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What I will always remember President Carter for is this video of the former President walking through economy on Delta Air Lines. The effort was hardly a one-off, either, though if you were a United Airlines or American flyer you probably didn’t know it. The former Georgia governor was a regular on Delta Air Lines and its partners.
Uber drivers frequently protest their declining pay and it strikes me that there was an uproar over how Uber treated its drivers and that was part of pushing out their founder CEO, but things have actually gotten worse for drivers since then. For instance, many work 12 hour days earning less than $100 per day. Uber used to take 20% of the fare, now drivers report giving up 60%. Back then they might earn $400 per day. Pre-summer 2017, drivers had several complaints. Drivers didn’t have any choice in trips. They’d find out once they accepted the ride (and cancelling on riders once they learned the destination could get them kicked off of the platform). This was a solution to a real problem with taxis. In New York City you stand there and hail a…
President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Congressman and current Fox personality Sean Duffy as Secretary of Transportation.
Senator Kyrsten Sinema is leaving office, and the avid traveler appears to have ramped up her trips before leaving Congress.
Uber is run by the former CEO of Expedia (2005 – 2017). No wonder it’s become such a terrible experience for both riders and drivers.
The meat of Lorenzo’s argument is this: airlines are forced to comply with more stringent rules than exist for other industries.
Last week’s stock market plunge was apparently because all the traders who knew what they were doing were on vacation.
It’s a complicated, complicated world that just got a little simpler because Cosmopolitan’s own Identity program has been merged into MGM Rewards.
Can this even be real, that 36% of American’s “plan to take on debt for summer travel” – can someone possibly explain this to me?
The most important element of air travel is your personal space. That means the seat and what surrounds it.
I’d posit what comes next isn’t meal or the alcohol. It’s not the lounge on the ground before departure and it isn’t the contents of an amenity kit. It isn’t the inflight entertainment.
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 »
