Claiming the basis for decision-making is the environment, rather than to reset employee expectations, is something of a farce. But the ‘compelling business purpose’ exception hints that the underlying reason is to require employees to offer a business justification, rather than presuming business class as a right.
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British Airways Devalues Points For Award Travel On American Airlines And Alaska
Days after Virgin Atlantic announced that they’re increasing the price of awards on their U.S. partner for traveling within the U.S. and across the world – except for travel between the U.S. and Europe – British Airways has gone ahead and imposed its own unannounced devaluation for travel on American Airlines and Alaska Airlines.
Wide Open Business Class Mileage Awards To Europe Traveling On Singapore Airlines
Right now there’s especially good availability on the New York JFK – Frankfurt route and to a lesser extent Houston – Manchester in business class. And at times there’s even award space for whole family, not just for a couple.
Air India’s Dramatic Turnaround: From Near Collapse to New Planes, Seats And New Uniforms
Is your view of Air India changing, or will they need to fly the new planes and new interiors, and show that corporate investments translate into inflight service before you’ll believe that they’re different?
Hawaiian Airlines Told The SEC What Will Happen To Customer Miles When Alaska Airlines Buys Them
Hawaiian Airlines has submitted a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that outlines what will happen to HawaiianMiles miles and elite status under the deal to be acquired by Alaska Airlines
Unlock Global Lounge Access for $149: Royal Jordanian’s Status Match Deal
Many European readers will love, love, love this – and also those in the Mideast. Royal Jordanian is offering a status match and it means benefits including lounge access when you fly American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, Qatar and more.
Bottom-line on this deal, think $149 for 12 months of lounge access and airport priority when you travel with any oneworld airline.
Union Demands United Airlines Pay Flight Attendants When They Aren’t Flying
United’s flight attendants union – the same union that downplayed boarding pay at Spirit – wants to one-up Delta, American, and SkyWest.
They want boarding pay like Delta, and like what’s been offered at American (50% pay), but they also want “Ground Time Pay” (50% pay).
Delta Drama: Passenger’s Bold Stand Against Crew’s Indifference Leads to Unjust Removal
A woman on board Delta flight 2178 from Newark to Atlanta confronted a flight attendant who refused to help an older Black woman who was struggling to put her carry on bag in an overhead bin. The crewmember refused to help, saying it isn’t her job.
To the passenger, that’s precisely her job. The flight attendant responded by saying the passenger was harassing her, and had the captain remove her from the aircraft. She was embarrassed and inconvenienced for stepping into what she saw as both poor service and discrimination.
Scandalous: British Airways Told Flight Attendants To Wear See-Through Blouses
British Airways retracted their guidance requiring female cabin crew to wear white bras to go with the new sheer blouse included with their uniform after union objections. This follows similar past controversies over uniform-related ‘sexualization’ and contrasts with extreme practices at airlines like Malindo Air and Kuwait Airways, where female applicants were asked to disrobe during interviews.
AirAsia CEO Chooses To Fly Rival Singapore Airlines Instead Of His Own Carrier
The experience on low cost carrier AirAsia is so bad their CEO flies Singapore Airlines? Tony Fernandes says the reason is because his flights were full, three in a row, and he couldn’t get a seat – and didn’t want to bump paying passengers. So he was humble bragging. Fernandes, who recently got a shirtless massage at a management meeting, was humble bragging about his airline’s load factors. No seat on @flyairasia for three flights so had to take @singaporeair. Hehehe View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tony Fernandes (@tonyfernandes) Airline executives flying competitors is common, and should be more common to understand their product. Then-American Airlines Executive Vice President Elise Eberwein flew United and filed a trip report discovering that seat back entertainment (which American was moving away from) really matters…