Alaska Airlines is grounding all 65 of its Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft following an incident on board flight 1282 Friday. The plane experienced rapid decompression following the loss of a mid-aft door and interior sidewall shortly after departure. The airline expects to complete inspections on the planes over the course of a few days.
All 171 passengers and 6 crew on the Portland to Ontario, California flight returned safely to Portland.
Last month conservative commentator Ashley St. Clair launched a firestorm over commercial airlines transporting undocumented immigrations. It was an odd criticism of Biden administration immigration policy when at a time when flying and busing migrants has also been the policy of some Republican governors.
Now Ms. Sinclair has turned her attention to United Airlines pilot hiring practices.
Air India, which went from near-collapse to new planes, new seats and new uniforms, is planning to fly from Delhi to both Los Angeles and Dallas – Fort Worth, according to an internal schedule. Specific flight numbers, flight times, and an aircraft type have been assigned.
You hear the words “mile a minute” and find yourself pondering the concept of earning bonus miles as a function of time.
You answer the question, “How many miles per gallon do you get?” with “It depends on what credit card I use.”…
There was a double wedding at the hotel, ‘congratulations Kim and Don, Barry and whomever’ After about 10 minutes we had our master stroke, or at least what seemed like genius to a bunch of 17 year olds away from home, out of state, and full of themselves.
We went back downstairs, stood on each others’ shoulders, and changed the sign.
Thursday’s JetBlue flight 170 from Fort Lauderdale to Boston had to divert to Orlando, and passengers didn’t reach their destination until after 4:30 in the morning, when a man on board revealed himself to be the devil and punched the woman he was traveling with.
When I stay with Hyatt, I regularly receive a survey after I’ve checked out. I rarely do with Marriott. I’ve just learned why: Marriott won’t send a survey to a guest that’s completed one within the past 60 days.
In what may be the strangest airline Catch-22 I’ve ever head, an American Airlines passenger can’t get a refund that they’re entitled to, because of an ongoing murder investigation. It’s almost like Joseph Heller is working the refunds department at an airline.
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Star Alliance member Asiana is offering free lounge access to all coach passengers transiting through Seoul for all of 2024. Anyone with an airport transit of less than 24 hours booking their flights through a travel agent can take advantage of access to a Plaza Premium lounge at the Incheon airport.
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 »
