Jul
01
2023
Customers will receive an email next week with instructions on how to claim the miles.
United Airlines Starts Awarding 30,000 Miles To Customers Caught In This Week’s Disruptions
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United Airlines Blames This Week’s Meltdown On The FAA, Weather And… Canada
Jul
01
2023
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby, who was smart enough to take a private jet rather than his own airline when he needed to travel from New York to Denver this week, shared an internal letter with his company’s employees explaining what happened as their operation melted down over the past week.
Kirby blames bad weather, FAA air traffic control staffing, and… Canada (yes, really).
A Trick To Get The Most Out Of The Food Voucher Airlines Give You During A Delay
Jul
01
2023
Most U.S. airlines commit to covering the cost of hotel and meals during long delays that they are responsible for, like mechanicals and lack of crew to operate the flight.
Generally meal costs of some kind will be covered on delays of 3 hours or more, with $12 being a common amount.
Flight Attendant Forced To Delay Cancer Treatment Until American Airlines Will Approve Medical Leave
Jul
01
2023
A Philadelphia-based American Airlines flight attendant named Jace was diagnosed with testicular cancer less than a year into his job. While his doctors wanted him to get surgery and chemotherapy right away, taking the full time off for treatment might mean losing his job.
According to the flight attendants union at American, he “shared his diagnosis with his manager [who told him] he didn’t qualify for FMLA” back in December when this happened.
Should Gun Control Advocates Oppose Efforts To Regulate Credit Card Interchange?
Jul
01
2023
A coalition could form to make this legislation viable by bundling rules that would prevent card issuers from discriminating against guns and other disfavored businesses.
At a minimum, Republican legislators concerned about movement in the direction of banning certain types of transactions from incumbent card networks could lead them to support legislation they believe reduces the relative power of those networks.
Passenger Charged With Attempted Murder After Spirit Ticket Counter Scuffle In Orlando
Jul
01
2023
A passenger flying Spirit Airlines out of Orlando wound up facing an attempted murder charge after putting a police officer in a chokehold on Tuesday.
A group of people at Spirit’s ticket counter were yelling at the airline’s check-in counter staff, and even went behind the desk – grabbing the computer keyboard and typing away.
Emirates Jet Catches On Fire In Russia
Jun
30
2023
Emirates flight 176 from St. Petersburg, Russia to Dubai caught fire while still on the ground prior to departure. It’s being reported that the fire was in an engine of the Boeing 777, and that passengers were evacuated. The flight currently shows a 3 a.m. estimated departure time, four hours late, but that seems.. optimistic?
Judging from video of the incident I’d have to speculate that it’s not one of the plane’s engines but its auxiliary power unit.
United’s Operations Have Been So Bad This Week, CEO Scott Kirby Flew Private
Jun
30
2023
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby himself gave up trying to fly United when he needed to go from their Newark hub to their hub at Denver. He flew private out of Teterboro.
The airline says that United “did not pay for his flight.” However Kirby apologizes for abandoning solidarity with his employees and customers trying to get through the morass.
What People Believe About Rewards Programs That’s False, But Shouldn’t Be
Jun
30
2023
An interesting twitter thread asks for the ‘cheapest thing you do’ and a business broker makes the claim that “points cards” for hotel chains “usually give you lobby privileges.” That’s simply not true, although people use hotel lobbies for meetings and to work all the time having nothing to do with their loyalty program memberships or co-brand rewards cards.
I Tried The New United Airlines Burger & Fries, And It Was Actually Disgusting
Jun
30
2023
United Airlines sells a burger in coach that’s hugely controversial. Some passengers swear by it, and think it’s the best $10 they could ever spend in coach. They’ll even order it up in premium cabins. I wonder if that’s more a matter of individual taste than a statement of quality.
In mid-May United started offering a first class burger, and trying something bold: serving fries with it. That may be a traditional pairing, but it’s something tough to do as a re-heat on board.
