Tuesday night’s American Airlines flight AA322 was delayed 48 minutes after the aircraft returned to the gate to offload “two drunk unruly passengers” who cursed at cabin crew over mask requirements.
One of the men reportedly threatened a flight attendant, “Stop telling me to wear mask or I’ll slap the s[—] out of you!”
There’s been a leak of details of the new Chase Aeroplan credit card that’s coming next month. A spokesperson for Air Canada Aeroplan confirms the details, though suggests that what has been revealed so far is only a small part of what the card’s features, and explains details of how the initial bonus will work.
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Hilton has introduced advance upgrades for elites. Seventy two hours prior to check-in upgrades are automatically processed, and elites receive a notification and are able to select a room from the new upgraded room category through the Hilton mobile app.
It appears we now know the priority order in which guests get upgrades.
Last year Virgin Atlantic made Flying Club award redemptions for its flight count towards elite status. Now they’ve made several additional changes that most members are going to like.
After America West management took over US Airways they stopped operating the Shuttle as an airline-within-an-airline. They stopped operating an all-coach subfleet of aircraft with its own livery. And when US Airways management took over American, the shuttle became an American Airlines product.
American is replacing the ‘Shuttle’ product in a couple of ways. They’ll no longer fly New York LaGuardia – Boston, and they’re introducing a new fare that’s meant to be ‘Shuttle-like.’
Ultimately the passenger’s only defense to the airline’s banning decision was his recording – a recording which would have violated the airline’s rules, taking place in terminal areas that they control. Maybe he sassed a flight attendant, or maybe he even had a mask beneath his nose, but being followed through the terminal by a pilot is… bizarre.
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United Airlines is running a deep discount business class sale out of several Delta hub cities. You can fly United from the U.S. to Rio or São Paulo from $1102 roundtrip for business class. This fare certainly will not last.
The Marriott Bonvoy program is, on paper at least, head and shoulders above the Hilton Honors and IHG Rewards offerings. Those other two don’t even guarantee late check-out, let alone promise that suite upgrades will be provided when a standard suite is available.
In practice, though, Bonvoy doesn’t live up to its promises.
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