British Airways has destroyed their brand with their cuts. They offered free tap water but even hot water for tea was charged. On. British. Airways. So you had to pay even if you brought your own tea bags.
Airline Defending Decision to Strip Search Flight Attendants
Indian airline Spicejet is defending its decision to strip search flight attendants whom they believed were stealing money from inflight sales.
Flight attendants were forced to get naked and no – no money was found.
Why Don’t More Airlines Sell Ads on Tray Tables and Overhead Bins?
American West was the first airline to do tray table advertising (in December 2003), a practice that moved over to US Airways on some aircraft. US Airways even experimented with ads on first class tray tables.
AirTran actually launched ads on the backs of the tray tables (at US Airways you actually had to put the tray table down in order to see the ad). United experimented with tray table ads as well.
Delta’s $4 International Business Class Sparkling Wine
Off menu they were serving Andre as their predeparture champagne. Was this a mis-cater?!
50% Off Award Sale and New Hilton in the Maldives
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Southwest Just Set New Values For Rapid Rewards Points
Southwest has changed their redemption values today in a way that upends the original model of the Rapid Rewads 2.0 program launched in 2011.
They’ve reduced the average number of points per dollar required for Business Select fares by 35% and Anytime fares by 22%. And they’ve increased the average points per dollar required for Wanna Get Away fares by 6%.
IHG Devalues Credit Card Anniversary Free Night
This $49 card has come with an anniversary free night every year that’s good at any IHG hotel. For new certificates issued May 1 onward these certificates will only be good for hotels that normally cost 40,000 points per night or less.
Frequent Flyer Program Apologizes: Asking If Members Think Men are Superior to Women
Aeroplan, the frequent flyer program that will remain associated with Air Canada until 2020, is apologizing for a survey sent out to members. They promise to delete “all data collected” from it as well.
Marriott and Starwood Just Launched a New Promotion
With Marriott and Starwood moving ever closer towards combining into a single loyalty program, it’s telling that they’ve just launched their new promotion for spring and into summer and the promotions for each program are nearly identical.
Where Does All the British Airways First Class Award Space Disappear To?
Perhaps because of how much BA awards cost they’re also usually pretty available. And they have released space pretty reliably when the flight schedule opens.
However first class awards between North America and London seem to disappear completely in 2019.