Something I Realized About the New Southwest Airlines Business Visa

Nov 27 2019

I applied for the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Performance Business Credit Card because I want to earn a Southwest Airlines Companion Pass, which will allow me to take my wife with me on Southwest flights for just the cost of security taxes. Our daughter is still just one year old and flies free as a lap infant, but with Southwest’s open seating as long as there’s even one open seat on the flight it’s going to wind up next to us since no one wants to sit in a middle seat next to a baby.

But it was seeing those inflight wifi credits post, more than one time per day, that really made me realize the card will pay for itself.

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Four Basic Reasons Thai Airways is Floundering on the Verge of Collapse

Nov 26 2019

In October the President of Thai Airways told employees that the airline was on the verge of shutting down with only a month’s runway to execute a turnaround. The airline promptly worked to walk that back, suggesting it was hyperbolic, but it nonetheless underscored that Thai Airways is underperforming and in financial difficulty, propped up by the Thai government.

There are four major underlying issues faced by the flag carrier.

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Video: Fuel Truck Crashed Into Two Jets Preparing to Depart DFW Airport Today

Nov 25 2019

Two American Eagle flights had to be cancelled when the Bombardier CR-9 regional jets operated by Mesa Airlines were hit by a fuel truck this morning while preparing for departure at the Dallas Fort-Worth B terminal. One aircraft was headed to McAllen, Texas, while the other one was about to head to Albuquerque.

Video of the incident is… just…

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