For August 1 Rent Day, Bilt Rewards will run a transfer bonus up to 100% to Avianca LifeMiles. I’m not jumping on it, but maybe you should?
On Wednesday I wrote about a group of 50 Jewish kids being kicked off a flight, with their camp directly violently arrested. At the time the reports were the disruptiveness of the group was that some of them were singing in Hebrew, and they were collectively punished for it.
However this story – initially about disruptive singing, and about disrupting safety demonstrations – first in how the story was relayed informally and then in official statements, doesn’t appear to be quite what has been claimed.
Southwest Airlines held its second quarter earnings call on Thursday. And with the airline completely upending its business model, the quarter is a good opportunity to check in with how things are going.
I really feel like Chase and Southwest could have done better here, though things are moving quickly with changes at Southwest and I suppose they didn’t have as much runway as they often do with such product refreshes.
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American Airlines CEO Robert Isom sharply criticized Delta Air Lines for using AI to manipulate ticket pricing, calling Delta’s approach “bait and switch” and “not appropriate,” pledging American won’t follow suit.
An American Airlines passenger shares how her flight crew saved her from a sexually predatory seatmate.
Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek were spotted flying commercial, traveling together on Aeromexico Connect from Mexico City to Veracruz.
They arrived around noon, and ate together at Johnny Rocket’s prior to baording their flight where they posed for photos with several diners.
The group was singing Hebrew songs onboard the Airbus A320, triggering objections from crew. Vueling staff reportedly called Israel a “terrorist state” and didn’t want Hebrew singing onboard. The camp director, a 21‑year‑old woman, was forcibly removed from the aircraft and “arrested and beaten.”
American Airlines, United and Delta all now charge more on some routes when a traveling is flying on their own than when they’re booking for two or more passengers – at least on some routes. But there may be a simple way around it.
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