Oct
02
2023
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
How To Do Coffee Right On An Airplane [Roundup]
Amex $25 Rebate On Restaurant Spend For All Cardmembers (Earn Twice)
Oct
02
2023
American Express is bringing back Member Week for October 9 through 13. There’s one offer that really stands out to me – all Amex personal, business and corporate cardmembers can register to receive a $25 statement credit on $75 spend at over 200 participating Resy restaurants by December 8, 2023, and this can be earned twice (for a total of $50 back).
Back From Rehab, Pro Wrestler Gets Drunk During Flight Delay, Demands Passengers Fly Delayed Plane
Oct
01
2023
Recently out of rehab, he reportedly threw back too many drinks during a delay of his flight from New York JFK to Orlando. He started interrogating other passengers about what was happening, grabbed the gate’s microphone and shouted, asking when the plane would take off – and then he demanded to know if other flyers in the gate area could pilot the plane?
More Hyatt Hotels Are Ignoring Elite Breakfast Benefit Rules, And Getting Away With It
Oct
01
2023
A chain’s most valuable customers are its elite members, who deliver an outsized portion of room nights to hotels. To entice them, they’re promised benefits like upgrades and free breakfast.
Knowing that hotels are going to try to cheat, Hyatt spells out in its terms and conditions what the breakfast benefit is for Globalist members when no club lounge breakfast is offered.
American’s Mileage-Earning Gas Partnership With Shell Has Become Lucrative [Roundup]
Oct
01
2023
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Celebrity’s Inflight Diarrhea So Bad People Thought Plane Had A Fuel Leak
Sep
30
2023
A week and a half ago, a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Barcelona had to turn around after a passenger let loose diarrhea all the way through the aircraft.
Margaret Cho shares that something like this actually happened to her on a plane, and it was so bad that passengers thought there was something wrong with the aircraft such as a fuel leak.
Savings Seats On Southwest Airlines Is The Right Thing To Do, With One Exception [Roundup]
Sep
30
2023
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
The Data Behind Why Delta Pivoted To Damage Control After Devaluing SkyMiles
Sep
30
2023
There was a 352% increase in negative online commentary about Delta following their announced changes, and that’s compared to the week of the Delta diarrhea plane.
United Airlines Would Save $80 Million Per Year If Everyone Took Ozempic
Sep
30
2023
Airline expenses break down across planes, labor, and jet fuel. The amount of fuel it takes to fly a plane varies based on how much weight the plane needs to carry. So if passengers would lose weight, airlines would save money. If everyone dropped 10 pounds on Ozempic, United Airlines would save $80 million per year.
Delta Flight Attendant Accuses Grandparents Of Trafficking Mixed Race Grandson
Sep
30
2023
Two grandparents traveling with their 11 month old grandson were met by police on arrival in Detroit on Sunday after a flight attendant reported them for human trafficking.
They had flown in from Punta Cana, where the grandmother had spoken at a conference. Dee Dee Ohara Blizard is Black, and her husband is Japanese. And the child’s skin color looks different than theirs. That appears to have raised alarms with Delta cabin crew.
