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Singapore Airlines premium economy awards will become available to KrisFlyer members May 24 and mileage upgrades to premium economy will become available June 1. This is for Singapore flights only, and not for Star Alliance partner flights.
Since only one category upgrade is possible, that means on flight which offer premium economy it will no longer be possible to upgrade from coach to business. And premium economy cabins are small, those upgrades could be tough to get.
Delta sees the end of first class upgrades in 2018. That’s because they’re going to be upselling coach passengers into nearly all of their first class seats instead.
With first class seats mostly upsold, Delta wants their extra legroom seats to be the upgrade. And they want elites to even buy those. Starting with today’s flights new rules ‘upgrades’ to extra legroom seats become tougher for elites.
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.
“What’s grosser than gross?” I’ve had the pleasure of watching a fellow first class passenger clip their toenails during dinner service.
But this is even worse. And so is this.
Uber and Lyft have left Austin since a ballot proposition that would have lifted an onerous pending City ordinance protecting taxi companies failed to pass.
I love competition, which is one reason I’ve favored Lyft of late (another is that there have been more drivers close by with Lyft than Uber for me lately). So I’m thrilled that at least four ridesharing companies are trying to pick up the business that Uber and Lyft left behind. And there are other companies out there, too.
There were four air marshals onboard a United flight from London Heathrow to Los Angeles and the flight’s captain smelled alcohol on one of them.
The air marshal was released because while he was violating marshal service policy (either by drinking within four hours of the flight or having alcohol in his system while on duty) he hadn’t actually broken UK law.
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.
Say that you’ve got free $35 in ride credits or $50 in Lyft credits but you find yourself in the city of Austin but Uber and Lyft are gone…
Fortunately here’s how you can still use Uber or Lyft in Austin.
There’s a promo code valid for $10 off one trip taken by May 31 and I had no problem adding it to my account.
Of course if you haven’t used Uber before you can get a free ride, different signup codes vary. Lately individual referral links have only been good for $15 while some companies have made deals with Uber for $20 referral links.
My referral link for Uber seems to be giving a bigger first-time rider credit than it used to, up to $25:
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 »
