Normally you get half an hour in the shower spa, and 5 minutes of water that you can start and top. However if the flight isn’t full and you book your spa midflight instead of just before landing you could presumably take more time. Which appears to be what Logan Paul, the fastest person ever to reach 10 million subscribers on YouTube, did.
He turned the Emirates shower spa into a pop up shop for his clothing brand.
Danny the Deal Guru says that promo code EP1UBERCAR20 is good for $10 off your next Uber ride taken by December 1.
Argentina is said to have detained Air France flight crew who refused to upgrade the daughter of a politician.
Reportedly the daughter of a former Deputy Minister of Justice (and current magistrate) was onboard October 29th Air France flight AF228 from Paris to Buenos Aires. She asked for an upgrade to business class and the crew (correctly) turned her down. She then claimed her seat opponent behaved inappropriately and asked to change seats, which was accommodated (but still not in business class).
American AAdvantage says award availability is going to get better starting later in the year however in the meantime on the whole finding saver award space on American’s own flights is an almost pointless task much of the time.
However they do open space from time to time, in spurts and usually for 24-48 hours at most. When they do you need to grab it, it doesn’t last.
Emirates currently has 10 Boeing 777-200LRs with 8 first class, 42 business class, and 216 economy seats.
They’ve just disclosed a plan to eliminate first class from these planes, and move to a six-across (2-2-2) business class in place of the current seven-across, eliminating the middle-of-middle seat in business. The plane will be densified to 302 seats in total.
American just announced a new flight from Dallas Fort-Worth to Reykjavik, Iceland. When I saw the release that American would be going to Iceland I first assumed it would be from Philadelphia, which they consider their primary transatlantic gateway. However Dallas makes a certain amount of sense.
The Conrad Chicago is celebrating its one year anniversary with $11.14 rates today. Starting at 11 a.m. Central time you can book stays between November 15 and March 31, 2018, And when that runs out there’s still $111 rates.
JetBlue is offering 20% off bookings made by tomorrow, November 15th.
Travel November 29 through February 14, excluding Fridays and Sundays and December 15 – January 10.
Singapore Airlines is making changes to its Singapore Airlines award chart, increasing the price mostly of premium cabin international awards. They’re also introducing online booking of partner awards and a $25 telephone booking fee for awards that can be booked online.
According to agents there the American Airlines terminal 4 Admirals Club may re-open November 21.
American tells me “we’re targeting for the whole complex which includes Admirals Club, Flagship Lounge and Flagship First Dining to open mid to late December.” The Admirals Club will be the first piece to open and “that’s on target to open around Thanksgiving.”
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 »
