American Airlines issued a memo to flight attendants on improving the inflight Barclays card announcement experience for customers. It shouldn’t be made early morning or late night, it should only be made once, and it should be read verbatim from the script.
What we can assume is that Delta is getting a sweetheart deal, will have a say in how the company is run, but will provide enough heft to Wheels Up that could push the company over the line to become the winner in the space or at least a solid long-term viable competitor.
Dubai-based Emirates Airlines was the first airline in the world to put showers in international first class. Even though Etihad, whose home airport is a mere 72 miles away in Abu Dhabi, added showers to their Airbus A380s the Emirates shower suite remains the gold standard.
They also installed a bar at the back of business class. They’re hardly the first airline to do this, but they dedicated significant real estate to the bar. It’s tended throughout the flight, there are snacks and good libations on offer.
Starbucks has a Happy Hour discount with Alaska Airlines. Book flights by this Friday, December 13th for travel January 7, 2020 through March 4, 2020 (excluding February 13-23, 2020) at up to 20% off
A fuel truck overturned at Dallas Fort-Worth airport this morning near gate D15 around 10:15 a.m. local time. One person was hospitalized and a cleanup operation did delay flights.
In 2012 a site launched called Miss Travel (‘beautiful people travel free’) it was a sort of dating site largely for well off guys to meet young women who wanted to travel with them. One points blogger actually tried it out.
One woman though is dropping the pretense of meeting people for friendship and straight up offering sex at auction to fund her travels, starting price of $110,000.
American Airlines will still let you earn elite status next year from flying and meeting minimum spend requirements. However they’re copying United with a new spending-only path towards status.
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Cathay Pacific’s Asia Miles is a transfer partner of American Express, Citibank, and Capital One. Up until now it hasn’t been a great store of value, a place to transfer points and hold them, because Asia Miles expired after 36 months – this didn’t get extended with more activity in your account.
The good news is that this is changing – effective January 1, 2020 you can extend the life of your miles with any activity in your account every 18 months. Earning any miles, or redeeming any miles will extend validity.
What would you do if you were pushing a wheelchair and the passenger… fell out? What if you were a flight attendant, standing on the jetway, and saw this happen to one of your passengers?
And what if it was all a prank? This passenger deals with a lot more in life than I do each day, yet manages to maintain a great positive outlook and has fun with the people he meets. I find that inspirational.
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 »
