News and notes from around the interweb:
- Bangkok airport removes fast track immigration for arriving premium cabin passengers
- If You’re In The Plane Bathroom When the Oxygen Masks Drop, Should You Make a Run For Your Seat?
- “An examination of two decades of the openings and closings of New York City’s elite restaurants indicates that receiving a Michelin star corresponded to an increased likelihood of restaurant exit.”
- Buy Avianca LifeMiles for 1.27 cents apiece which is a great price. They have a targeted ‘mystery’ bonus of 140% – 160%. The 160% bonus allows purchase of 41,000 points or more for this price. I have enough points that I’m not a buyer but some of you will find value. They often sell for under 1.4 cents so I don’t feel the need to jump, but this is a better deal than usual.
- United will renovate and expand the Chicago Polaris lounge
- Jeff Bezos reportedly buys fourth private jet for $80M that flies near the speed of sound
- This is pretty normal, to be honest, this is not Japan.
Why are y’all throwing our bags like this???? In 4K pic.twitter.com/1tLhk1A7vy
— Jason Carroll (@_jasoncarroll) August 23, 2024
- Odd. Marriott hasn’t tweeted this year.
Priority fast track immigration ought to be only for crew , disabled , blind , unaccompanied children with airline escorts , and elderly . Good on Thailand for finally doing the right thing .
Same with priority fast track TSA in the States : only for crew , disabled , blind , unaccompanied children with airline escorts , and elderly .
Everyone else : to the regular lines .
Fast track service is useful for a short layover when the transit inspection lines are long and slow. I went through it once at ICN after being directed to it by an airline employee after I inquired. Since the gate was the farthest one away, I arrived two minutes before the scheduled closing of the gate. As it was, Korean Air held the airplane so some of the other delayed passengers could make it on the flight. I wonder how many missed their flight. Decades ago in Bangkok at the inspection area (the equivalent of TSA), a group of us were moved to a faster inspection line after inquiring about being delayed to the flight attendants of our flight who were on their way to boarding. Thanks to them, we all made the NWA flight.
The fact that it took almost 9 months to notice Marriott is not “tweeting” tells you why they aren’t paying anyone to tweet.
What would Marriott tweet? “Sorry you got Bonvoyed again.” “We love pretending that we care.” “No, we’re not going to honor our written agreement with you.”
All of Marriott’s individual brands have dropped Twitter or X. Or at least the vast majority. I don’t know if that’s because woke Marriott thinks Twitter is too political. Or maybe they reduced their social media footprint because of dimishing return on investment. Marriott International, the parent company, still uses Twitter to promote itself and individual brands.