Reportedly Marriott’s Aloft Playa Del Carmen is running a foreign currency conversion scam on guests. They charge all room rates in local currency, and make up an inflated rate to charge that amounts to increasing everyone’s room rate by 15% over what they booked.
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In-Flight Surprise: British Airways Charging More For Food Than What’s Listed On Menus [Roundup]
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Vegas’s Venetian Horror: Scorpions Now Targeting More Than Sleep [Roundup]
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Hotels Keep Finding Underwear In Their Tea Kettles, And It’s A Huge Problem [Roundup]
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The Tip Scam: How Restaurants Trick You Into Tipping More Than You Realize [Roundup]
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Dark Side Of Rewards Miles And Government Surveillance: DOT Audits How Airlines Abuse Your Data
The U.S. Department of Transportation is launching a comprehensive review of the top U.S. airlines’ privacy practices concerning passenger data, focusing on potential unethical monetization and data sharing with third parties, in an effort led by Secretary Buttigieg and influenced by Senator Wyden’s advocacy for stricter privacy protections.
South African Airways Has Just ’12 To 18 Months’ To Live [Roundup]
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JetBlue Will Cut Some Transatlantic Flights Next Month, May Lose Their Hawaiian Partnership
A report from an executive meeting with JetBlue employees over all of the change that’s going on at the airline after the government blocked their partnership with American Airlines, stopped them from acquiring Spirit Airlines, and after corporate raider Carl Icahn took a stake in the carrier suggests that cuts may be coming to transatlantic flying and that there’s risk to their partnership with Hawaiian Airlines too.
Hotel Fee Outrage: Charging More for What You Already Bought? [Roundup]
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American Airlines Pilots Demand More After New Contract [Roundup]
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