Aug
13
2021
A vaccine requirement for interstate travel has been discussed inside the Biden administration, but they’re not ready to pull the trigger.
Biden Administration Has Considered Vaccine Requirement For Air Travel
Airlines
Category Archives for Airlines.
Why Spirit Airlines Won’t Suffer Long-Term From Its Mass Meltdowns
Aug
13
2021
United Airlines recovered from the PR hit that followed passenger David Dao being dragged off of one of their flights and being beaten, and the carrier’s CEO apologizing for this incident inconvenience other passengers. Spirit is better positioned with its customer base than United was to move forward.
Will You Choose An Airline Based On Whether They Require Employees To Be Vaccinated?
Aug
12
2021
My guess is that people choose to fly based on schedule and price and on operational reliability, and that it’ll be a limited number of people at the margin who choose based on a vaccine mandate. Am I wrong?
Is Air Travel Stalling Out Because Of The Delta Variant?
Aug
12
2021
Six weeks ago I wrote that recovery in travel could be expected to stall out in the fall. With TSA checkpoint numbers stalled, and air travel credit card spend declining, even before school comes back and businesses delay office re-opening it appears the Delta variant is putting a pause on continued air travel recovery.
Airline Wins $8200 Judgments Against Passengers Who Sought Compensation For Flight Delay
Aug
11
2021
EU261 is supposed to provide compensation to passengers for flight cancellations and extreme delays. Instead these passengers delayed by Finnair wound up with a judgment against them after the company they used to pursue their claims went bankrupt and the carrier pursued reimbursement of its legal expenses.
American Puts Boxed Meals On Trays As It Prepares To Restore First Class Meal Service
Aug
11
2021
Weeks ago I reported that American Airlines was working to bring back hot meals to domestic first class over the coming months, replacing cold meal boxes.
The biggest challenge is supply chain, and that it takes time to ramp up this up after not having offered ‘real’ food on most flights for over a year. However we’re starting to see progress along these lines, and more details on what to expect.
Delta Air Lines Commiserates With Young Girl Who Shares Name Of Infectious Covid Variant
Aug
11
2021
The mom of a 3 year old girl named Delta enlisted the help of Delta Air Lines to petition not to call another Covid-19 variant ‘Delta Plus’ – to please move on from Delta.
New Status Match Concierge Service Gets You Elite Status Approved Quickly
Aug
10
2021
This new site is a status match concierge service for customers. So far it’s just airlines but in the next few weeks they’ll add hotel programs and eventually cruise lines, casinos, and car rentals (the need here is to get agreements into place).
A lot of airlines would do status matches if they had a formal process for it. Instead customers make unprompted asks to programs and get ignored or rejected. And they have contracts or relationships with several airlines.
How To Keep Air France KLM Miles From Expiring (What The Program Rules Don’t Tell You)
Aug
09
2021
I recently wrote about my reasons for not transferring points speculative into Air France KLM’s Flying Blue program – even when there’s a great bonus to do so – I explained that it’s because of their expiration policy.
What I failed to point out is that the official policy isn’t always enforced, in fact I was able to extend my miles by two years without taking a flight or putting a charge on their credit card.
American Airlines Introducing New 490,000 Mile One-Way Award
Aug
08
2021
American Airlines has a new unpublished award chart level for flights between the U.S. and China, now charging as much as 490,000 miles one-way for a redemption. This includes American Airlines flights to Hong Kong as well.
