Diamond Member Kicked Out Of Hotel: “You’re Scum. You’re Nothing. You Can Leave.”

by Gary Leff

Oct 17 2023

A Choice Privileges Diamond member filmed himself being kicked out of a Sleep Inn hotel. The front desk clerk tells the man, “You called me a b—- and you’re an absolute nobody. A piece of.. You’re scum. You’re nothing. You can leave.”

The man says he’s leaving, turns his phone around to point it at himself, and declares “This is how they treat their Diamond members.” Why yes, when you call the front desk clerk vulgarities it very much is. The amazing thing is that the man shared the video to TikTok (though since removed it) as though the exchange made him look good?

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Fecal Fiasco: Flight To London Cancelled After Passenger Went Poo In The Wrong Place

by Gary Leff

Oct 16 2023

An easyJet flight from Tenerife, Spain to London’s Gatwick airport was cancelled on Sunday night after a toilet incident. Passengers and crew discovered someone had gone number two on the lavatory floor.

Flight 8054 had already gone from bad to worse. It was delayed over three hours when passengers had
to be moved from one aircraft to another. A smaller second plane meant that the sold out flight was overbooked, and easyJet was offering 500 euro vouchers for anyone that would volunteer to take a later flight. Everyone would later find themselves on a later flight.

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Emirates First Class Upgrades Are Easy, Great Deal

by Gary Leff

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Oct 16 2023

You can upgrade award tickets! This isn’t limited to buying business class with cash and upgrading with miles. If your upgrade doesn’t clear in advance, you can upgrade at the airport. And there there are no capacity controls. And there are no cash co-pays in addition to miles for the upgrade.

Plus their first class is a special product.

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New American Airlines Small Business Program Earns AAdvantage Miles, Faster Elite Status

by Gary Leff

Oct 16 2023

American Airlines is replacing its small business loyalty program Business ExtrAA with the new AAdvantage Business which is now available. Instead of having a completely separate program, small businesses will earn AAdvantage miles in their own account on top of the miles earned by travelers, and they’ll redeem miles just like consumers will.

That’s a simpler system, and there’s one clear benefit for travelers: they will earn one additional loyalty point towards their status per dollar spent when adding an AAdvantage for Business account number to their reservation.

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