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This woman claims American Airlines has caused “a lifetime of damage.” She’s suing for “$75,000 each for herself and four family members on the flight, including a son who was then nine months old.”
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Hong Kong law doesn’t allow fuel surcharges on travel originating there. Even British Airways, for instance, doesn’t add fuel surcharges to Hong Kong – London flights. Nonetheless, American Airlines was hitting customers with these fuel surcharges anyway. And only some customers are getting refunds.
They were overcharging these fees on other award tickets to and their response is that sometimes mistakes happen. We need to catch them in act, and we can get refunds for everyone that’s been overcharged.
Two years ago The Onion ran a piece about Basic Economy “Airlines Installing Uncomfortable Bumps In Seatbacks Because It Pleases Them”
They had the scoop on a new less comfortable coach product.
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air berlin has been a financial disaster for years, and the subsidies from Etihad have stopped so the airline had no choice but to file for bankruptcy.
The German transport ministry stepped in with a government subsidy to keep the airline running for 3 months, guaranteeing a €150 million loan.
The piece explains the blockade as a decision by ‘the anti-terrorism states’. The air blockade is arguably in violation of international agreements, yet the report suggests that not only is it legal but that “according to international law any state which forbids an airline from crossing above it possesses the right to deal with any airplane entering its realm.”
Indeed, a legitimate improper entry into a country’s air space may be ‘dealt with’. However it follows with a fairly tortured claim that international law provides a proactive right to shoot down an aircraft.
With the opening of Alaska’s C concourse lounge in Seattle Alaska relaxed the policy August 7 and allowed Priority Pass members again to bring guests into their lounges — limited them to two.
Now the policy has further liberalized allowing Priority Pass cardmembers to bring in two guests or immediate family.
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.
Credit card bonuses boost your balances quickly, in some cases a single credit card can get you more than one flight or a premium cabin flight. Get one yourself, get one for your travel companion, and you’re booking award travel in no time.
One way to think about which cards to sign up for is to look at the travel you want to do, and consider the cards with the biggest or much better than usual signup bonuses where it’s not expected the bonuses will stay around long.
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 »
