Cancun, recently the site of resort shootings, had chaos break out at its airport on Monday morning. What may have been an explosion in the baggage claim area was interpreted as an active shooter. Terminal 3 at the airport shut down, and passengers went running, as armed officers stormed into the building.
Capital One Cards Now Get You VIP Access To Major League Baseball [Roundup]
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Aeroflot Restarts International Route Network – In The Most Pathetic Way Possible
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Bilt Mastercard Applications Finally Available, Earn Points Referring Your Friends Too
The Bilt Mastercard has no annual fee, lets you earn up to 100,000 points per year paying rent on your card without a fee, and earns double points on travel and triple points on dining. If you rent an apartment or house this card is a no-brainer, but it’s a great travel card period and arguably the best no annual fee card even if you don’t rent.
The problem has been that this new program wasn’t able to keep up with demand, so there was a wait list to join. For awhile readers of this blog had access to an invite code that allowed skipping that list. Recently though there’s been just no way to get the card.
American Airlines Just Had Its 3 Biggest Days For Ticket Sales Ever
On March 16th outgoing American Airlines CEO Doug Parker shared with employees at an internal meeting, a recording of which was reviewed by View From The Wing, that “Demand is enormous right now for air travel. We had last week the 3 highest revenue booking days in our history.”
Your Uber Driver May Be Using A Fake Account Created With A Stolen Identity
Federal prosecutors describe a “nationwide scheme that used stolen identities to fool ride-hailing and delivery service companies into hiring unqualified drivers.”
Hotels Are Practicing “Shrinkflation” And Hoping You Won’t Notice
The hotel industry is practicing “shrinkflation.” That’s like when Doritos cost the same as before, but come in a bag with fewer chips. The price of a bag of Doritos hasn’t gone up, but you get less for your money anyway.
A New Way Marriott Is Cutting Breakfast Costs, Tells You It’s An Enhancement
Fairfield Inns in Japan will offer breakfast boxes instead of hot breakfast.
Planeload Of Passengers Vote On Name For Little Girl’s Stuffed Animal
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Qantas Will Fly Non-Stop Dallas To Melbourne!
Qantas announced that they will fly non-stop Dallas Fort Worth – Melbourne starting December 2. The service will be four times weekly using a Boeing 787-9.