Man Identifying Himself As An American Airlines Pilot Is Making Threats On Twitter

by Gary Leff

Dec 16 2019

A man identifying himself as an American Airlines pilot is threatening a travel blogger on twitter because the blogger has exposed the poor service offered by the airline in international first class, in a flight attendant’s own words.

The pilot is threatening to abuse his authority and kick travel blogger Ben Schlappig off of American Airlines flights if he finds himself piloting a plane Ben is flying. The chances this could happen are reasonable as Ben is a long-time American Airlines Executive Platinum member.

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Your Flight Attendant Won’t Be Getting Into The Holiday Season At United

by Gary Leff

people posing for picture
Dec 15 2019

Airlines face a challenge around the holidays. Do they insist on a standard image for their frontline employees, or do they allow some festive creativity? And if employees can deviate from standard dress, what guidelines should be applied?

United Airlines appears to be taking a conservative stance this holiday season, cracking down on flight attendant holiday dress.

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Weird Wrinkle In The Best Free Money Offer Of The Year ($100 – $10,000)

by Gary Leff

woman using ATM
Dec 15 2019

I’ve gotten the signup credits from both accounts, and referral credits work well to. There’s one interesting twist to the credits you receive on the investment account. It appears they deposit $100 in your account, and then use it to automatically purchase stock. You’re still getting the $100, it just works differently than it had been and I originally expected.

It even seems I’m getting the $100 in stock commission free, they’re not recapturing cash that way, though I haven’t verified I’m getting the best possible price on the shares at the time of the transaction [however I’ve had gains in the account, not losses, not I’m actually coming out ahead so far].

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TV Heart Throb’s Melt Down At American Airlines Gate Caught On Film

by Gary Leff

Dec 14 2019

Richard Grieco starred beside Johnny Depp in FOX’s 21 Jump Street. Young girls everywhere had a poster of him up on their walls. Now Grieco is 54 years old, picks up the occasional role, but mostly lives the dream of being young and famous even though he’s neither any longer – and certainly doesn’t look the part.

When confronted by police he declared himself the ultimate ‘don’t know you who I am,’ he says “I’m Richard Grieco, you guys know who I am.” An Officer asks him to rate how drunk he is on a scale of 1-10. He answers a 9. Then he changes his mind, so intoxicated he fails to understand the question.

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LAX International Lounge Review

by Gary Leff

Dec 14 2019

Air Tahiti Nui uses the LAX International Lounge – or more formally, Los Angeles International Lounge at LAX. I hadn’t visited this lounge before, and my expectation were low – but exceeded.

The Los Angeles International lounge is used by El Al, Air Tahiti Nui, Philippine Airlines, Fiji Airways. The lounge is also used by Japan Airlines for premium economy passengers. It was basically empty while I was there, and seems a perfect candidate for Priority Pass, but it isn’t accessible through any lounge access programs – just with a qualifying boarding pass.

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