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News and notes from around the interweb:
- Bizarro: Director Michael Bay made a video claiming he was flying Thai Airways over the ocean and an engine fell off. It’s not true, and Thai Airways is not happy.
I wonder if this statement from Thai covers my linking to someone that links to the video, in order to say the viral story isn’t true?
Should any person share this false and misleading video, THAI will implement a law suit to legally prosecute the individual accordingly as it damages the Company’s corporate image.
- UnitedSM Explorer Card cardmembers take 20% off economy awards to Hawaii, Mexico and parts of the Caribbean for bookings by August 10 and travel between August 20 and December 13.
The UnitedSM Explorer Card has a new cardmember offer that ends August 15 of 40,000 bonus miles after you spend $2,000 on purchases in the first 3 months your account is open plus $100 statement credit after your first purchase.
Hyatt Regency Maui - Malaysia Airlines Enrich up to 50% off business class redemptions book by August 10 for travel through November 16. Malaysia is a Citi ThankYou transfer partner.
- American Express is offering a 25% bonus on transfers to JetBlue through October 1
- For 10 days in January American’s Tokyo – Chicago flight will add a stop in Las Vegas because of the Computer Electronics Show. I suppose they figure it can’t hurt since their Chicago – Asia yields are already so bad.
- El Al’s Matmid Club will go to revenue-based earning for flights April 1, 2019. (HT: BoazHershkovitz) A number of other changes to redemption and status benefits will occur at that same time. But if you aren’t based in Israel you probably weren’t bothering with this program anyway, even though their a Membership Rewards transfer partner.
- “Starwood Fans Are Losing Sleep Over Marriott’s Loyalty Program” I’d have preferred the chains stayed separate however compared to what I expected…
[T]he company had made the top tier of membership harder to attain. By and large, though, the response was positive. Leff, the travel blogger, called it the “best possible program that anyone could have reasonably expected.”
- flyDubai flights now earn miles and status with Emirates Skywards
- WestJet cabin crew unionize
That Bay video was shot in a boneyard. WTF is Bay thinking making a video that’s demonstrably false like that?