Jan
12
2021
Alaska says no changes to current partner redemption pricing when they join oneworld, and to expect advance notice of any changes.
Alaska Airlines Won’t Change Award Chart When They Join oneworld
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Virgin Atlantic Restoring 2020 Award Pricing For Delta Transatlantic Non-Stop Flights
On New Years Day Virgin Atlantic updated its award pricing for travel on Delta. One of the few bright spots in Virgin’s Flying Club program was inexpensive Delta awards, so this was disappointing in the extreme. Prices went up in some cases more than 100%, largely focused on longer distance premium cabin awards.
Then, two days later, their spokespeople started saying that transatlantic awards wouldn’t go up as much as they had published and there would be an update. They’ve now said non-stop transatlantic awards will revert to their earlier pricing, but flying Delta anywhere else in the world or with connections will be a lot more expensive than it was in 2020 in many cases.
American Airlines Confronts Passenger At The Airport, Sends Them $1000 Bill For Ticketing Abuses
Jan
09
2021
American Airlines confronted a reader over throwaway ticketing when he arrived at the airport. He was told that he had better fly all of the segments in his itinerary that day, and that American would be watching.
Instead, the reader got off of his flight to Philadelphia and went home, never taking the last flight on his reservation. As promised, American flagged him, suspended his account – and demanded restitution for past instances of throwaway ticketing.
What American Airlines Leadership Is Telling Employees About 2020 – And Looking Forward To 2021
Jan
09
2021
The American Airlines C-Suite sent a letter to the airline’s employees looking back at 2020 and looking forward to recovery in 2021. It went out under the signatures of Doug Parker (CEO), Robert Isom (President), Elise Eberwein (EVP, HR and Communications), Derek Johnson (CFO), Maya Leibman (CIO), and Stephen Johnson (Government Affairs).
House Democrats Seek To Put DC Electoral Vote Protestors On No Fly List
Jan
08
2021
Flight attendants union head Sara Nelson called for DC protestors to be banned from flying and now the House Homeland Security Committee, under Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) is calling on the TSA and FBI to add protestors to the No Fly List.
The No Fly List is a civil liberties nightmare. Expanding its use will be abused in dangerous ways. We should follow the rule of law – precisely the principle we were defending against on Wednesday at the Capitol.
Man Uses Fake IDs To Book 1953 Free Flights In 21 Months
Jan
07
2021
A former airline employee has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for using fake airline credentials to book 1953 free flights on Spirit Airlines over a 21 month period.
He was a Mesa Airlines employee for four months in 2015 before being fired by the regional airline. He learned to use his employee travel benefits from Mesa to fly Spirit with his credentials.
Historic! Qatar Airways Flight QR1365 Just Crossed – And Cleared – Saudi Airspace
Jan
07
2021
While conflict with Israel gets the most press in the U.S., the primary conflict in the Mideast is between Saudi Arabia (along with Turkey) seeking Sunni influence in the region and working to counter Shia Iran. The conflict in Syria, for instance, is largely a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The Saudis have fought Iran-backed rebels in Yemen over the past several years.
Part of this conflict is a 3.5 year old blocked of Qatar by the UAE and Saudi Arabia which ended Tuesday, and the first Qatar Airways flight has just flown through Saudi airspace.
9+ Business Class Award Seats Open On United’s Toughest-To-Get International Flights Through 12/6/21
Jan
07
2021
I’ve gone ahead and booked a couple more sets of 3 business class award roundtrips for later in 2021 thanks to United opening up award seats across the board on many of its toughest to get routes like Houston – Sydney and San Francisco – Singapore. There are even dates where you’ll find 9 or more business class award seats available.
Other open destinations include San Francisco – Bangalore, San Francisco – Tel Aviv, and Newark – Venice (albeit this last with only modest availability).
Air Canada Adds Virgin Australia As Earn/Redeem Partner, Include Aussie Domestic Flights In Your Award
Jan
07
2021
Air Canada and Virgin Australia are now partners. Aeroplan redemptions on Virgin Australia are even available for online booking already.
Passenger Attacks Woman After Woman’s Kids Kicked Seat, “You Do What You Got To Do”
Jan
07
2021
iThe woman sort of seems to be claiming self defense arguing she was ‘hit on her shoulder’ but no other passenger saw this and she didn’t contemporaneously inform a flight attendant, she just went all Stand Your Ground on the kids’ mother instead. She says that’s because her “first reaction was to fight,” which is everything you hope for in an airline passenger. “You do what you got to do,” she says.
