News and notes from around the interweb:
- United will retire its Boeing 747s by October 2018
United’s livery of my youth. By Torsten Maiwald, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons - Citi Prestige Card has a 50,000 bonus point offer again
- Lower fare classes may be bookable on American Airlines’ non-US websites
- British Airways changes their credit card booking fee for UK customers to 1% (up to £20) of transaction
- Nigeria’s Arik Air is limiting operations due to fuel shortages in Nigeria
- Umm… the FAA has an actual theme song. I find the claim that they’re the only government agency that does to be doubtful, though I’m curious to know if anyone knows of others. (HT: One Mile at a Time)
Holy crap I can’t stop laughing, good one!
At the FAA Anthem.
Liked the picture of the 747SP. Not too many of them left. There is usually one parked at Las Vegas
Will miss the Quiet Upstairs of the 747!!!
Gary,
I wanted to thank you for the starwood amex link – i got 30k points offer which was not available publicly. I got approved with a CL of 14k.
My agency doesn’t have one. Jealous.
the privacy of the upstairs cabin is priceless as a quality … it’s as if business class up there is way better than biz class downstairs …. I wonder if whatever United phases in, like the Dreamliner or other, will stand a chance to deliver that same privacy … can’t imagine …