The IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card has a best-ever initial bonus offer by a lot, worth 5 free night awards which can have a total value of 300,000 points. That’s more than double the value of the previous offer, and something I recall their offering only once before.
Southwest Airlines had to take a delay on a flight from Las Vegas to San Jose on Thursday because of the sheer number of passengers in wheelchairs. At Southwest, customers asking for wheelchair assistance get better seats for free – and then usually walk off the plane and all the way out the terminal themselves on the other end of the journey. They don’t all need a wheelchair. They’ve just cracked the code.
There are stories everywhere about a new major warning from the TSA about travelers getting their devices hacked by using USB charging at airports. Except the TSA did not just issue this warning, and there’s no evidence there’s actually a problem.
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.
A U.S. Senator placed a call to the TSA Administrator, and got her husband removed from watch lists. In fact, we now know that TSA has a VIP list that exempts people from getting flagged for additional scrutiny, and the Senator’s husband was added to this list.
United Airlines and its flight attendants union have agreed on a new contract. Cabin crew will be asked to vote for it, and since they’ve gone five years without a raise many are excited by better pay.
The wheelchair-bound woman was trapped in her hotel room for 42 days after the building’s only elevator broke down. No backup plan. No safe alternative. No urgency from management.
Capital One is making major changes to lounge access for their Capital One Venture X product – restricted complimentary guests to cardmembers who spend $75,000 per calendar year; adding a fee for authorized user cards to access lounges; and eliminating complimentary Priority Pass guests altogether.
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.
Most U.S. airlines have air vents above the seat. You can turn them on if you’re hot, and turn them off if you don’t want to be blown on. But who controls the vent? Does each passenger have dominion over the one above their seat – or is it a common utility, and you have to accommodate the preferences of everyone around you? Conflict on a plane can take place over the seemingly simplest of things, as one Delta Air Lines passenger learned. Currently on a flight head westbound. I am on the right side of a 3 passenger row. The person sitting in the middle has now 3 times closed my AC vent either while “adjusting” their own vent or when I stood up to go to the bathroom. The vent is pointed towards…
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