News and notes from around the interweb:
- U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating 18 airlines for illegally denying refunds to customers for cancelled flights during the pandemic.
- United is upgrading its catering on Hawaii flights
- Priority Pass shares data that,
more than 75% airport lounges globally are open for business…average lounge visits have increased 34% for H1 of 2021 compared to H2 2020.
- Chicago O’Hare modernization project complete after 16 years. By the way, do you know Al Capone’s connection to O’Hare and why the tunnel connecting the United concourses is so trippy?
- TSA scanners can’t read new Nevada drivers licenses
All Nevada driver’s licenses and ID cards now feature the new design that was rolled out beginning in July. But allow yourself extra time if you’re using the card as ID at the airport. TSA scanners can’t read the updated barcode. See https://t.co/A6b4iGhkwd for more information. pic.twitter.com/11jbonJLgu
— Governor Sisolak (@GovSisolak) September 8, 2021
- Delta has updated its privacy policy to disclose all of the info they have to share on passengers with China.
“The department said it plans to issue rules on refunds for consumers who are unable to travel due to government restrictions. Existing regulations do not address refund eligibility under special circumstances, such as government-imposed travel restrictions.”
Will be interested to hear those!
Gary, you buried the lede here.
The Delta / China story is huge. Delta has been pushing the use of “your face is your boarding passes”. They’re quite aggressive about it.
Being the privacy type, I offer my physical boarding pass and opt out.
I can revoke a credit card and get a new one. I can’t get a new face.
China is building a biometric database. And Delta is helping China do it.
THIS is why you don’t divulge personal information: once it’s out of your control, it’s gone forever.
Delta’s privacy statement revisions about data sharing with the Chinese is specific to passengers that enter China on Delta. They do not share any other data.
The fact that they are apparently the first US airline to admit they are doing it clearly raises the question of who else is.
I suppose there are probably customers that still have not been given a refund and want them but I would doubt there are many – but if there are, they should be immediately given their money back if they haven’t used the credit voucher they were given.
I’m sure the Chinese have only the most altruistic intentions with your data.
Curious, don’t DL have some sort of connection to CLEAR ?
Does that mean China gets all that data also?
Noooo. This is classic big gum into overreach. Corporations are people too.
Whatever happened to the DOT fining the scum that is Air Canada for withholding refunds?