May
31
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.
The Shortest Flight in the World With a Shower
Stop Calling 2019 Air Travel “The Summer From Hell,” That’s Reserved for United’s Meltdown 19 Years Ago
May
31
2019
To anyone in aviation with a memory “Summer From Hell” has a very specific and unique meaning. It’s the United Airlines summer of 2000 when the airline’s pilots brought the carrier to a standstill, chasing away a million customers and extracting a huge payout from the airline.
Capital One Reveals Air France KLM June Promo Awards and 20% Miles Transfer Bonus
May
31
2019
Capital One® Venture® Rewards Credit Card and Capital One® Spark® Miles for Business cardholders gained the ability to transfer to airline frequent flyer miles late last year.
At the time Capital One shared they’d be adding airline points transfer partners. And when they ran an Emirates miles transfer bonus in March they shared that there would be more transfer bonuses to come. They added JetBlue as a transfer partner, and highlighted it with a transfer bonus in May.
Breaking: American Express Adds Qantas Frequent Flyer as New Mileage Transfer Partner
May
31
2019
American Express Membership Rewards points now transfer to Qantas. Points transfer 1:1 in 500 point increments instead of the usual 1000. Qantas is also a transfer partner of Capital One and Citibank, so there are plenty of ways to get and pool points into Qantas Frequent Flyer for US customers.
What’s the Best Business Class for Sleeping?
May
31
2019
Ultimately Qatar’s QSuite isn’t going to be beat by anyone, and it comes with top notch catering and service. An admittedly unpopular opinion but after that I’d probably take EVA Air (Air Canada and Virgin Australia fall into this same grouping). The Japan Airlines Apex Suite window seat is a great seat, and you don’t have a foot well boxing in your sleep style, but as a side sleeper I prefer EVA.
British Airways Now Charging More to Avoid the Worst Business Class Seats
May
31
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.
Don’t Panic Over Report That American is Making Changes to Upgrades ‘For All Classes of Service’
May
30
2019
There’s a report of a project underway with a target completion date of July 31 that involves further development of dynamic award pricing and changes to upgrades.
My advice: don’t panic. Here’s what I think it means.
American Airlines Says Dynamically Pricing Awards is Coming
May
30
2019
I don’t recall American publicly acknowledging this before. Yet speaking at the Bernstein 35th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference, American’s Senior Vice President of Revenue Management Don Casey said dynamic pricing of awards is a strategy they’re using to drive higher revenue from the loyalty program.
Thai Airways Plans to Sell Frozen Thai Food So You Can Eat at Home Just Like You Do in the Air
May
30
2019
Thai Airways is planning to sell frozen Thai food to consumers mostly under the Royal Orchid Gourmet brand, “new ready-made sauces, basil stir fries and pad Thai via the Eurng Luang brand to the market.”
One of the biggest things I gave up moving from the Washington DC area to Austin is good Thai food like Elephant Jumps in Merrifield and Kao Sarn in the Eden Center. I’m not sure I’d resort to Thai Airways Royal Orchid Gourmet frozen meals, at least unless they offered Thai’s duck rick soup.
Japanese Hunter Thompson Goes Full-on Fear and Loathing on Flight to Tokyo
May
30
2019
On May 23 a 42 year old Japanese man flying from Bogota to Mexico City and on to Tokyo Narita on Aeromexico caused his transpacific flight to divert to Hermosillo, Mexico when flight crew “noticed a person suffering convulsions and requested to make an emergency landing.”
An autopsy determined the man died of a drug overdose. His stomach and intestines contained “246 plastic packets of cocaine..measuring 1 by 2.5 centimeters each.”
