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My first thought was, a trip credit for a lap infant, I guess I need to buy him a seat next time! Of course I can use his travel credit for my own travels – with his permission, of course! 15,000 points would have felt light, but 45,000 points plus $150 seems pretty good. Perhaps I should be complaining more often.
British Airways has a bizarre new policy for flight attendants and pilots, prohibiting them from posting any photo or video taken at a layover hotel. That applies inside the hotel, outside the hotel, and even in the parking lot.
They’ve even been told to comb through their existing social media feeds and delete every trace of past hotel content They have to do this “even if the account is set to private” – or risk firing.
American Airlines is unveiling a brand new interior for some of its larger regional jets – and the photo that’s been revealed by aviation watchdog JonNYC appears to be just fantastic.
Southwest Airlines had to take a delay on a flight from Las Vegas to San Jose on Thursday because of the sheer number of passengers in wheelchairs. At Southwest, customers asking for wheelchair assistance get better seats for free – and then usually walk off the plane and all the way out the terminal themselves on the other end of the journey. They don’t all need a wheelchair. They’ve just cracked the code.
A flight attendant – presumably working for United Airlines – performed a citizens arrest on another crewmember for stealing an inflight snack box. Now, she’s been suspended and the episode has gone viral.
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A United Airlines passenger flying from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Denver on flight 5339 – a CRJ-700 regional jet operated by SkyWest, found his seat cushion detached and on the ground of the aircraft when he boarded. He naturally let a flight attendant know – but this turned out to be a grave mistake. The man was given an ultimatum.
Delta, Air France KLM and Virgin Atlantic are partnering with India’s IndiGo, and Delta will return to India with flights from Atlanta to Delhi.
There’s no frequent flyer earn and burn partnership at this point. They’re just offering connections, then, that are inferior to what competitors offer. However Southwest hints that they will be adding more Asian partners.
American Airlines has an announcement coming. It looks to be new details of a soft product, perhaps tied to the launch of American’s new premium Boeing 787-9 on June 5.
And that seems like a good time to talk about all of the premium rumors swirling around American Airlines right now. We know that soft goods changes are coming, but it seems like a lot more is on the horizon too.
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 »
