United Copies Delta’s Crackdown on Emotional Support Animals

turkey in airline cabin
Feb 01 2018

Two weeks ago Delta announced a supposed crackdown on fake emotional support animals. All they really did in practice was say they’ll require advance notice, proof of health and vaccinations, and insist passengers attest that their animal can behave.

Since American and United do what Delta does American says they’re studying similar changes and United announced that they’ve copied Delta’s changes also to go into effect March 1.

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Viral Inflight Yoga Video Raises Questions About Proper Behavior in Coach

airline cabin
Feb 01 2018

As long as passengers follow flight crew instructions, don’t obstruct other passengers, and are good at it then it’s fine for one passenger — first come first served — to practice yoga in the aisle. Violate any of these conditions and it becomes a problem, and potential flight diversion, and a matter for law enforcement that ends possibly dragging the yogi down the aisle (in an epic ‘assist’).

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Here’s How American’s New Passenger Compensation System Works

broken armrest
Feb 01 2018

A few weeks ago I wrote that American is giving flight attendants a new tool to hand out onboard compensation for service failures. If something bad happens during your flight, they can give you AAdvantage miles on the spot.

We now know something about what situations are programmed for miles (and what will get you bupkis) and how much you can expect to get.

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Hyatt Moving Two Hotels to Higher Award Category Tonight

marina
Jan 31 2018

Hyatt reached out to let me know that two hotels would move up in redemption category at 9:00 p.m. Central this evening, meaning that redemptions will cost more points.

I love that Hyatt is proactively sharing changes even when those changes affect just two properties. I don’t love that Hyatt is sharing that information only with me and not with all members, and that they’re sharing it the same day the change is going to go into effect.

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