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Reprice Your Southwest Airlines Itineraries Now To Earn 50% Off A Future Trip
Too many restrictions, too long to wait to benefit, but all of those are in place of course to limit the cost to the airline of offering this. You get to use the discount in a short window (breakage) and that window is during an expected lull in travel (when there are seats they wouldn’t sell at full price) – all while ensuring most that take advantage of the discount will be buying a ticket they probably wouldn’t have otherwise. So they hope to drive incremental revenue now, and also at time of redemption, while offering those jumping through their hoops a good deal.
Frontier Airlines Eliminates Airport Check-in Counter Service Within An Hour Of Your Flight
In two weeks, Frontier Airlines ticket counters will “will close for check in and bag drop” 60 minutes prior to departure. You can no longer check bags (even for a fee!) or even check in with a person within an hour of your flight.
Holiday Inn Guest Checks In To Find An Undisclosed, Active Construction Site
He’d made a nonrefundable booking using Chase points to attend a wedding at what seemed like “the cheapest hotel from a reliable..brand” and found “an active construction site” with rooms covered “in plastic wrap,” constant drilling and a closed restaurant – none of which was disclosed on the property’s website. And oh that toilet.
Trump’s Team Discloses They Violate Airline Rules, Use Throwaway Ticketing Site Skiplagged For Airfare
While most of the media around former President Trump’s Save America PAC centers on their paying $20 million dollars in legal fees, there’s a nugget buried in their travel expenses that shows the political committee also violates airline rules when purchasing tickets.
Save America’s disclosure form shows them covering a fee to Skiplagged, the website that assists in booking throwaway or hidden city tickets.
I Just Transferred 200,000 Bilt Points Into 500,000 Virgin Points
Bilt Rewards is back with Rent Day and for some members this will be the most lucrative one yet by a wide margin. They have the usual offers of free points for trivia questions, double points on their credit card, and an opportunity to your rent paid for. But this is also the first time they’ve added an elite status benefit as part of Rent Day transfer bonus.
The first of each month is extra rewarding.
Insane: Charlotte Named Most Efficient North American Airport [Roundup]
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.
Southwest Airlines Passenger Films Man Texting His Mistress
A passenger on Southwest Airlines flight 239 from Denver to Des Moines was reportedly seen texting a woman named Samantha – who wasn’t his wife – by another passenger. Earlier in the text streams they exchanged goodbyes and I love you’s. And then there was this:
British Airways First Class Passenger Was So Large It Took 3 Hours And A Hoist To Deplane Him [Roundup]
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Capital One Opening Two New Airport Lounges In September
Capital One currently has just one airport lounge that’s open, at Dallas – Fort Worth. However we know several additional projects in the pipeline. Both the Washington Dulles and Denver lounges are expected to open in September.