Jun
11
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.
How Did That Underwear Get on My Seat?
Brown Bear Made it Through Security at a Russian Airport
Jun
11
2019
The Doha airport features a giant Teddy Bear sculpture that’s 23 feet tall, weights 20 tons and is made out of bronze. It had previously been displayed in front of the Seagram’s Building on Park Avenue in New York.
A real bear made its way through security earlier this month at the Yelizovo airport in Far East Russia.
TSA: ‘Grow Your Hair or Buy Bigger Boobs If You Want to Clear Security Again’
Jun
10
2019
Travel is generally at the forefront of toleration. United, for instance, was first to offer ‘undisclosed’ and ‘unspecified’ gender options when booking a ticket. Air Italy, 49% owned by Qatar Airways, was first in Europe to let customers define gender themselves.
That seems to be the trend everywhere except the TSA where they still apparently expect passengers to conform to whatever gender stereotype matches the preferences of their screeners on any given day. You don’t have to be non-binary to run into problems, if you simply don’t appear masculine or feminine enough.
American Express Centurion Lounges Now Offer Mobile Check-in. First Step Towards What?
Jun
10
2019
The question, I think, is whether the feature will be used in the future to pre-reserve a limited number of spaces in the lounge. It’s the only way I can see this feature being useful at all.
Fare Alert: Several Cities to Europe From $224 Roundtrip on American and British Airways
Jun
10
2019
There are several amazing fares for coach roundtrip travel between the US and Europe starting at just $224.
American Airlines Serves 16 Month Old Food
Jun
10
2019
American airlines has cut back on their special meals. Three of the meal choices – asian vegetarian, hindu, and muslim – are actually the same thing, diabetic meals now get chicken instead of beef, and five of their special meals now “receive standardized and frozen pre-prepared” entrees with a “one year frozen shelf life.” Yum!
But if one year shelf life is supposed to be the cutoff, how come a reader was served a vegetarian meal made in February 2018?
Sneaky Major Hilton Devaluation?
Jun
10
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.
Drink Hundreds of Dollars in Top Wine at an Airport for Just $69
Jun
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.
American Airlines Stranded Students in Oklahoma City, Delta Brought in a Plane to Rescue Them
Jun
09
2019
Flight cancellations happen and are unfortunate. The story here is Delta subtweeting American by taking care of the another airline’s passengers, outside of the interline arrangement that lets one airline put their distressed passengers on the other carrier.
American Airlines Refuses to Lend Part to Air Italy, Forces 35 Hour Delay For Spite
Jun
09
2019
This past Saturday, Air Italy’s flight IG938 from San Francisco to Milan went mechanical. American Airlines had the part Air Italy needed, but they wouldn’t sell it. The scheduled 7:10 p.m. flight didn’t actually depart until early Monday morning,
American says they needed the part themselves, and an airline has to be “an approved carrier and have a partnership with us to borrow parts, and we don’t have a partnership with Air Italy.” In other words precisely because American is in a spat with Air Italy they won’t list the airline as an approved partner, and won’t lend parts.
