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Passengers on board American Airlines flight AA1242 from Washington National to Phoenix broke out in chants of “USA! USA!” at the start of the flight. The captain came on to announce a warning: zero tolerance for inflight shenanigans, or he’d be diverting enroute.
The chants were captured by a passenger who finds it ‘un-American’ to object to the onboard demonstration.
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, serially defenestrated by Donald Trump for the past four years, is viewed as insufficiently supportive of the President by Trump’s supporters – at least by those who came to DC this week and stormed the Capitol.
The President’s supporters found Lindsey Graham flying American Airlines at Washington’s National airport’s C pier and confronted him as a “liar” and a “traitor” for breaking with Trump’s disputing of the election outcome this week. And one raises the QAnon conspiracy calling him a pedophile.
If you’re going to take a Senator to task for flying in luxury, please don’t make it one who is flying extra legroom coach. Currently Delta’s “Comfort+” seats no longer even come with complimentary booze.
Flight attendants union head Sara Nelson called for DC protestors to be banned from flying and now the House Homeland Security Committee, under Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) is calling on the TSA and FBI to add protestors to the No Fly List.
The No Fly List is a civil liberties nightmare. Expanding its use will be abused in dangerous ways. We should follow the rule of law – precisely the principle we were defending against on Wednesday at the Capitol.
A former airline employee has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for using fake airline credentials to book 1953 free flights on Spirit Airlines over a 21 month period.
He was a Mesa Airlines employee for four months in 2015 before being fired by the regional airline. He learned to use his employee travel benefits from Mesa to fly Spirit with his credentials.
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.
While conflict with Israel gets the most press in the U.S., the primary conflict in the Mideast is between Saudi Arabia (along with Turkey) seeking Sunni influence in the region and working to counter Shia Iran. The conflict in Syria, for instance, is largely a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The Saudis have fought Iran-backed rebels in Yemen over the past several years.
Part of this conflict is a 3.5 year old blocked of Qatar by the UAE and Saudi Arabia which ended Tuesday, and the first Qatar Airways flight has just flown through Saudi airspace.
I’ve gone ahead and booked a couple more sets of 3 business class award roundtrips for later in 2021 thanks to United opening up award seats across the board on many of its toughest to get routes like Houston – Sydney and San Francisco – Singapore. There are even dates where you’ll find 9 or more business class award seats available.
Other open destinations include San Francisco – Bangalore, San Francisco – Tel Aviv, and Newark – Venice (albeit this last with only modest availability).
Air Canada and Virgin Australia are now partners. Aeroplan redemptions on Virgin Australia are even available for online booking already.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
