United Airlines is Giving Away Three Perfect Days in… Newark

by Gary Leff on August 21, 2019

Aug 21 2019

With as full as flights are these days, if your United transatlantic flight out of Newark cancels I could easily see the airline not being able to get you out for three days. Then you’d be stuck spending three days in Newark. I’d say you could pitch the story to the airline’s magazine, but somebody already did that.

For as long as I can remember United’s Hemispheres inflight magazine has included a feature “Three Perfect Days” Well, now you can win three perfect days in… Newark.

Does United Basic Economy Mean Having to Clean Your Own Seat? (What’s Grosser Than Gross?)

by Gary Leff on August 21, 2019

Aug 21 2019

Airlines don’t do enough to clean planes between flights. I feel especially bad for the cleaners who have to deal with the mess passengers leave behind.

When a customer is faced with a seat that hasn’t been properly cleaned, and can’t be prior to takeoff, I view the seat as inoperative or out of service — if the airline can’t move them, it’s tantamount to an involuntary denied boarding. Cash compensation should be due.

Delta Flight Attendants Crown One Lucky Passenger the ‘Biscoff Queen’

by Gary Leff on August 21, 2019

Aug 21 2019

One Delta passenger on a recent New York – Atlanta flight was crowned the ‘Biscoff Queen’ by flight attendants who created a crown for her made of Biscoff cookies and a Delta wing pin after she had declared her deep and abiding love of the cookies inflight.

Passenger Forgets Snake at Security Checkpoint, TSA Doesn’t Notice

by Gary Leff on August 21, 2019

Aug 21 2019

I’ve never understood the stuff people leave behind at airport security, be it laptops, wallets, or phones. Newark airport on Monday night, however, appears to be the first time that anyone has left a snake behind.

Chase Killing the Standalone Chase Pay App

by Gary Leff on August 21, 2019

Aug 21 2019

The mobile payments market is going to converge on a much smaller number of players. Success requires adoption at scale, and while it may not be a winner take all market — Visa, Mastercard, American Express and even Discover have been able to co-exist and both Apple Pay and Samsung Pay are stronger — there’s not room for every entrant to succeed.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Weighs in on the Dispute Between American Airlines and its Mechanics

by Gary Leff on August 20, 2019

Aug 20 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and 26 other New York-area members of Congress sent a letter to American Airlines CEO Doug Parker and to the heads of the Transport Workers Union and the International Association of Machinists.

American’s mechanics and ramp workers have maintained their separate legacy US Airways and American unions, and they’re negotiating as part of an ‘association’ however each work group has different interests. Negotiations have gone badly. And the New York congressional delegation has waded into this thicket.

American Confirms Plan to Fix First Class, Defends Inferior Coach

by Gary Leff on August 20, 2019

Aug 20 2019

Over the weekend I wrote that American will fix some of the problems with its new domestic first class seats. They won’t be making changes to the new coach product.

Here’s how they defend the new coach seats — and why they may spend even more money to put in bad first class seats into planes, before ripping them out and replacing them again.

Lebanon’s First Female Captain Landing at London Heathrow in Crosswinds

by Gary Leff on August 20, 2019

Aug 20 2019

SkyTeam member Middle East Airlines was recruiting pilots – including women – in 1993. A friend showed a newspaper column to Rola Hoteit, then completing her degree in Mathematics at the American University of Beirut. It read, “Women cannot drive a car. How will they be able to fly an airplane?”

Hyatt Starts Adding Destination Hotels, Here are the Redemption Categories for Each

by Gary Leff on August 20, 2019

Destination Hotels Start Joining Hyatt August 20

Aug 20 2019

Last month we learned Hyatt would begin adding Destination Hotels properties to the Hyatt portfolio August 20.

At the time we learned which 8 out of three dozen Destination Hotels would join early on. Now Hyatt has shared the new redemption categories for each of those.

Today Only: Up to 50% Off United Awards to Mumbai, India

by Gary Leff on August 20, 2019

Aug 20 2019

With the closure of Pakistani airspace, United suspended its India flying. They extended cancellation through late October right before the airspace re-opened. United added India flights back into their schedule. It doesn’t surprise me to see certain flights lightly booked.

As a result they’re using the mileage program to unload seats at a discount. United is running a flash sale – today only – with 50% off awards to Mumbai.

United Airlines is Giving Away Three Perfect Days in… Newark

Does United Basic Economy Mean Having to Clean Your Own Seat? (What’s Grosser Than Gross?)

Delta Flight Attendants Crown One Lucky Passenger the ‘Biscoff Queen’

Passenger Forgets Snake at Security Checkpoint, TSA Doesn’t Notice

Chase Killing the Standalone Chase Pay App

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Weighs in on the Dispute Between American Airlines and its Mechanics

American Confirms Plan to Fix First Class, Defends Inferior Coach

Lebanon’s First Female Captain Landing at London Heathrow in Crosswinds

Hyatt Starts Adding Destination Hotels, Here are the Redemption Categories for Each

Today Only: Up to 50% Off United Awards to Mumbai, India

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