News and notes from around the interweb:
- 29 passengers discovered with gold bars up their bums
- Verizon Smart Rewards Program is Ending, 3 Good Ways to Use Your Points
- Another Hyatt data breach, they’re re-using the website ironically enough named “Protecting Our Customers.” You can look up the hotels where credit cards swiped or keyed in in person between March 18 and July 2 had their details exposed here
- Up to triple miles for Air Canada flights originating in Canada through April 30
Copyright: ronniechua / 123RF Stock Photo - Airbus corruption scandal threatens its CEO strange this story hasn’t gotten nearly as much play in the U.S. as it has in Europe, you’d think Boeing PR would be pushing it pretty heavily (through third parties of course, to avoid having their own fingers on it).
- KLM’s 97 year relationship with Fokker is coming to an end with the retirement of the last aircraft. Air traffic controllers always just wanted to say “I’ve got the Fokker in my sights.”
- A series of attempted landings at Birmingham Airport in the U.K. where pilots were faced with sudden changes in wind speed and direction:
Gary, what I find amazing is that I was not notified by Hyatt about this breach even though I stayed at a Hyatt that was affected. Does anyone here have a copy of what Hyatt sent as notification? Oddly they are also not offering anything as a means of help with credit monitoring nor have they offered any token of apology.
@JMM – Stolen CC info is not a stolen identity. Totally different things. If you’re really worried just have your bank issue you a new card.
I used to hear the phrase that someone must be “sh-tting bricks” as a colloquialism. Never thought I’d hear of it literally…