News and notes from around the interweb:
- ‘“You call this food?” he asked. Then he loudly announced, “I wouldn’t feed this to a dog!”’ Delta first class passenger flying Salt Lake City to Chicago stays behind to apologize to flight attendants for how poorly he treated them. It’s possible for poorly-behaved passengers to develop self-awareness.
A while later, rushing through the airport, I saw the flight attendant who had been the primary recipient of the businessman’s vitriol. “Excuse me,” I began. “You handled that guy so graciously. I’m sorry for the way he acted.”
Saying nothing, the woman just kind of stared at me. “I think several of us were praying for you,” I offered. “And for him.”
The flight attendant’s eyes began to glisten with tears. She glanced left and right, her demeanor somewhat nervous, somewhat weary: “He was … a very mean traveler,” she whispered. “But you’ll never guess what happened.”
- Marriott eliminates elite breakfast at Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square, Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
- This is the last thing Southwest Airlines still has going for it. (It’s not quite the GAAP RAP but it’ll do.)
I fly a lot and this is the first time a @southwestair flight attendant did the entire safety announcement to Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby.”
Just perfect.
Life is only as boring as you let it be.
You can always make it more fun!
Way to go Allen! pic.twitter.com/QADvOOl13w
— Jon Acuff (@JonAcuff) March 21, 2025
- Delta custom medallion bag tags oops
- Power outlets at your seat are often too loose, and won’t stay plugged in. For years I’ve carried a U.K. adapter in my laptop bag and that usually does the trick to secure it. Another approach is Snug Plug. Hadn’t seen this before S. flagged it for me, and thought I’d pass it along.
- If they’re betting on slower demand from an economic slowdown, or less international travel demand from tariffs, this would make obvious sense.
DL:
I'm hearing rumours that the 35Ks might be delayed until early 2027, not documented anywhere that I know of but hearing it from a few folks, so will keep an eye on it
— JonNYC (@xJonNYC) March 22, 2025
- They love free bags so much, they’ve decided to keep them all for themselves and not share anymore..
- Aeromexico’s Mexico City Salon Premier lounges are closed through December (at least..)
Regarding the Marriott breakfast benefit, all or some of these properties were ALWAYS listed as exempt for whatever reason in the terms and conditions. Something changed last year when the list of exempt properties was shortened. This is just a return to past practice. It’s unfortunate but it is what it is.
Oh no… journalistic standards sliding yet again… when you see ‘slams’ in the title, you know it’s gonna be a doozy, unless the author is literally referring to the act of ‘slamming’ as-in to throw/hit. But, alas, like many others, in this case, it’s the figurative ‘slams’ *deep sigh* I kid, Gary, I kid. Nice [Roundup].
Daughter recently flew DL ATL-ICN in Delta One Suites.
Food almost unrecognizable, wifi down, door to her suite broken. Bed hard and uncomfortable.
Back to Emirates!
Delta serves Premium Dog Food.
@Patti — Emirates? They don’t even fly to ATL! Even if you arranged for a connection to a city that they do fly to, it really depends on which of their aircraft–because many of their aircraft still have the older ‘angle’ flat business class–it’s dated, and it shows. Not to mention, most Emirates flights are going to route through Dubai (DXB), so that’d be two long-haul flights (often 14+ and +10 hours, with a 2-6 hour layover) instead of one (15+ nonstop)–so, not very ‘efficient’ with Emirates either.
Not to presume your daughter’s itinerary, but if Seoul (ICN), or East Asia, generally, was her destination, from ATL, or from most of the USA, I don’t think you get more direct or much better than Delta, Korean Air, Asiana, JAL, ANA, Singapore, EVA, etc. Perhaps, if she is flying from ATL, she should try Korean, which still sometimes operates it’s 747, which is a treat for aviation geeks. Even if it’s on their 777, it’s still ‘nice.’ If she’s lucky, and flying business class, she could get a seat upstairs–now, that’s cool. Plus, the bibimbap is delicious! So, better food, too.
@ 1990 — 2-3-2 J seating is NOT “nice”
@Gene — Hold on now, 747 upstairs is 2-2, and it feels like private jet–that’s more than nice. 777 is still nice, even in 2-3-2, though I agree, it could be even better, and perhaps they’ll update the cabins. My reply to Patti was more in disbelief at her Emirates comment, because that was just ‘off.’
A ranting jerk being “moved by Holy Spirit” into apologizing has a tinge of irony to it that will not be perceived by most readers of ChristianPost.com.
@Dangling Pointer — Yeah, due to that being the source, I doubt this was ‘as it happened’ and more so ‘for the article.’ Not really a source for ‘journalistic’ standards either.
Well, when your ‘ideology’ teaches you that you can practically do whatever ‘wrongs’ you wish, and so long as you ask for ‘forgiveness,’ (and ‘believe,’) even at the last moment, you can become ‘free’ and will ‘live forever,’ it almost encourages folks to act horribly, because, you know, they got a ‘scapegoat.’
Yeah, organized religions are hypocritical at times… huh, wild. And then there’s the whole ‘unintended consequences’ thing. I’ve been rethinking the ‘treat others as you wish to be treated’ and more ‘try to treat others as THEY wish to be treated… so long as no one is being harmed in the process.’ By hey, that’s a lot of work, so maybe ‘you do you,’ is simpler, so long as it’s not ‘you do me.’