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Etihad Bringing The First Apartment And Residence Back To New York JFK Route

by Gary Leff

Nov 29 2023

When Etihad brought back the A380 to London Heathrow, award space (often for the full cabin) was wide open. That’s how I grabbed three seats for myself, my wife and my daughter to fly London – Abu Dhabi and back earlier this month, using American AAdvantage miles.
I’ll be looking to see whether the first apartment opens up on New York JFK – Abu Dhabi, and if it does I’ll make several speculative bookings if possible – as a way even to get to India, the Mideast, and even Africa and Asia (even if booked as separate awards). I’ve flown this product many times and it’s really special.

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Government Tells American Airlines Flight Attendants They Have To Work Christmas Flights

by Gary Leff

Nov 29 2023

The Association of Professional Flight Attendants is railing against the National Mediation Board and its decision. But the board is dominated by Biden administration picks (2-1), and includes a former lawyer for a flight attendants union. This is not a group biased against labor, or against cabin crew.

They weren’t going to hand the Biden administration a holiday hot potato heading into holiday travel and re-election, though.

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Giving Tuesday: Your Spare United Miles Can Bring Together Families With Dying Loved Ones

by Gary Leff

Nov 28 2023

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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Denied Water in Business Class: My Surprising British Airways Experience

by Gary Leff

Nov 23 2023

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.

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The High-Flying Baker: How a Ryanair Flight Attendant Baked a Cake Mid-Air!

by Gary Leff

Nov 22 2023

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?

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