Delta’s vision is that they’re a premium, mostly non-union airline that pays employees well and negotiates hard with partners, suppliers and even customers. United’s vision is as the nation’s most global air carrier, an increasingly upgauged route network, and more premium seats than before.
On the other hand, American’s vision is cost cuts?
Virgin Atlantic announced a month ago that they would move to dynamic award pricing. They refused to say more about what this would look like, which obviously led flyers to expect the worst. Changes are now live, and here’s what I am seeing.
Over the summer, a Delta Air Lines flight attendant asked whether supplementing her income with OnlyFans would get her fired? Probably, if she were ever identified as a Delta flight attendant in connection with sex work.
Now, though, we know that officially the answer is yes.
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A 34-year old man bypassed security and attempted to gain control of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 at the Missoula, Montana airport on October 22nd – injuring multiple airline employees in the process. He was trying to hijack the plane and take it to Seattle, and then Estonia.
In the promotions tab of your American AAdvantage profile you may find an offer of bonus miles for flying in premium cabins prior to the Christmas holidays.
The day after the American Airlines earnings call, executives held a question and answer session for employees. One question came up about mileage upgrades and how elite members were getting passed over – because waitlisting for an upgrade takes away the option to pay a discounted cash upsell amount – and so non-status members buying cheap upsells are trumping elite customers.
The company’s Vice President of Revenue Engineering took that question, and shared more than he was supposed to because they’re planning an announcement for a couple of months from now. I now have the full detail of his answer.
JetBlue’s extra legroom coach Even More Space seating will be rebranded as EvenMore next year. It will be sold as a bundle, instead of as a paid seating upsell. It could include things like free alcoholic beverages. It will not mean configuring planes or replacing seats.
In other words they are abandoning plans for Mini Mint domestic first class.
United is increasing the requirements to earn status 20% – 25% for the 2025 program year, adjusting the credit towards status given to existing elites and how credit card spend contributes to status, and introducing alternative uses of PlusPoints since upgrades so rarely clear.
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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.
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