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The first meeting of Conquistadores del Cielo was a weekend at an Arizona ranch in 1937 at the invitation of TWA President Jack Frye and Vice President John Walker.
It’s a secret society complete with rituals, and several big deals in the industry have been hatched there — and laws have apparently even been broken.
Singapore Airlines offers one of the better premium products in the world, and their awards are easier to book than many people imagine. It’s just that booking the newest product and booking the New York JFK flight are challenges at the saver level.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Mere days ago I wrote a guide for asking airlines to give you elite status. Already there’s a new opportunity I hadn’t seen before.
Cubana flight CU972 was carrying 104 passengers today enroute from Havana to Holguin, Cuba when it crashed not long after takeoff.
The plane reportedly went down “near a motorway and a high school in the Boyeros neighborhood” next to the airport.
United Airlines sent two memos to flight attendants scolding them for their personal grooming.
United’s Vice President of Inflight says “We lost our focus on the value uniform standards have on our customers’ perception of our company.”
The TSA has “created a new secret watch list” of passengers they believe have behaved badly at airport security checkpoints.
This includes behavior like “swatt[ing] away security screeners’ hands” and passengers “who loiter suspiciously near security checkpoints” as well as anyone the TSA deems to present “challenges to the safe and effective completion of screening.”
According to a Border Services Agency memo between May 28 and September 16 they are moving border and customs agents out of Toronto and sending them to Montreal and Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle in Quebec because they’re expecting an influx of refugees crossing from the U.S. into Canada seeking asylum.
These cases have tripled, and Canada’s solution is to divert border personnel away from legal arrivals of tourists and businesspersons to handle the refugee cases.
Two weeks ago I wrote that United had confirmed cutbacks to meals in domestic first class on flights under four hours outside of departures between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. They also cut several beverage choices.
The blowback was swift and immediate. First they brought back tomato juice. Now they’re bringing back food.
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 »
