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United Airlines’ Super Bowl ad with Kyle Chandler promotes “No Change Fees,” but is misleading about basic economy and how long you can use your travel credits when you cancel a trip. However the broader industry shift to dropping change fees on most fares has meant ticket changes that would have cost customers $10 billion to make.
The Maldives-based all business class airline has received its second leased aircraft, an Airbus A321 which will be fitted with 68 lie flat seats. It’s expected to fly between the Maldives and Milan, Dubai and Bangkok later in the year.
Lufthansa’s ground staff union will strike Wednesday and Thursday. The airline estimates that they will only be able to operate 10% – 20% of flights on Wednesday, and has not provided an estimate for Thursday.
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.
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 »
