Man Videotapes the Best Day of His Life as the Only Passenger on a Delta Flight

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Aug 13 2019

Last week a man documented the experience of flying Delta from Aspen to Salt Lake City by himself aboard Delta Express flight DL3652 operated by SkyWest. Boarding was announced at the gate as being for him. He captures the surreal experience of a predeparture announcement being made over the PA system by a flight attendant when he’s the only one in the cabin. He gets to meet the pilots. He’s sitting up front, with a predeparture beverage.

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The Terms of This New Hilton Promo Say It’s Targeted – But It’s Not

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Aug 13 2019

Hilton has a new promotion, 2500 bonus points with your first stay through January 31, and 5000 bonus points with your second stay by that time, for a total of 7500 bonus points.

Even if you don’t expect to stay at Hiltons, sometimes bookings come along that you don’t plan for, and you’ll never remember to go back and register later. So taking care of this now just makes sense on the if-come.

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How to Get Driven From Your Plane Like Hulk Hogan – Without Getting Chicago Cops in Trouble

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Aug 13 2019

Hulk Hogan Facebook live’d a ride across the tarmac at Chicago O’Hare because no matter how many times you do it, it’s amazing. However a police officer that provided the ride is now under investigation.

However this is the sort of thing that anyone can do – it just costs money, or frequent flyer miles. With Hulk Hogan’s wealth he can pay for this whenever he wishes, but it’s not even always expensive to get the VIP treatment at an airport.

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Iraq Veteran Has Necklace With a Love Letter Inside Confiscated by TSA

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Aug 12 2019

Empty shell casings are permitted in carry on luggage — just not if they contain a love letter to an ex-Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, apparently. The TSA defends their supervisor saying they have ‘discretion’ to throw away items of sentimental value belonging to members of the military.

After an outcry though they went ahead and violated policy and returned the man’s necklace, which had also contained a fingerprint from his late grandfather and a cross he wore through his wartime deployments.

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American Airlines Taking Israel’s Biggest-Ever Subsidy for New Dallas – Tel Aviv Route

Aug 12 2019

Back in early May I wrote that American was looking to re-start service to Tel Aviv with a Boeing 787. They announced plans to do so from Dallas Fort-Worth last week. The airline intends to offer three-times weekly service beginning September 9, 2020 – so more than a year away.

Unlike most other flights between the U.S. and Israel this one isn’t focused on the Jewish market or even directly the tech sector (though there’s tech in Texas to be sure). Instead it should draw evangelical tourists, and should be the preferred flight for travel from places like Waco and Tulsa.

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Classic Anti-Competitive Behavior: With Other Airlines Gone, American Drops Dallas – Iceland Service Too

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Aug 12 2019

In November 2017 American Airlines announced Dallas Fort-Worth – Reykjavik service. They were only flying there because two Icelandic carriers started flying to Dallas. It was classic capacity dumping. Now with those airlines gone from the market, American is pulling out too — and moving their Reykjavik flight to Philadephia, where they’d have logically put it all along.

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Flight to Los Angeles Rains Down Glowing Engine Pieces By the Hundreds on People Below

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Aug 12 2019

A Norwegian Boeing 787-8 took off from Rome Fiumicino enroute to Los Angeles as flight DY7115 on Saturday. As it climbed from runway 16R, one of its Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines suffered an uncontained failure. Pieces of the engine — described as “glowing pieces of metal” rained down on the town below “in the hundreds.”

The pilot stopped climbing at 3000 feet and returned to the same runway 23 minutes after takeoff with all 310 passengers and crew on board safe. However 12 homes and 25 vehicles were reportedly damaged by falling parts. One person was actually hit, but wasn’t injured.

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Hong Kong Departing Flights Cancelled as Protesters Take Over Airport, No United/American Travel Waivers

Aug 12 2019

Clashes between police and democracy protesters have escalated. Here an officer arrests a man on Sunday night, pressing his knee into the man’s face pushing him into his own pooling blood as he calls out “Don’t do this. I’m begging you.” There were 45 protesters injured over the weekend. Of those 25 remain in the hospital.

Spurred on by the government’s increasingly violent crackdown, protesters occupied the airport on Monday. Traffic came to a standstill and protesters crossed the roads leading in and out. All departures were cancelled for the rest of the day.

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