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Starting June 3, you’ll have to check in earlier if you want to fly United Airlines. In an internal memo, the airline stays that customers without bags will have to check in at least 45 minutes prior to their flight. The current rule is 30 minutes. If you don’t make it in time, you’ll lose your seat.
United Airlines is making 3 big changes to MileagePlus that no one is likely to be happy about. They’re making changes to award rules, upgrades, and upgrade pricing.
The airline announced today the addition to Socorro Tequila onboard starting June 1, and new snack baskets starting June 11 (in addition to a separate midday basket in addition to the morning and afternoon baskets).
But what I’m most interested in is the June 1 expansion of buy on board items.
Flight attendants are getting busted for accepting gifts from passengers – after passengers have been inspired to bribe their crew by a viral TikTok trend.
The captain halted the departure process, emergency vehicles surrounded the plane, and armed FBI agents boarded the aircraft. Initially passengers were told there was a ‘technical issue’ but that was clearly false when government agents, rather than mechanics, boarded the plane with weapons and not tools.
Delta stopped passing through the coach cabin offering complimentary earbuds on May 15. This includes the extra legroom ‘Comfort+’ section. They still proactively pass them out in premium cabins.
They don’t tell you this, but the earbuds are still available on request.
Phoenix is getting its first flight to Asia. Taiwan’s Starlux will launch Phoenix – Taipei service three times weekly with an Airbus A350-900.
Southwest Airlines will become the first U.S. carrier to restrict the use of power banks inflight for portable charging. Southwest also significantly lags American, Delta and United in offering passengers power at their seat.
When CEO Robert Isom took over the airline, his admonition to employees at his first gathering was to never spend a dollar they don’t have to. That appears to cover the employee restroom facilities at their largest hub airport.
Etihad’s decision to launch Charlotte flights is attributable to President Trump’s Mideast trip. They weren’t even talking to the airport beforehand.
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 »
