News and notes from around the interweb:
- One of the really atrocious things about British Airways business class awards — first they whack you with horrible fuel surcharges — is that they charge for advance seat assignments if you aren’t an elite. Now they’re adjusting prices to charge even more to avoid the dreaded middle seats.
- Man tried to smuggle thousands of live leeches from Russia to Canada in his carry on
- Wasn’t this supposed to happen years ago? Uber says they will de-activate accounts of riders with really low ratings
- How to find cheap repositioning cruises
- Woman is now facing trial after assaulting a British Airways flight attendant who wouldn’t serve her alcohol
- TSA says that a “topped-with-your-favorites burger” can be brought through security checkpoints. I’m not so sure. Ketchup and god forbid mayonnaise are not allowed through a checkpoint unless in a container that’s less than 3.4 ounces, which is itself inside a clear plastic 100 milliliter maximum freedom baggie.
The only time I’ve ever cancelled an airline reservation because of seating was on BA a few years ago. I found a cheap biz class fare to Europe on BA and, after I booked it, I couldn’t believe they want to charge me for a seat assignment. I immediately cancelled and flew their partner AA at the same price WITH a seat assignment. I guess they didn’t lose money because they have a joint venture with AA, but I remain surprised that this is their business model.
One time, I clarified with the TSA their stance on bringing meatballs and sauce through the security line.
https://twitter.com/ezhang/status/802176170028658688
4788 leeches to be exact. Why would they need to count them?
Time to Brexit from BA, permanently
Why I transfer points to AF and fly them
That’s a nonstarter as I wouldn’t want TSA touching my burger, plastic gloves and all. Though I suppose the extra radiation couldn’t hurt the meat.