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Business Class Passenger Stuffs Their Bag Full Stealing All The Inflight Amenities
Officially, you can take your business class amenity kit with you but not the bedding. People do it anyway, which shouldn’t be surprising since passengers at Delta Sky Clubs are dumping buffet items into their carry on bags and guests steal insane things from hotels.
Tear Jerker: Parents Fly Business Class For First Time After Daughter’s Surprise Upgrade
On September 15 Ishpreet Kaur went to the airport to travel with her parents. They were all flying economy. However she got the three of them upgraded to business class. It was the first time her parents had flown business in their lives, and something they’ve always wished they could experience. Her father appears giddy.
But for her it was something more than just being able to give this experience to her parents. It was the pride in their eyes, seeing their daughter as having made it to the point that she could do this for them.
LATAM Offering Paid Elite Status Match, No Flying Required
StatusMatch.com which is currently offering a lucrative status match with Frontier Airlines (up to top tier, open to people that have matched before, and even matching against hotel and cruise programs).
They now also have a a status match offering with LATAM, the South American megacarrier that left oneworld to link up with Delta Air Lines. And they’re even matching up to Black status.
Airline Confronts Ticketless Passenger On Plane In Jamaica
JetBlue staff boarded a flight in Jamaica to question a passenger who was seated about traveling without a ticket. The passenger didn’t take kindly to be questioned, threatening to throw down: “Mek mi f**k-up one a unuh in yah.”
Delta’s Plan For SkyMiles Is Already Backfiring, But They Won’t Admit It
Delta is demanding more from customers without giving them any more in return, and rewarding them with a currency that it worth less than what customers can earn elsewhere. And their bet is that a small subset of cardmembers will increase their spend so much as to offset those who cancel and the bulk of cardmembers for whom the changes aren’t designed to incent spend.
Saving Seats On Southwest Airlines Infuriates Flyers
Open seating on Southwest Airlines means Lord Of The Flies… or sometimes Thunderdome. That doesn’t work for everyone, but I actually like it.
“Filthadelphia” Is The Worst Large Airport In America [Roundup]
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American Airlines Falsely Accuses Black Musician Of Trafficking His Kids, Refuses To Apologize
Musician David Ryan Harris flew American from Atlanta to Los Angeles on last Friday, September 15th, and he was met on arrival by four police officers and an airline employee.
Fallows: Airline Lies About Cancelling Flight To Avoid Passenger Obligations
Journalist, former Presidential speechwriter, and private pilot James Fallows complained on twitter about his United flight that was delayed just under 24 hours – and he attributes the decision to delay rather than cancel the flight to an anti-consumer conspiracy.
His followers on twitter are wrongly led to believe that this is so passengers aren’t entitled to a refund. Nothing could be further from the truh.