arms around him. … Read the whole thing. Especially BA’s self-promoting quote at the end of the story!
