Oct
08
2021
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.
Amex Platinum Goes Off-Brand
Philadelphia Airport Starts Curbside Delivery, Get Airport Restaurant Food To Go
Oct
07
2021
I’ve never once said what I really want for dinner is what they’re serving at the airport. That’s because the constraints of selling food in the airport – bringing everything through security, usually cooking with electricity, lacking storage space, high rents and a need to serve the median consumer taste quickly – means that airport restaurants are bad. And you pay through the nose for the privilege.
Still, at Philadelphia airport they think you might want curbside pickup of your dinner from the airport, and they’re now set up to do just that.
American Airlines Has A Goal: Cancel More Than 1% Of Flights
Oct
07
2021
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.
Dear American Airlines, This Is Not A Bagel
Oct
07
2021
Dear American Airlines, I realize that you’re based in Dallas, and top management moved there from Tempe, Arizona. So it’s understandable that you might be confused. So I wanted to share with you in unequivocal terms: this is not what a bagel is.
American Airlines Surveying Whether Predeparture Beverages Have To Come Back
Oct
07
2021
The airline is surveying customers on what they’re going to need to offer in domestic first class based on customer expectations.
Capital One Just Made Its Miles A Lot More Valuable When Transferred To Airlines
Oct
07
2021
Capital One keeps doubling down on adding value to travel, and they did so in April introducing… 1:1 transfers to some airlines so you really could earn 2 airline miles per dollar on all of your spend.
It was a limited set of airlines initially. That’s changing. They’ve added several airlines to the 1:1 transfer tier, making the earn power of Capital One Venture as well as Spark Miles even better.
Washington National Airport Will Become Worse, Just Like LaGuardia [Roundup]
Oct
07
2021
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.
Marriott Award Redemption Discount And 9+ Other Offers, One Week Only
Oct
06
2021
Marriott has brought back its “Week of Wonders” offers for October 7 – 14. There’s some decent room rates, 2000 bonus points for some, a discount on mattresses and robes, and bonuses for points purchases.
The major item here would be lower free night award pricing, with over half of Marriott’s properties committed at ‘off-peak’ redemption rates when you use your points over the next week… but you’ve got to stay quick to benefit.
American Airlines Sets A November 24 Deadline For Employee Vaccination
Oct
06
2021
A subset of crewmembers are apoplectic over this. And with a reported 4000-plus unvaccinated pilots, American does have a problem. The question is whether this will be a problem for holiday travel, as the American Airlines pilots union has predicted.
Whoa: American Allowing Name Changes On Tickets Through January 2022
Oct
06
2021
American Airlines has created a ‘special exception policy’ to allow name changes on tickets through January 31, 2022. Here are the details.
