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Former Treasury Secretary and Harvard President Larry Summers discusses infrastructure investment through bets on building airports.
But he’s wrong about Washington Dulles.
With American Express’ Platinum cards you get access to American Express Centurion lounges, Priority Pass lounges, as well as Airspace and Escape lounges.
Now there’s a new addition to the lounge portfolio you can guest yourself into.
A passenger snapped a photo as he disembarked a flight and saw a beer in the cockpit.
The airline initially claimed it wasn’t their flight. Then the airline claimed “the can had been given to the pilot for safe keeping.”
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.
It’s often been said that there are two kinds of luggage: carry on and lost.
Baggage handlers don’t usually just send your stuff somewhere else for kicks. But one man did, hundreds of times, and for months. He’s being charged criminally.
There are easter eggs here, like as others have noted the Boeing 787 mother and her 737 child. Sadly despite the impending 747 retirement the Queen of the Skies made no appearance as Pa.
Oscar Munoz says thank you in Spanish. Some will see that as political but United’s global themed safety videos predate the election.
Private jet travel can make great sense even if the political optics are tough especially when traveling between small cities on a tight schedule.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, though, is coming under fire for one of his private jet flights last week: Washington Dulles – Philadephia.
American offers premium economy on Boeing 787-9s and is rapidly retrofitting its Boeing 777-200 fleet to add premium economy seating.
Today American has rolled out a formal day of departure upgrade program for going from coach to premium economy seats. They’re using the ‘Load Factor Based Upgrade’ (sometimes referred to as LFBU) system to offer upgrades at check-in if seats are available.
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.
Our cell phone geolocation data is tracked. Traffic cameras are plugged into government databases. Internet traffic is monitored. Who’d have thought the one place we could have true privacy is in public view in an airport parking lot?
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 »
