At the start of the pandemic, American Airlines filed for codeshares with Philippine Airlines amidst fairly outlandish rumors they’d fly to Manila.
That codeshare is now a reality.
United was willing to assure customers that the man wasn’t flying planes three weeks ago. And they do not appear willing to make any such assurance today.
Claiming the basis for decision-making is the environment, rather than to reset employee expectations, is something of a farce. But the ‘compelling business purpose’ exception hints that the underlying reason is to require employees to offer a business justification, rather than presuming business class as a right.
Days after Virgin Atlantic announced that they’re increasing the price of awards on their U.S. partner for traveling within the U.S. and across the world – except for travel between the U.S. and Europe – British Airways has gone ahead and imposed its own unannounced devaluation for travel on American Airlines and Alaska Airlines.
Right now there’s especially good availability on the New York JFK – Frankfurt route and to a lesser extent Houston – Manchester in business class. And at times there’s even award space for whole family, not just for a couple.
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Is your view of Air India changing, or will they need to fly the new planes and new interiors, and show that corporate investments translate into inflight service before you’ll believe that they’re different?
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A Russian passenger flew from Copenhagen to Los Angeles on Scandinavian flight 931 last month despite not having a ticket, passport, or visa. He’s being called a stowaway, but he wasn’t hiding. He simply sat down in a seat.
Marriott doesn’t appear to be complying with its legal settlement on resort fees. Depending on the property, they still show up as part of taxes which is deceptive. And while Marriott now supposedly lets you include resort fees as part of the total price shown on its website at first display, they are doing this only for paid rates and not for award nights (where they are even more deceptive).
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
