News and notes from around the interweb:
- When you put titles like Lord or Lady in your frequent flyer account, TSA winds up unamused.
- I thought this was pretty funny, but imagine it was staged: Airbnb host walks in to use the kitchen “I don’t have my own kitchen” – he took his use of the property while guests rent it out of the listing ‘because he wasn’t getting any bookings’
What tf pic.twitter.com/Ew3Zs7cTMY
— Insane Reality Leaks (@InsaneRealitys) October 21, 2023
- American Airlines held a ‘fall fest’ at corporate headquarters.
In the old days (before Robert Isom was CEO) this was a much more elaborate affair. Halloween Doug was the Best Doug.
- Your hotel doesn’t provide “stayover” housekeeping? Book multiple one night stays check in, check out, rinse repeat.
- Austin considering renaming its airport for Lyndon Johnson commemorating the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Does anyone actually care what politician an airport is officially named after? Here’s the secret story of how Washington National got Ronald Reagan’s name. When I fly to Atlanta former mayors William Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson matter to me not at all.
- Fast track immigration at Kuala Lumpur with Priority Pass through end of year
- It must have been tagged a two or a three.
@AmericanAir – DFW Airport Gate D21. This bag has been sitting for 45 mins in the sale spot. Many employees walking right by it or swerving to avoid it. Seems like a hazard and RIP to the passenger looking for it. pic.twitter.com/GK3A0aosxm
— ✨✴✨ (@MQuad4) October 22, 2023
How important is housekeeping to you that you would be willing to pack up your stuff and vacate your room for hours every day just to have them replace the towels and change the sheets?
@Doug – especially if consecutive nights don’t earn you multiple night credits. It’s not bad if you are at one of those Marriott properties with two brands in the same building; I pass my local Waltham, MA Fairfield/RI every day, and have seen at least one combo NYC.
I’m from DC, so I never considered it a secret how National Airport name’s was changed. It’s just one of those things you’re in-the-know about or you aren’t, and that’s usually related to whether or not you’re from DC! (The irony of National being named after the man who fired all the striking air traffic controllers is always worth a grim chuckle.)
Also – maybe it’s just me, but I don’t mind non-daily housekeeping. For a long stay, I usually hang the Do Not Disturb sign and let housekeeping come in every other day. But then again I’m really tidy in a hotel room! After having a job where I traveled a lot, I just realized the best way to make sure I didn’t leave anything behind was to have a neat room to survey on your way out the door.
@Chasmosaur – I always thought the bigger irony was naming what was at the time the biggest cost overrun of a federal office building to date after ronald reagan, personally.
Gary you dumb shit. Did you delete my comment because I “exposed” your middle name? It’s public record.