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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 decade after 9/11 the federal government concluded that terrorist threat groups inside the United States were simply not plotting attacks against planes. They classified that conclusion and continued to beat the drum for bigger security budgets, more equipment. The security state benefits a federal employee union, it benefits equipment manufacturers, and it benefits politicians.
On Friday an attempted terrorist attack occurred at a U.S. airport and you probably didn’t hear anything about it because it doesn’t fit the narrative, in fact it may upend everything we’ve been told to believe about security threats to aviation.
United’s densest Boeing 737-800s already have 166 seats, or one more row than American’s current configuration and one less row than American’s new plan.
United has said they plan ‘densification’ (more seats in the same amount of room) as well.
For a decade it was unheard of to see roundtrip fares to Southeast Asia for under $600. That’s changed. I don’t even bother sharing fares to Europe unless they’re under $500… preferably under $400. Still this one is an unusually good fare even by recent sale fare standards.
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.
Hawaii service has been speculated for years. In December 2010 they advertised for an ETOPS manager suggesting they were planning long overwater flights.
Finally this year service has begun to seem imminent.
I’ve been corresponding with a reader about a trip from the US to China using AAdvantage miles. His trip is coming in just a few days, and he put a Cathay Pacific first class award on hold.
Getting one first class award seat is a whole lot easier than getting two these days. Cathay’s daily Boeing 777-300ER Boston flight is a good bet for first class space opening up.
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.
Andrew shares a pretty crazy story about trying to fly from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Seattle in Delta’s business class that he booked with Alaska Airlines miles.
He had some real bad luck on the trip. His rental car was broken into in the south of France and his family’s luggage was stolen. He needed new bags and he went to Ikea.
At New York JFK TSA tried to cover it up when they let passengers go through security without screening. They also ran through the terminal screaming about bombs and shooting victims when there weren’t any. Several times at New York JFK passengers have landed and just skipped immigration.
A New York security screener sexually assaulted a passenger. And in the New York area customs employees are reportedly hazed on rape tables with the theme to jackass playing in the background.
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