Give A Mile’s Year-End Campaign To Raise United Airlines Miles Give A Mile’s Year-End Campaign To Raise Air Canada Points Regular readers may know that I joined the board of Give A Mile about a year ago. There aren’t enough opportunities to use miles to accomplish charitable objectives. Most are airline-selected corporate charities. Give A Mile is unique because they take donations of miles and actually use the miles to book flights for a really worthy cause: helping people to be together with loved ones in their last moments. The goal is that people shouldn’t die alone. This is a small organization with a strong cadre of volunteers. There’s not much overhead. There’s no marketing department. Just people committed to do some good using miles. I’ve given a lot of my own miles to the…
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Flight Attendant Dishes On Self-Upgrading: Why That Empty First-Class Seat Isn’t Yours
In the end dressing nicely and whispering revenue management won’t get you first class, and neither will pretending to be a cocktail even though cocktails are free in first class.
How To Buy Star Alliance Miles Super Cheap, Just $0.0065 Apiece (Act By November 30)
A ‘Club Platinum’ subscription for 899 euros (US$982) gets you: 54,000 miles up front 8,000 miles per month that’s 150,000 miles total, plus silver status, premium boarding, and 400 status miles per month.
Amazing Airfare: Business Class To Europe From Just $1230 Roundtrip
TAP Air Portugal is a Star Alliance member, so a United and Air Canada partner, with flights from Boston; Chicago O’Hare; Miami; New York JFK; Newark; San Francisco; and Washington Dulles. With their flights to Lisbon you can connect beyond to most of Europe.
Denied Water in Business Class: My Surprising British Airways Experience
During a British Airways flight from London to Austin, I was denied a glass of water in business class while predeparture beverages were being served, being told to drink the bottle of water pre-placed at my seat.
This incident sparked a debate on social media, with responses ranging from accusations of entitlement to discussions about customer service expectations in business class travel.
London Award Sale From 6,700 Points Each Way – Or Just 31,800 Points In Business Class
Virgin Atlantic is offering 33% off awards booked by November 27 for travel through September 30, 2024.
The High-Flying Baker: How a Ryanair Flight Attendant Baked a Cake Mid-Air!
Flight attendants are miracle workers making the best of whatever hand they’re dealt (usually a 2 and 7 off suit). Airlines put them in jams, don’t book their lodging when they’re forced to pick up an expected sequence, and don’t give them time to eat between flights.
But one cabin crew member goes far above ordinary in the galley of his aircraft, actually baking a cake from scratch. Is it somebody’s birthday?
Argentina Must Shut Down SkyTeam Member Aerolineas Argentinas
President-elect Javier Milei says to stop the bleeding at the airline – it’s lost $8 billion of the government’s money since it was renationalized in 2008 – just transfer ownership to the unions. The airline’s unions say that without government subsidies, the airline is doomed (“death certificate”) and they want continued handouts.
United Airlines Flight Attendants Union Warns Crew Not To Give Food Away Free In Coach
The AFA-CWA union, which represents United flight attendants, is reminding its members that under the Railway Labor Act it is illegal to engage in ‘self help’ (not just striking, but unilateral efforts to hurt the company) before being released from negotiations by the National Mediation Board.
AFA-CWA tells cabin crew that they cannot coordinate refusing to pick up trips, call for their colleagues to “work to rule” or to refuse to perform any duties, as well as “refusing to charge customers for buy-on-board products.”
Stranded at the Airport: A Flight Attendant’s Revenge on Cheating Partner
A flight attendant discovered her partner traveled from Miami to Phoenix to meet another woman. His only sent a few texts a day and he blocked her from seeing his Instagram stories. But he forgot to block her friends.
So she removed him from her flight benefits.