Ben Mutzabaugh has a good piece on the other really bad airports, although I suspect investments at LaGuardia won’t make it better any time soon.
The TSA doesn’t just fail to detect bombs and weapons 95% of the time, they fail to detect people, too.
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I’ve made the point many times in the past that despite protests about subsidies received by the Middle East airlines Etihad, Emirates, and Qatar, that Delta doesn’t actually care about subsidies. They care about scoring political points as leverage to use the power of government to shut down competition.
Now Delta is buying a $450 million stake in China Eastern — which is the most state-subsidized Chinese airline. So Delta will benefit from a chunk of those subsidies.
You get 750 United miles just for signing up for Mypoints, the online shopping portal.
If you make a purchase of $25 or more at an online retailer through the shopping portal within 30 days you get another 1000 United miles on top.
Points appear to post in about a week, despite the offer promising 6 to 8 weeks.
United is offering a 72 hour flash sale (though July 30) on purchased miles.
You’ll have to provide your account number and password to reveal your offer. Some folks are receiving a 50% bonus on points purchased. I was offered a 35% discount. Both work out to the same cost per miles.
American Express Plenti – the coalition rewards program that gives you points for transactions with a variety of merchants like AT&T, ExxonMobil, RiteAid, and more now has a new competitor Earn by Microsoft.
So far their partners are in different spaces. Here are the initial places you can earn via Microsoft’s new program:
New York LaGuardia’s biggest problem is congestion. They could use more takeoff and landing space for sure but primarily it’s New York airspace that’s the issue. Without fixing air traffic control, there’s little that can be done to the physical plant that will truly solve problems.
LaGuardia has been slated to get a new Central Terminal in 2021 and I never believed the timeline.
Now, instead, Vice President Biden and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced a whole new plan for the airport instead.
Delta is going to roll out a new offering that will allow elite customers to ‘buy up’ to private jet travel.
American just brought the Boeing 787 into service.
That feeling when you get a new car, it even still smells new, and a rock hits the windshield.. or you spill something on the seats. Or maybe it’s a brand new couch that you stain.
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