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Is The Air Travel Mask Mandate About To Get Extended Again?

by Gary Leff on April 11, 2022

Apr 11 2022

We’re a week away from the expiration of the transportation mask mandate, and masks are generally required only on planes, trains, buses and automobiles (and in certain backward parts of the country, preschools). However Philadelphia just imposed an indoor mask mandate and that potentially makes it more difficult for the Biden administration to take a more permissive (albeit purely symbolic) stance. However we’re no longer in a place where public mandates are needed.

New American Airlines Business Class Is Coming With Bigger Cabin, Seats With Doors

by Gary Leff on April 11, 2022

Apr 11 2022

We’re not just looking at a new seat, but also more premium seats. I wrote last fall that American Airlines is planning to put more business class seats on planes. That’s true both for their widebodies and also their Airbus A319s.

We’re getting some sense now just what this means from two separate recent reports that I’ve confirmed.

Driver Crashes Through Dallas Airport Gates, Hits Two Planes [Roundup]

by Gary Leff on April 11, 2022

Apr 11 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 Operates Four Hour Flight Without A Restroom: Wet Pants And Desperate Faces

by Gary Leff on April 11, 2022

Apr 11 2022

There were wet pants and faces of desperation on JetBlue flight 1830 from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic to Boston Saturday as the 3 hour 50 minute flight operated without a working lavatory. JetBlue disputes this story.

Insiders Say Hotels Must Stop The Covid Cuts Now – It’s Immoral (And Bad For Business)

by Gary Leff on April 11, 2022

Apr 11 2022

Jeff Bezos says the biggest mistake businesses make is not focusing most on what customers want. However Marriott’s CEO – who says workers make too much money and guests need to have more sympathy for hotel ownership groups – says his chain needs to modify brand standards to “consider franchisee feedback and..focus on reducing costs.”

Two hoteliers and hospitality consultants are pushing back, making the case that the hotel industry is living a big lie.

United Airlines Caught Misleading Customers – About The Least Consequential Thing

by Gary Leff on April 11, 2022

Apr 11 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.

American Airlines Los Angeles-Based Pilots Are Not Content

by Gary Leff on April 10, 2022

Apr 10 2022

American Airlines pilots, as a group, aren’t happy. Their union advises people not to come work for the airline. Usually unions want.. more members, not fewer.

In Los Angeles, though, their pilots have a special beef: they don’t get to fly as many places as they used to. In particular, widebody pilots have almost nowhere to go.

There Are Some Things You Just Don’t Do On A Plane. Judge And Prepare To Be Judged!

by Gary Leff on April 10, 2022

Apr 10 2022

I understand that some people aren’t familiar with Western customs, and should perhaps be forgiven for that, like the gentleman I once saw at the breakfast buffet at a Westin in his bathrobe (and nothing else).

However there’s a place where I think we have to draw a line and reject cultural relativism. Here it is.

4 Things American Airlines Is Doing So Flight Attendants Don’t Have To Sleep In Airports Anymore

by Gary Leff on April 10, 2022

Apr 10 2022

American is blaming an inability for crew to even get in touch with the airline on weather when this has happened before and when they’ve promised to fix it so it does not happen again before.

American promised to improve on this a year ago. They didn’t. They said hotel booking desks would get staffed up – both more staff at their outsourced vendor, and also augmenting that with American Airlines staff as well. Now they’ve outlined a four-step plan to avoid crew getting stuck sleeping in airports again.

Earn Bonus 40% Bonus And Elite Status Credit By Converting Points [Roundup]

by Gary Leff on April 10, 2022

Apr 10 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.

Is The Air Travel Mask Mandate About To Get Extended Again?

New American Airlines Business Class Is Coming With Bigger Cabin, Seats With Doors

Driver Crashes Through Dallas Airport Gates, Hits Two Planes [Roundup]

JetBlue Operates Four Hour Flight Without A Restroom: Wet Pants And Desperate Faces

Insiders Say Hotels Must Stop The Covid Cuts Now – It’s Immoral (And Bad For Business)

United Airlines Caught Misleading Customers – About The Least Consequential Thing

American Airlines Los Angeles-Based Pilots Are Not Content

There Are Some Things You Just Don’t Do On A Plane. Judge And Prepare To Be Judged!

4 Things American Airlines Is Doing So Flight Attendants Don’t Have To Sleep In Airports Anymore

Earn Bonus 40% Bonus And Elite Status Credit By Converting Points [Roundup]

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