Oct
09
2019
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
124 Year Old Man’s International Vacation
TSA Screener Does the One Thing the TSA Exists to Prevent
Oct
09
2019
TSA has one job: to keep dangerous items outside of security checkpoints. That alone doesn’t make us safe, as Brussels and Istanbul airport attacks before security screening made clear. And the TSA isn’t very good at it in any case, regularly missing 90% or more of dangerous items they screen.
At a minimum, though, you’d expect that the TSA itself wouldn’t be the one bringing guns in.
Hyatt Adds 49 More Small Luxury Hotels for Redemption
Oct
09
2019
Hyatt launched their earning and redemption partnership with Small Luxury Hotels of the World a year ago. Initially they only brought about 10% of SLH’s 500+ properties into their portfolio.
Now they’re up to 250 of the roughly 500 SLH Hotels participating in World of Hyatt, including some amazing places to spend your Hyatt (or Chase) points.
Wow Air Says They’ll Re-launch in December
Oct
09
2019
I don’t expect a December launch. Launching air service between the U.S. and Iceland in the winter is about the worst idea I’ve heard. Wow Air was once a great low cost carrier, if not a great business. It looks to me as though it could just become the next Avatar Airlines or Baltia.
Air France First Class Awards No Longer Available to Silver Elites Starting October 15
Oct
09
2019
Swiss only lets Miles & More elite members book first class awards (usually). Air France has had a similar policy for its first class seats. For several years you’ve needed to be a Flying Blue elite member to be able to spend miles to redeem for first class.
Insane: American Retrofitting Planes They’ll Need to Retrofit Again in a Year
Oct
08
2019
American Airlines has restarted their ‘Project Oasis’ retrofit to cram more seats into Boeing 737s. They’re taking these planes out of service for weeks at a time even with their MAX aircraft still grounded.
The first class on these planes is so bad they’ve decided to redo those on aircraft that have already been updated. But since the fixes haven’t been certified yet they’re going to put the wrong first class in these planes, only to change them up again in a year.
No ISIS Terrorist Would Carry This Many Bags of Hot Cheetos Through the Airport
Oct
08
2019
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Tone Deaf: After Caesars CEO Calls Resort Fees Straw That Breaks Camels Back, They Raise Resort Fees
Oct
08
2019
MGM and Caesars seem to be Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumber. In August MGM announced resort fees over $50 a night at 4 hotels. The CEO of Caesars declared that resort fees could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back for Las Vegas lodging. So what is Caesars doing? Raising resort fees, natch.
American Airlines Replaces First Class Chocolate Chip Cookies
Oct
08
2019
American Airlines used to serve the most wonderful baked on board cookies. The whole domestic first class cabin would fill with the smell of fresh baked goodness. It was that smell, even more than the taste, which made the flight feel like home.
After US Airways management took over, and then implemented US Airways catering standards (while meeting in the middle the distance of flights that got meals) in September 2014, baked on board cookies were eliminated. They explained that since legacy US Airways aircraft had just one oven up front, it was tough for flight attendants to heat both meals and cookies at the same time.
New Etihad and British Airways Transfer Bonuses
Oct
07
2019
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
