Woman ‘Humiliated’ By United Gate Agent Who Felt Threatened By Her Breasts

by Gary Leff

Jan 29 2020

What better name could their be for a frequent traveler than Andrea Worldwide? She’s a United customer who flies “every 10 to 14 days” and earlier this month departing Denver she had a run in with one of the airline’s gate agents. She says she’s a MileagePlus elite member, a status she earns flying for business and taking regular trips to Puerto Rico to visit her boyfriend.

She felt humiliated when a male gate agent stopped her from boarding her Denver – Newark flight because her top was ‘too revealing’.

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New Atari Video Game Hotel Chain Starts Construction This Year

by Gary Leff

Jan 28 2020

Atari is planning to build a video game hotel in Phoenix. Construction is set to begin mid-year.

If all goes well there are plans to expand hotel locations to Austin, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, San Francisco, San Jose, and Seattle. That would give Atari a chain of 8 properties offering “retro favorites as well as modern touches.”

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Wyndham Changing Award Price At 800 Hotels, Won’t Say Which Ones

by Gary Leff

wydham on beach
Jan 28 2020

A year ago Wyndham doubled the points price of their best hotels abandoning flat 15,000 points per night pricing across all properties and moving to three redemption tiers: 7500; 15,000; and 30,000 points per night.

At the time they shared that hotels would be recategorized annually though they did’t anticipate significant shift. A year has passed and on February 11 they’ll be making annual category changes.

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American Airlines Expected To Launch Business Class Seat With Doors in 2023

by Gary Leff

Jan 28 2020

New Boeing 787-8 aircraft that will start coming into the fleet this year will have “an enhanced version of the Collins Super Diamond seat” which means that center seats will come with privacy dividers.

When American likely introduces a new business class seat in 2023 with the delivery of Boeing 787-9 aircraft, those business class seats (which have not yet been finalized) are likely to come with doors.

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American Is Sending Planes To Cancun Without Rafts

by Gary Leff

american plane
Jan 27 2020

Old US Airways A321s don’t have life rafts, and have to hug the coastline the whole way. That takes an extra 45-50 minutes of flying each way.

Customers find themselves with more time stuck in a metal tube than they’ve bargained for. And although American says they’re investing to be more sensitive to environmental concerns they continue to burn more fuel than necessary on these trips due to their failure to invest in rafts.

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Delta Introducing New Domestic First Class Seat

by Gary Leff

Jan 27 2020

Delta is introducing a new domestic first class seat which will be introduced with its Airbus A321neo. They have 100 on order and begin taking delivery later this year.

This new Recaro seat has better privacy because of the shields that protrude from the side of the seats. There’s also improved storage at the front of the seats in the center and a larger tray table. With these seats Delta continues their practice of conveniently placing power outlets in front of passengers instead of making customers contort themselves to find and plug in their devices.

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