News notes from around the interweb:
- Class action lawsuit against Norwegian Air for refusing to refund cancelled flights
Copyright william87 / 123RF Stock Photo - Through June 18 Etihad Guest will sell miles for as little as 1.25 cents apiece which I consider better than transferring points in from American Express, Citibank or Capital One. (HT: One Mile at a Time)
- What re-opened Las Vegas is like right now
- Those new American Airlines ‘Oasis’ domestic first class seats – a stripped down version of the Collins Aerospace MiQ – sure don’t hold up well.
- Chase Freedom third quarter 5x earning merchants (up to $1500 spend) are Amazon and Whole Foods.
- Why doesn’t it surprise me that LAWA can’t even keep the hand sanitizer full? Meanwhile the Atlanta airport is installing internet-enabled smart hand sanitizer dispensers that ping staff when they need to be refilled. Hand sanitizer dispensers. Connected to the internet. The virus may kill us, but we’ll leave behind a robot society capable of asking for hand sanitizer.
Hey @flyLAXairport fourth 4) empty dispenser today in TBIT in secure and outside areas. This after after TSA screening. BOTH empty? Have you heard about #COVID19 ?@WandrMe @latimestravel @tedthornhill @garyleff @godsavethepoint #AvGeek #LAX pic.twitter.com/tYEvyEYine
— ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟᴢᴏʀᴋ (@TravelZork) June 14, 2020
- Airline analyst as anthropologist. Field research:
Hats off to the Jefferies analyst who keeps flying economy between Shanghai and Beijing to estimate load factors. pic.twitter.com/S6Tcm0GiAE
— Tracy Alloway (@tracyalloway) June 15, 2020
Hand sanitizer in public dispensers is the foam type which feels too watery and makes hands sticky. I prefer Purell gel with aloe. They make my hands feel sexy AF.
TMI
Seems perverse to complain that LA can’t keep its sanitizer dispensers full, and then insult Atlanta for coming up with a way to… keep its sanitizer dispensers full.
The only good hand sanitizer is a LIQUID (not foam, not gel) that sprays on wet and leaves without a trace. The rest can bite me.
5% at Amazon is a little underwhelming when any dope can get an Amazon store card with automatic 5% rebate on everything. Sure I can transfer to CSR and get 1.5x on my UR points, but that means the marginal rebate is 2.5% on up to $1500 in purchases = $37.50 max?
And no, I don’t transfer UR points to others and value them at 1.8cpp, I have a huge cache of United miles as it is. I use them to book travel via the portal when I want a non-Hilton brand hotel, or to buy flights for cash at 1.5cpp when the cash price of the flight is low relative to the award price.
“Seating that supports your brand” , from the Collins Aero website. Sums up the aa seat.
@Gary – Is there a story behind your headline “New American Airlines Seat, Falling Apart”? The only link is to collinsaerospace dot com.
Those new American Airlines ‘Oasis’ domestic first class seats – a stripped down version of the Collins Aerospace MiQ – sure don’t hold up well.
@Gary – OK, I see the picture. So you have one data point?
Do the restrooms at these airports not have soap? According to the experts, washing with soap and water is better than the sanitizers. Take a few more steps and actually was your hands!