Austin is a tricky market with very little long haul flying. It’s been one of the fastest growing airports in the United States, year after year and for years. But air service has grown even faster than demand.
Over the last year there have been numerous protests blocking access to airports including Chicago O’Hare, New York JFK, and Los Angeles. Supporters of Palestinians – and in some cases of Hamas – took over roads, making them impassible, and causing passengers to miss flights.
These blockades probably don’t gain protestors sympathy for their cause.
An American Airlines first class passenger took to social media to brag on his dog’s first flight. Sure, he says, the pet “took a poop in the parking garage” but once firmly ensconced on the floor of the carrier’s first class cabin, he knew it was going to be a great flight.
Point.me, the service that helps you find frequent flyer award seats (and walks you through the process of setting up accounts, transferring points, and making the booking) has a lot of award search data. People are looking for available awards all day, every day.
They already know which programs offer availability the most that their members are looking for, and which programs offer those seats at the best prices.
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Twenty three years ago today I was sitting in my office in Arlington, Virginia.
The first news I heard about planes crashing into the World Trade Center came over email. It wasn’t on the newswires yet. I was on an airline industry list, and the subject line was “Terrorists are bombing us with airplanes.” I didn’t think it was real.
I sometimes assume too much – airline miles are old hat to me, I’ve been traveling for work for 3 decades and writing about this space for 22 years. But when I start talking to people who are familiar, and earn plenty of points, even some of the starting points are new.
So I started thinking, what are the 10 basic lessons to share with someone just paying attention to miles and points for the first time? And this is the list I came up with.
Gate agents came onto the plane and saw the car seat – being used – and they “lost their temper, screaming at the mother and the flight attendants.” They had already told the woman it had to be gate checked. Their authority wasn’t going to be undermined.
A year ago Delta Air Lines announced severe changes to its SkyMiles elite program and for access to its Sky Clubs. Employees are talking about bringing back planned changes.
A United flight attendant was harassed and called a snitch by other crew. Then she was yanked from her purser role. And all because she reported safety violations by her co-workers, according to a lawsuit she’s filed.
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 »
