Airline Kicks Woman Off Flight After She Had Two Drinks, Took Conference Call In The Bathroom

by Gary Leff

Apr 20 2023

A passenger was kicked off of an Alaska Airlines Portland – Las Vegas flight after spending 10 minutes in the lavatory before departure. The woman was killing time on her phone, admitted not understanding how the bathroom worked, and said she’d had ‘one and a half mimosas’ at the airport but doesn’t appear to have been intoxicated.

Usually when passengers go into the lav with their phone it’s to watch you-know-what. This woman was apparently having a conference call?

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Huge: Bilt Dining Now Offers 5x At Curated Restaurants (Earn 8X Or More Total)

by Gary Leff

Apr 19 2023

Bilt Rewards has introduced Bilt Dining where you’ll automatically earn 5 points per dollar spent at participating restaurants when you pay using any credit card that you’ve added to your Bilt Wallet in the Bilt Rewards mobile app.

You may be familiar with the dining programs of airlines and hotel programs, run through third party Rewards Network. This is a different program, being built from the ground up with restaurants that in many cases are quite good – that you’ll actually want to eat at – rather than just being financially-strapped restaurants that need Rewards Network funding.

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