Santa has been granted operating authority for his Christmas Eve sleigh ride by Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao. Santa has Global Entry, and a NOTAM has gone out about his route. But what about TSA screening with all those wrapped toys?
I flew home to Austin from Los Angeles on Wednesday night I was surprised to be offered a choice of a turkey wrap in a brown cardboard box, or a turkey wrap in a brown cardboard box.
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I’m impressed by the speed with which American has rolled out their Flagship lounges. They’re offering a high quality business class lounge product. The LAX lounge gets busy, but while I was there it wasn’t a madhouse. Food and beverage options, as well as showers, are quite good.
While I often skip the Admirals Club unless I need help with a reservation, it’s at least worth stopping in here if you’re eligible for a snack.
An Air China passenger claimed to be possessed by evil spirits, and her behavior forced the pilot of the aircraft to turn around and return to Beijing on Wednesday.
The woman in her 50s passed out about 20 minutes after takeoff, and crew determined she needed medical assistance. She regained consciousness and fold flight attendants that her body was being controlled by evil spirits.
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Allred filed suit on behalf of 3 women arguing that Spirit Airlines flight attendants were negligent in serving alcohol to the problem passengers and failing to defuse the fight. She argued the crew “had an obligation to act when the problem passengers exhibited aggressive behavior” however after a 12 day trial a jury found otherwise.
Earlier this month SWISS made first class award seats available to partner frequent flyer programs. They then cancelled the award reservations claiming it was a mistake.
They’re responding to DOT complaints with utter bullocks.
Hyatt has announced today that they’re falling in light with the industry trend. However they’re exempting top tier Globalists and also mid-tier Explorists from this change. In that way they’re more generous than their competitors.
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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 »
