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Saruda Panyakham was declared the winner of the Miss Tiffany transgender beauty pageant in Bangkok on Sunday. The pageant winner identifies as as an American Airlines flight attendant. However the airline tells me that no one with this name works for the company.
Miss Tiffany’s Universe is a pageant for Thai transgender women and the winner represents Thailand at the Miss International Queen pageant.
An Alaska Airlines flight attendant ingeniously used rubber gloves filled with warm water to save rare Chilean flamingo eggs after their incubator malfunctioned during a flight from Atlanta to Seattle.
American Airlines says that they are not responsible when the employees that they’ve selected, trained and put into a position of authority in the cabin abuse that position to create child pornography by filming teenage girls in the lavatory.
President Biden is calling for airlines to allow families to sit together on flights for free. Now, unlike the previous President he doesn’t run his own social. And no doubt this tests well. But airlines charging families more so that their kids aren’t unsupervised on planes just doesn’t seem to be an actual problem.
What it might really change is air travel, or at least how we enjoy air travel. No more tiny screens. No more need for screens at all, that the passenger in the row in front of you might crush when they recline their seat.
This has to be the best inflight marriage proposal I’ve ever heard, made truly special by the cabin crew. There was no public announcement, no embarrassment of the bride to be. Instead there was a table, tablecloth and chairs set up at the back of the plane – two glasses of sparkling wine, and a ring placed inside a dessert. She said yes!
A 25 year flight attendant did a Reddit Ask Me Anything and shared how many times they catch passengers trying to join the mile high club (“I average about once a year”), how often passengers try to sneak a cigarette in the lavatory (“about once a week”) and how often their fellow crew hook up with each other and passengers.
American is the best program for earning status beyond simply flying. Its partner award redemptions are among the best. But there’s one area where American AAdvantage lags behind all of its competitors: rewarding customers with lifetime elite status.
EU261 includes ‘duty of care’ requirements like a hotel night if you’re stranded during a trip even because of weather. But did you know that this duty of care applies to U.S. domestic flights, on U.S. airlines, if you’re flying back from Europe?
United is the only airline that restricts full-sized carry on bags on basic economy fares. American and Delta offer better value that United on their cheapest tickets. And of course Southwest Airlines doesn’t have basic economy, and includes two checked bags at no extra charge on all tickets.
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 »
