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A couple of weeks ago I wrote How to Get – and Use – Airline Status Matches.
Back in September American closed their ‘status challenge’ offer where you could pay a fee to earn elite status on an expedited basis.
They’ve brought it back.
Delta has ended its interline ticketing and baggage agreement with Emirates.
An interline agreement is the most basic agreement and major airlines almost always have those with each other. Ending the interline agreement means neither airline will sell tickets on the other. And they won’t transfer baggage to each other, either.
Interline agreements were once a basic level of cooperation between airlines to provide service to customers. Now for Delta they are a strategic business tool.
A few weeks ago an article was going around,’3 radical ideas to totally disrupt air travel’. I’ve seen it half a dozen times again today in my Facebook feed and have had three people send it to me as well.
Prohibiting carryon bags, allowing passengers to resell their seats and tickets, and giving out surprise and delight items to passengers stuck in a middle seat aren’t actually that revolutionary or event all that good…
Denver’s airport has been a place where luggage, rock stars, and irate passengers go nuts. It’s also a place where conspiracy theories abound — from underground trains to nowhere, dedication to the New World Order, and ground zero for a major plague outbreak. Here’s what’s behind all the drama.
So what new issue “has now been earmarked as a priority concern for action by TSA” under new TSA director Peter Neffenger?
Long security lines mean passengers have less time to shop. Plus if people didn’t bring so much stuff through security and carry it onto planes, there’s be more room in the overhead bins for people to store retail purchases.
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A couple of weeks ago I noted an expectation that the American Airlines elite status challenge in its current form would end September 23.
That is the offer you can pay to sign up for and fly a reduced amount within 3 months to qualify for elite status, and for which you do not need to show current status with another airline to be eligible.
The end of these challenges at least in their current form certainly seems to be the case.
Seventeen years ago I used to credit Delta flights to United Mileage Plus. You could do that back then, although it was a pain because the miles almost never automatically posted. Partnerships change.
But it’s striking that even the most basic level of partnership — the interline agreement, that nearly all major airlines have with each other — is ending for American and Delta. And now we know why.
Why your 22 inch carry on bag doesn’t fit into a 22 inch airline baggage sizer.. and answers to other mysteries.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
