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Delta Air Lines is planning new flight attendant and ground services uniforms, which should be revealed in the coming days. Pilots will eventually receive a new uniform as well. Some of the concepts have already leaked that we’ll begin to see inflight.
Bethenny Frankel was a ‘Real Housewife of New York City’ and a ‘Shark Tank Shark’ but she’s also a travel connoisseur. She reviewed the Virgin Clubhouse Newark last summer declaring it “garbouj” and she’s an investor in award search website Point.me.
She flew to Australia for business the long way – routing via the Mideast on Emirates – and brought her daughter in first class.
At Delta Air Lines, your SkyMiles aren’t worth very much – and they expire when you do. Like Delta, Southwest says points don’t expire but that isn’t really true. They get to wipe out the liability on their books for future travel when you pass away. Both airlines literally make money when you die.
In contrast, the ability to transfer American Airlines miles at death is now official, and even online, all part of the carrier’s move towards making every interaction possible digital.
The Southwest Airlines pilot union is hiring several law firms in preparation for the carrier potentially acquiring another airline. Here’s a message that the union sent to Southwest pilots.
Real estate investment influence and course sales bro Pace Morby, followed by hundreds of thousands on social media, lays out how well-treated he is by American Airlines as a ConciergeKey member. The only thing is, very little of it is true.
Delta is the most on-time U.S. airline followed by Alaska and then American. Frontier and JetBlue are rock bottom.
Cancellations tell a different story of reliability.
I simply assumed that the ‘US’ name was chosen to give the carrier a more national brand. But it may have had a much more practical explanation, according to a story that long-time airline CEO Ed Colodny would tell new hires when they onboarded.
Alaska Airlines passengers flying on American are now eligible for upgrades even when buying American’s basic economy fares.
Last June, Qatar Airways announced a plan to eliminate its long haul first class product, which is currently only available on Airbus A380 aircraft and on ex-Cathay Pacific 777s. But then the airline’s CEO was out under mysterious circumstances. And now the Doha-based global carrier has reversed course and plans a new first class product for new planes they’re considering ordering.
It was Saturday night in winter. It was spring break. That’s peak of peak of peak for Bahamas hotels. Some passengers were reportedly found accommodations but inventory ran out. So “they tell us to find our own hotels.”
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 »
