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.
Alaska Airlines flight AS892 from Honolulu to San Diego took a 2 hour journey to nowhere yesterday as flight attendants got sick from a mysterious odor and the aircraft had to turn around.
United is facing a wine shortage in international business class. Here’s their internal note to flight attendants:
All (angled) business class airline La Compagnie announced its acquisition by XL Airways in December.
The carrier discounts New York – Paris as a business strategy, and right now they’ve got a super low sale running throughout summer for $1298 roundtrip.
Air France, Alitalia, and Air Europa are combining to offer premium economy from $607 roundtrip.
During American Airlines’ bankruptcy, The Onion reported that the company was going to stop flying and focus on its core American Way magazine business.
Two years ago, though — post-merger and with a lower cost of fuel — American was clearly still flying and they began to outsource the magazine.
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.
In May of last year American refused to allow a 1742 Guarneri violin as a carry on despite policy that should have allowed it.
No airline wants to be like United which breaks guitars forcing valuable instruments into checked baggage. We still remember that incident 8 years later. Memo to airlines, musicians write songs, and songs go viral.
Via Fly 4 Free, Star Alliance airline TAP Air Portugal is selling business class roundtrip from Oslo or Copenhagen to the US from just $715! Or fly Europe – US one-way from $409 in business class.
Typically we think of a mistake rate as a ‘fat finger’ fare, hitting the wrong key or leaving out a digit. Or perhaps a currency conversion error.
That’s different from a hotel loading their usual rates and then deciding not to honor a booking because they realize later they can sell the room for more to someone else.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
