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Virgin Atlantic Introduces Minimum Award Space Guarantee, Double Miles Awards For Gold Elites

by Gary Leff on June 29, 2022

Jun 29 2022

Virgin Atlantic is launching two positive changes for its Flying Club frequent flyer program. They’re guaranteeing to release a minimum number of award seats when loading a flight into the schedule, and they’re allowing Gold elite members to book any seat they want that’s for sale as an award ticket by spending double miles.

Somewhat counterintuitively the introduction of double miles awards without capacity controls are actually the bigger deal here for the program, I think.

Flash Award Sale: Delta Business Class To Europe For 148,000 Miles Roundtrip

by Gary Leff on June 28, 2022

Jun 28 2022

Delta is running a flash sale on business class SkyMiles awards to Europe. Prices start at 148,000 miles roundtrip, which is roughly what other programs normally charge. But it can be half what Delta frequently charges, and availability is pretty good. But you have to act fast.

Delta Passenger Offered $10,000 To Take A Later Flight

by Gary Leff on June 28, 2022

Jun 28 2022

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.

The FAA Is Delaying United’s And American’s Electric Air Taxis By Years

by Gary Leff on June 28, 2022

Jun 28 2022

New aircraft are coming, but they’re farther off than they’ve been promised. And electric air taxis just got even farther off still, thanks to the U.S. federal government. In fact these planes are looking at delays of years. Some manufacturers may not have the financing to get through certification in the current market environment.

JetBlue Sued For Serving Kosher Food That Probably Wasn’t [Roundup]

by Gary Leff on June 28, 2022

Jun 28 2022

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.

JetBlue Doesn’t Know When To Quit, Raises Offer To Buy Spirit Airlines

by Gary Leff on June 27, 2022

Jun 27 2022

When Frontier Airlines raised its offer to buy Spirit Airlines and gave the Spirit Airlines board cover to again endorse a merger between the two airlines (walking away from a much bigger offer from JetBlue that faces greater anti-trust scrutiny) it seemed like game over. The new offer even got the endorsement from two independent proxy advisory firms.

JetBlue isn’t done though. They’ve come out with a new, increased offer in advance of Thursday’s Spirit Airlines shareholders meeting, a last ditch effort.

Man Airdrops Photos Of His Private Parts On Southwest Plane, Gets Exposed

by Gary Leff on June 27, 2022

Jun 27 2022

A Southwest Airlines passenger was accused of airdropping photos of his genetalia to other passengers on the plane.

AirDrop is a way for Apple devices to share photos. Other Apple users can choose to receive or not receive photos, or limit who can send them to you. But many leave the setting open, though I don’t know anyone that would accept files sent by someone they did not know.

A woman sitting across from him got an airdrop notification on her phone. She saw the man airdropping photos on his phone. She looked at the photo and asked if he meant to send it.

Forget Priests, Therapists, It’s TSA Screeners That Know Our Deepest Secrets

by Gary Leff on June 27, 2022

Jun 27 2022

The TSA can rifle through your luggage at will and will pull sex toys out of your bags in front of other passengers. You walk through machines that take naked images and screeners get to fondle you if they find you attractive.

TSA even had a program to follow ordinary passengers and mark down when they used the bathroom. But perhaps there’s nothing more intimate than having your pancake mix obsession revealed as the price of domestic travel.

Roundup: Airbnb Host Fed ‘Welcome Spaghetti’ To Guests With Dog Food In It According To Employee

by Gary Leff on June 27, 2022

Jun 27 2022

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.

When Airlines Cancel Flights Due To Staffing, They Lack The Staff To Help Passengers Too

by Gary Leff on June 27, 2022

Jun 27 2022

Airline operations have been bad lately. They haven’t had enough staff to operate their flights, so they’ve cancelled flights in advance – and still haven’t had enough staff to operate the flights that are left. Delta cancelled 7% of flights on Sunday. American cancelled over 100 flights. United cancelled nearly as many.

Virgin Atlantic Introduces Minimum Award Space Guarantee, Double Miles Awards For Gold Elites

Flash Award Sale: Delta Business Class To Europe For 148,000 Miles Roundtrip

Delta Passenger Offered $10,000 To Take A Later Flight

The FAA Is Delaying United’s And American’s Electric Air Taxis By Years

JetBlue Sued For Serving Kosher Food That Probably Wasn’t [Roundup]

JetBlue Doesn’t Know When To Quit, Raises Offer To Buy Spirit Airlines

Man Airdrops Photos Of His Private Parts On Southwest Plane, Gets Exposed

Forget Priests, Therapists, It’s TSA Screeners That Know Our Deepest Secrets

Roundup: Airbnb Host Fed ‘Welcome Spaghetti’ To Guests With Dog Food In It According To Employee

When Airlines Cancel Flights Due To Staffing, They Lack The Staff To Help Passengers Too

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