News and notes from around the interweb:
- Alcohol and travel
- 500 free Etihad Guest points just for joining
- If you engage in throwaway ticketing you might be a terrorist.
Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, an American citizen since February 2014, is accused of providing support to Jabhat al-Nusrah, an al-Qaida affailate in Syria.
According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Mohamud, 23 obtained a passport, bought a one-way ticket to Greece and left in April 2014. However, he did not get on his connecting flight to Athens during a layover in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Hillary Clinton flew a United one-cabin regional jet to Newark. She was, however, met on the tarmac in Newark by a town car and police escort.
- Emirates signs $9.2 billion deal for A380 engines – the biggest-ever deal for Rolls Royce. Does Europe really want to limit Emirates’ flying, as US airlines do?
Didn’t know single cabin ERJ’s have Economy Plus. In any case, good for her for flying commercial.