In October Alaska Airlines flights were delayed because of a seal on the runway in Barrow, Alaska. Alaska’s Department of Transportation issued a warning to pilots about ‘low sealings’.
Barrow’s airport is back in the news this time for polar bears. And dealing with polar bears on a taxiway is complicated, because they’re a protected species. Airport workers can’t chase them off.
The Millemiglia frequent flyer program is one of the real dumpster fires of loyalty. And not just for doubling partner award prices overnight either.
Some loyalty programs expire miles. Alitalia expires the program. Everyone’s mileage goes away at the end of the year when the program resets. If you want your miles back, they have a promotion to earn them back.
Regardless always register for these promotions, even when they’re weak, because extra points are always better than a hole in the head (‘lokh in kop’) as my grandfather used to say.
Registration is live for Starwood’s first quarter 2018 promotion. And you should always take the 10 seconds needed to register for these, even if you don’t think you’re going to have stays that will earn points because you never know when plans change and new travel comes up and you will never remember to go back and register later.
During their Investor Day Delta detailed how they’re pursuing “Emerging High Value Customers” like college students.
Delta uses data from its co-brand partnership with American Express. They apparently see if you buy a ticket on United using a Delta American Express.
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American hasn’t publicly shared details of what the configuration of the 777-300ERs (“77W”) would look like once premium economy is added — what those seats will trade off with.
The first plane to be reconfigured left for Paine Field December 3rd. And American has now dropped a seat map.
Atlanta airport electricity was restored around midnight Sunday night after an outage that lasted 11 hours. After around 1000 flights were cancelled at the airport, many travelers simply stayed even though MARTA was running.
Planes and crew are out of position, not ready to fly. Delta won’t even let unaccompanied minors near Atlanta.
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.
Just last week Delta told investors that their operation was so good only weather could snarl it. I suggested this was hubris along the lines of American’s Doug Parker claiming his airline would never lose money again — and I suggested that the Atlanta-based airline, known for IT meltdowns, had better hope as well that “all of their pilots stay happy” because pilots can bring down any airline.
Today Delta was scheduled to fly its last-ever Boeing 747 departure from the U.S., Detroit to Seoul. And one of the plane’s four pilots didn’t show so Delta had to cancel the flight.
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 »
