News notes from around the interweb:
- Delta has gone back to old school ‘back to front’ boarding to promote social distancing, but first class still can board first.
- Australian government will subsidize Qantas and Virgin Australia domestic flights
- What It’s Like to Work as a Flight Attendant Amid Empty Planes and Airports
- Touching.
#watch @cbsnews Powerful moment before a flight from @Dulles_Airport to @EWRairport when an @united airlines captain thanks the medical personnel on his flight for coming to the Tri-State to help treat #coronavirus patients. Says his wife is a nurse. pic.twitter.com/afXt7ZYBcP
— Kris Van Cleave (@krisvancleave) April 12, 2020
- Tokyo’s Airport Becomes Cardboard Box Hotel For Passengers Waiting Coronavirus Test Results
- Don’t Rush Challenge spreads to airline flight crews
The Cardboard box beds don’t look to bad. I arrived in Tokyo in March 2011, about 45 minutes before the big earthquake. Since everything shut down, there were 5,000 people in the terminal to find a place to sleep. No boxes, but they did provide sleeping bags to sleep on the floor. You just had to find some floor space to camp out..
Only question about the cardboard box beds is who is cleaning them after use? I’d assume if someone gets tested positive for Coronavirus, they haul it away, but bedbugs, other infectious diseases?
My husband and I were scheduled on a cruise April 4 from Buenos Aires to Lisvon, which of course was cancelled. Here’s the thing. This was on Oceania, we cancelled right away and Oceania gave us 100% credit for a future cruise to be booked by 2021, our friends who were going with us cancelled 2 days after we did and they were offered either a full CASH refund or 125% towards a future cruise. Another friend leaving in March on the same ship that was ending where we were starting (Buenos Aires) was offered a 100% credit plus and upgrade.
So, how can Oceania or any cruise line offer different things to people, specially when2 of us were on the same cruise? I don’t think this is fair, they should give the same to everyone. So, how do you go about asking for the same thing?
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