Bank of America is offering 2 extra points or an additional 2% cash back across its card portfolio. They’re calling Thursday, November 7th “More Rewards Day.”
A Publix supermarket shopping cart was spotted on a moving walkway at the Miami International Airport, and I have questions.
These certainly make good luggage carts, although this one was empty. But how did it get there in the first place? What was someone doing with it?
“I found some white tablets in a clear plastic glove, all in the bottom of one finger of the glove,” buried deep within her dirty clothes. The tablets were unmarked, five in total, and she has “no idea” what they were. “It felt really scary that somehow someone had either accidentally or intentionally put it in my suitcase.”
After departing at 9:21 a.m. Mountain time from Denver, it looks like these passengers finally arrived at Dallas Love Field at 11:46 p.m. Central – 13.5 hours to travel 650 miles. This double diversion was certainly not Southwest’s fault amidst weather, but they could have driven.
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Airlines in some parts of the world are banning passengers from flying with pagers and walkie talkies after Israel took out much of Hezbollah’s command structure by supplying booby trapped devices. Soon in the U.S., though, we may no longer be able to travel with personal massagers – or other personal electronic devices.
They’re making changes so that owners don’t have to spend as much, but they’ve reassured investors that this won’t come out of their end at corporate. That means coming out of the guest experience. And they’re cutting costs across their own operation, too. I don’t see Marriott getting better for guests in 2025.
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Singapore Airlines won’t wait for the Boeing 777-9 to be introduced any longer to start flying a new business and first class. They’re spending $835 million to retrofit 41 Airbus A350s, including adding first class to the ultra-long haul variant of the jet.
It’s clear that we’re going to see some long haul flying move to Seattle. That means some Hawaiian Airlines widebodies leave Honolulu. There will be fewer widebodies operating between Honolulu and the West Coast, perhaps, and fewer Honolulu – Pacific destinations. But it’s not just those markets that will see planes shift around.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
