It turns out that ATMs have been disappearing from airports because people use cash less than they used to, so they don’t generate enough fees to cover the extortionate demands of airports to allow them on premises. US Bank has lost millions on their Minneapolis-St. Paul ATMs.
One of the blog’s commenters left a bit of a cryptic note about a possible American Express Centurion lounge at Washington Dulles.
Back in May I explained American’s ingenious path to combine to a single reservation system with US Airways.
That process begins next Saturday, July 18.
Airgrub is an app that lets you order food, pay, and arrange pick-up from airport vendors.
The idea is to save time on short connections while still getting your meal. Sort of like using the Tortas Frontera app for sandwiches at O’Hare.
Yesterday Spirit Airlines began flying Los Angeles – Baltimore. (On August 20 they will begin flying Los Angeles – Atlanta.)
If you’re not tall, don’t need the cushion of redundant flight schedules to get you where you’re going in the event of cancellation, and especially if you can pay attention to and avoid all of the fees along the way there are some great deals on transportation to be had from Spirit.
In April IHG Rewards Club announced several key changes to their program.
We now know the name of their new top tier elite level. And it’s a very very bad one.
We also know that it’s going to make their elusive Royal Ambassador status even harder to get.
American’s Washington Dulles – Los Angeles flights have moved from being operated by American Airlines 737s to legacy US Airways A319s.
“I’d love a cross country flight to be operated by a US Airways aircraft,” said no frequent flyer ever.
A collection of the most interesting links you’ll want to see, many you’ll want to click.
At the June 17 Houston City Council meeting, a five year renewaable lease with American Airlines was approved that gives it access to a shared international gate at Houston Hobby airport.
The $1.7 million agreement provides for 5128 square feet of ticket counter, operations and administrative space, baggage service office, and gate holdroom space. It also provides access to shared terminal space and includes landing fees.
Since I don’t have experiences of Cuba travel to offer, I’m especially interested in stories of visiting there. Fortunately my friend Adelle Archer has been more than once, she’s just returned and offered to share a few tips from the trips she’s taken.
I very much look forward to Cuban modernizing.. for the sake of the Cuban people. Remember that however quaint walking back into the 1950s may be as a tourist, the people of Cuba have been forced to live without the benefit of many of the advances of technology that we too easily take for granted.
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 »
