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Here’s the video of a purported airline crew sex tape which has been banned by the government.
China Eastern is denying the tape involves “at least six naked flight attendants having sex and dancing in Madrid.”
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Since coach travel is generally awful there are several entrepreneurs who come up with things they can sell you to make yourself more comfortable, simple solutions to real world problems.
Want extra tray space in coach? Bring along a tray that you can attach to the window. In the same spirit there’s the portable arm rest divider.
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Last week United forced a passenger to stow their puppy in an overhead bin, killing it. And then they sent a family dog to Japan by mistake.
United kills more dogs than any other airline, and they lose more dogs than anyone else does too. And whoops they did it again, but they’re going to extreme lengths to limit the PR damage… all without acknowledging they have a problem.
In January Virgin Atlantic was promoting ‘love suites’ in business class. There’s a long history of Virgin promoting inflight sex to promote their brand. Sir Richard Branson declared the mile high club ‘legitimized’ by the airline in 1999.
It’s all a lie, and a video proves it.
Boeing 777 Will Struggle to Maintain Altitude Once the Fuel Tanks are Empty
In December 1994 the Department of Transportation sent a letter to US airlines It said that failure to make award seats available to customers could be a prohibited deceptive practice. They never even thought to address airlines which failed to make award seats available on a route ever.
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Well that didn’t take long. Two Senators are grandstanding on this week’s death of a pet onboard a United Airlines flight from Houston to New York LaGuardia. It’s said one bad story makes a regulation and two makes a law, Senators Kennedy and Mastro are skipping over the regulation part.
Without a new federal law a criminal investigation is already underway in Texas where the plane boarded….
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 »
