The pilot of a San Francisco to Houston United Airlines flight ordered pizza for everyone on board after the plane diverted to New Mexico for a medical emergency, leaving passengers with a long delay on the ground.
U.K.-based sports journalist Leyla Hamed flew Etihad from Abu Dhabi and says she was questioned by security over her Palestine soccer t-shirt during a stopover. She was told to change or cover the word “Palestine.” Hamed says she “always wear[s] Palestine t-shirts” while traveling, as protest and vocal expression against Israel.
A United Airlines flyer stuck in a middle seat wonders if it’s alright to offer cash to someone with a window or aisle to switch with him? He only has a window to offer to he correctly understands that no one is likely to do a straight trade.
It’s now possible to consolidate points from various people’s Alaska Airlines frequent flyer accounts for free. Your friends and family may have Alaska miles, and you can move those miles into your account. You might have them sign up for Alaska Airlines credit cards, but you actually want the miles in one place.
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Alaska Airlines acquired Hawaiian Airlines last week and promised that points transfers between the two programs would come the same month. And they’re here.
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Adams and his partner bought coach tickets to India, and Turkish upgraded them to business for free 48 hours prior to travel. He took a relative to Europe and Asia in business class for free on Turkish. And he also accepted free business class tickets to Nepal and Beijing. He was given a two-night stay in the Bentley Suite at the St. Regis Istanbul for less than $600 and a free two-night stay in their Cosmopolitan Suite.
But this is priceless…
CEO Bob Jordan, in his opening remarks, says that they’ve achieved compensation from Boeing for its delays – delays that, ultimately, have been good for Southwest in many ways – through credits on future deliveries. And he wants to “unlock” that economic value.
Southwest Airlines is revamping its product with extra legroom seats, less legroom in back of the aircraft, redeye flying and partnerships with other airlines.
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 »
