Oct 10 2017

Erin Gatling and her family were flying Southwest yesterday. Southwest has an unusual procedure where they sell many ‘direct’ flights with a connection. The plane stops and if you’re continuing to the next city you stay on the aircraft while everyone else gets off. Flight attendants take a count, and then you can either stay onboard or get off if you wish.

Ms. Gatling says that during their connection her family was kicked off, and told they wouldn’t be able to continue on the next segment of the flight.

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Oct 10 2017

Tedgrrrr reports that he was on a Delta flight from Los Angeles to New York yesterday where Jennifer Lopez’s 9 year old son, Maximilian David Muñiz, was selling chocolate bars in business class.

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Oct 09 2017

A passenger’s poodle that was checked as baggage onto a Japan Airlines flight from Tokyo Haneda to Okinawa escaped this morning onto a runway.

One of Tokyo Haneda’s four runways had to be closed. Twice. But here’s the thing. It took them 40 minutes to catch the poodle, but they only closed the runway for six.

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Oct 09 2017

Alaska’s acquisition of Virgin America catapults the West Coast into a hot contest. Alaska and Southwest are bulking up on routes. Alaska has said that the economics of the deal will work out because of the strength of their credit card deal with Bank of America. Southwest wants California cardmembers as well.

And they’re doing something interesting about it. Southwest is emailing a targeted offer to at least some California-registered Rapid Rewards members with a Companion Pass as part of the signup bonus.

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Oct 09 2017

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.

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Oct 09 2017

American’s Hong Kong – Los Angeles flight was cancelled today when a piece of equipment caught fire as it was preparing to put cargo in the aircraft’s hold. There’s incredible video footage from several angles.

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Oct 08 2017

A US diplomatic employee was detained in Turkey last week claiming links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen whom it claims was responsible for the July 2016 coup attempt against Turkish strongman President Erdoğan.

That set off a chain reaction that now has Turkey refusing to provide non-immigration visa services inside the U.S. and, it seems, refusing to provide e-Visas to US passport holders.

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Oct 08 2017

Marriott will give you 1000 points for answering a simple question on Twitter. I give you the answer.

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Oct 08 2017

Star Alliance member ANA is selling travel between Denver and Bangkok for less than $284 roundtrip in January and February. There are good fares from other US cities as well.

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