The airline has has said that we’ll see hot meals on trays “gradually return” over “the next several months” and also that regional carriers are going to offer real food on flights over 900 miles, similar to when mainline flights receive meals.
There’s a photo going around from an internal American Airlines meal display of dishes under consideration.
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Tarikh Campbell rented a car at the Newark airport Avis. He parked the white Toyota Camry at his home in Teaneck, New Jersey. But at 10:30 p.m. on the night before he was supposed to return the car and fly home, he noticed it was missing. It appears as though Avis stole it.
Two birds walk into the Philadelphia airport Admirals Club bar. They sit down and the first bird asks the bartender, “you got any bread?” The Admirals Club bartender replies, “No, sorry.”
The second bird then asks, “Have you got any bread?” And the bartender starts getting angry: “we haven’t got any bread, what do you think this is a Delta Sky Club?”
New rewards credit card company Cardless has some strong new products, including one of the best no annual fee cards in the market. And now may be the best time to get two of their cards, because of a new offer that lets you earn up to 100,000 bonus points in your first year – indeed this amounts to earning up to 10% back on your spending for a year.
Over at The Points Guy there have been several articles promoting train travel – and in particular travel travel public policy – and they’re really odd.
Amtrak isn’t as safe as air travel. And travelers shouldn’t be subsidized out of the pockets of non-travelers. The argument that “airlines get subsidies too” is an argument for fewer subsidies not an excuse for more. Train travel has a role to play in certain places but isn’t a panacea.
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U.S. residents seeking to escape the Taliban will be charged up to $2,000 for evacuation. For a family of 5 U.S. citizens that runs $10,000.
I tested it at my most frequent stay property. The rate was taking 15% off of the ‘Standard’ rate. In this case the AAA rates and Member rates were the same – and this ‘corporate rate for anyone’ beat them both. In fact it was $13 better than the Member (and AAA) advance purchase rate – without advance purchase required.
There won’t be any cocktails in coach on American Airlines, at least until 2022. And you can blame the Biden administration’s transportation mask mandate for that.
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