Just 1000 Of Your Miles Can Help Ensure No One Dies Alone

by Gary Leff

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Nov 03 2022

Have a few spare United Airlines miles? They could make a difference in the last moments of someone’s life. The miles sitting in your account can bring someone comfort, and bring family together with their loved ones before it’s too late.

I joined the board of Give A Mile which uses donated miles for trips of compassion. They are currently raising United Airlines MileagePlus miles to provide flights to people to spend the last days with a loved one. And if you’ll chip in a few miles, I’ll match them. I’ve already donated to this campaign. I’ll do more, and I’d appreciate your help.

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Passenger Uses AirTag To Track Down Valuables Stolen From His Luggage

by Gary Leff

Nov 02 2022

Los Angeles-based documentary film producer and cinematographer Erroll Webber had film equipment go missing from his luggage in Anchorage. Before checking bags on his United flight he stuck an Apple AirTags on one of the equipment bags.

Webber’s bag made it, he says, without the film equipment. But he was able to track it to the perpetrator’s house.

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Is Bashing Airlines For ‘Poorly Disclosed’ Checked Bag Fees And Change Fees Presidential?

by Gary Leff

Nov 02 2022

President Biden has been talking up poor disclosure of airline fees, as though consumers don’t know that checked bags come with a fee, or that airlines don’t tell them what a seat assignment might cost (they literally present a seat map with prices, because they are trying to sell these seats).

Few politicians have ever hurt themselves railing against airlines.

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Delta Now Offering Free Wifi To Elites On Most Domestic Mainline Flights

by Gary Leff

Nov 02 2022

Delta Air Lines is offering free inflight internet to elite SkyMiles members on many planes that are equipped with their fastest satellite wifi. Entering your SkyMiles number and password at DeltaWifi.com unlocks the service now where offered. This is part of the airline’s slow test to ensure they have enough bandwidth when usage goes up as a result of not charging for connectivity.

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American Airlines Forced To Stop Codesharing With Cathay Pacific Between New York and Hong Kong

by Gary Leff

Nov 02 2022

Cathay Pacific has started routing flights over Russian airspace again, after pausing the practice as a result of Western sanctions which followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Their New York – Hong Kong flight takes a ‘polar route’ which touches the eastern part of Russia, because it’s faster and they don’t have to weight restrict flights as they do taking a longer route.

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Russian Airlines Have Illegally Kept Leased Planes, But Aircraft Lessors Can’t Get Insurance To Pay

by Gary Leff

Nov 02 2022

When Western sanctions were imposed on Russia, that voided the aircraft leases on planes operated by Russian airlines. More than half the Boeing and Airbus planes in Russia had to be returned. Airworthiness Certificates were cancelled. The Russian government, though, ordered that the planes not be returned in violation of the country’s Cape Town Treaty obligations. And the planes were re-registered in Russia.

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Say What? Politicians Are Demanding Airlines Keep Using Their Current Seats

by Gary Leff

Nov 02 2022

Politics is like professional wresting. What you see is rarely real. Take, for instance, six Democratic Senators urging the FAA to bar airlines from further reducing legroom and seat width. These Senators aren’t calling for more passenger space. They are calling for passengers to not have less space. In other words, they demand the status quo!

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