News and notes from around the interweb:
- Southwest’s labor problems stem from lower profit margins
- Emirates will begin flying an Airbus A380 Dallas – Dubai starting October 1. That means onboard showers in first clss, people. Japan Airlines miles (Starwood Preferred Guest transfer partner) are often the best for roundtrip Emirates redemptions. Alaska Mileage Plan miles are great for one-way awards (and no fuel surcharges).
- How to change your frequent flyer number attached to oneworld airline reservations.
- Delta is adding ice cream to transatlantic coach flights.
- DFW will also be getting more customs officers.. over the next 12 to 18 months. That’s to help with extremely long lines during peak times, and is way too far off. Thank goodness for Global Entry.
- Air France’s new slogan: “France is in the air” .. so that’s what the smell was.
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Think you meant customs officers
@ Gary – “France is in the air” .. so that’s what the smell was. Exactly what I thought when I read this. Reminds me of an Air France transatlantic flight I took years ago…
@parag – yes, i very much did not mean to suggest that they were somehow customer-focused. 🙂
I guess I fly into DFW at the right time to miss the lines (usually mid-afternoon). I never have to wait much at all. Now they have the self-service kiosks (not Global Entry) where you scan your passport, answer the same questions as on your blue immigration card, take a picture and receive a white ticket. If there is a large X on the ticket, you visit an officer, otherwise you head on down to baggage claim. Very quick and not much slower than Global Entry. Sometimes Customs can back up a bit, but I have not seen anything too long.
ROFL on that last piece!