News and notes from around the interweb:
- If you were stuck with airberlin topbonus miles when the program went under put in a claim with the bankruptcy and you might recover up to $0.0036 per mile. (HT: @fotograaf)
- Here’s why the FAA has revoked Air America’s Air Carrier Certificate: “conducting passenger-carrying flights using a pilot who had not received enough rest, using an unqualified pilot, operating aircraft when they were overweight and not properly loaded, and failing to provide pilot records.”
An overweight plane crashed and someone died. What I want to know is why the FAA let them operate so long?
The FAA also alleges that Air America was unable to provide pilot flight and duty records to an FAA inspector who requested them on June 5, 2017. As of February 2018, the company still had not provided those records.
- Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand are ending their trans-tasman partnership
- Be careful whom you call to pay for British Airways seat assignments
- A bird flew around throughout this entire Bangkok – Doha flight because how exactly would you let it out?
- Foiling the Wyndham Rewards plan to have literally every bad hotel in America in its portfolio, Knights Inn is being sold to Red Lion. Knights Inn guests, dust off your Red Card.
what price would you think a top bonus mile was worth roe bankruptcy?
Okay, thank you! I just received a claim for 35 EUR from the insolvency authorities. Super!
As Fred Armisen says, “Put a bird on it!”
Doesn’t seem like you can file a topbonus claim if your address is in the USA, no choice on the form.
For USA Topbonus claims, select “VEREINIGTE STAATEN” under the “country” field. “VEREINIGTE STAATEN” is German for “United States.”
However then it asks for your bank account data. Not sure a) whether the required German IBAN and BIC numbers correspond to US routing and bank account numbers and b) if so, whether I want to enter my personal bank account info on a website for the sake of possibly getting 1/3 cpp on my few thousand remaining points. ????
Bank data
Please enter below your bank details so that the insolvency administrator does not have to ask your bank details again in case of a quota distribution.
Now choose whether your bank account is a SEPA bank account (IBAN, BIC) or another form of bank account.
BANK ACOUNT NUMBER
Other
Account holder *
IBAN *
IBAN…
The IBAN is required.
BIC *
BIC…
@Larry: No, IBAN and BIC are not routing/account numbers. You will need to check with your bank to find out how to receive an international wire transfer, and they will give you the appropriate IBAN/BIC. For at least some US banks, they only have one IBAN/BIC and expect your name and account number to come across elsewhere with the transaction in order to properly credit it to you.
A bird flew around throughout this entire Bangkok – Doha flight because how exactly would you let it out?
Simple. Wrap it in a towel and throw it out the window.
use other
bank act #
then I used “routing/transfer number = 9 digit R/T” for address of bank