Sometimes It’s Better To Just Say No When Other Passengers Ask To Switch Seats

by Gary Leff

Aug 26 2022

Some passengers simply will not change seats when asked, and that is ok. One woman absolutely won’t change seats, unless it is a celebrity doing the asking. She insists on seat 8A on Virgin Atlantic, and will take a different flight if she cannot have it. And she absolutely won’t fly in a backwards-facing business class seat.

The woman reports that a father was furious when she wouldn’t switch seats so that family could sit together – wishing her “ill for the future” and “storm[ing] off.”

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Southwest Airlines Pilot: ‘I Used To Be Liberal, Then I Left Home And Got A Job’

by Gary Leff

Aug 26 2022

Last year pilots were making announcements “Let’s Go Brandon” and that made it into air traffic control chatter too. I thought this had died out, and was now being crowded out by the counter Dark Brandon meme but pilots are still bringing their politics on board with them.

Here’s a Southwest Airlines pilot with a “I used to be liberal / Then I left home and got a job” sticker on his bag.

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New Report: American Airlines Is Dropping International First Class

by Gary Leff

Aug 25 2022

It would be a shame to see Flagship First Class disappear from American Airlines. I’d far rather see them invest in a truly first class product. They have Flagship First Class Dining, Five Star service on the ground, and aircraft selling the product already. And it’s a market that few airlines compete against them to service. Modest tweaks would go a long way, but unfortunately signs point in the opposite direction.

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Why Austin Sees More Diverted Flights Than Any Other Airport In The Country

by Gary Leff

Aug 25 2022

This stat may surprise you: Austin’s airport sees more diverted flights than any other airport in the country.

In 2019 there were 574 diversions to Austin. From May through August the airport saw an average of about 50 diversions per month over the past 15 years. Summer thunderstorms are a driver. There are (4) reasons more flights divert to Austin than any other airport.

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Bilt Rewards Adds 3 New Airline Transfer Partners: British Airways, Iberia And Aer Lingus

by Gary Leff

Aug 25 2022

Bilt Rewards is adding 3 new airline transfer partners, which will give them 12 airline partners and 14 transfer partners overall. In addition to being able to transfer Bilt points to American, united, Air Canada, Turkish, Hyatt and more you can now transfer points to British Airways – and coming next month will be able to also transfer to Iberia and Aer Lingus.

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