Dec
13
2020
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.
An Easy $400, If Your HR Department Will Allow It
OMG Why Did No Airline Think Of This Before? “The Safety Dance”
Dec
13
2020
Airlines have gone to some real lengths in recent years to make their safety videos memorable and sometimes funny. Often they’re just trying too hard. Some carriers like American Airlines have stayed away from this entirely with their new safety video, released by mistake.
Despite all of the effort and money that’s gone into safety videos, it’s apparently never occurred to anyone with enough influence to use Men Without Hats The Safety Dance – until now. How is this possible?
Passenger Sues Spirit Airlines Over Smelly Plane – And This Could Make Aircraft Safer
In 2013 Airbus warned of fume events from failure to clean environmental systems following leaks, and suggesting “A clean APU means clean cabin air.”
There are scores of Airbus narrowbody fume incidents across diverse carriers — including some fume occurrences leading to flight diversions and hospitalized passengers and crew — across JetBlue, Austrian, British Airways, American Airlines, Spirit, Lufthansa, easyJet, Aer Lingus, Jetstar, Germanwings, Turkish, Air France, Delta and others. And regulators may not be doing enough about it.
Man Crashes Truck Through A Fence, Scales A Plane Headed To Portland, Slips And Falls Off
Dec
13
2020
Alaska Airlines flight 1367 from Las Vegas to Portland departed over 4 hours late on Saturday after a a man drove a truck through the fence at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport and onto the tarmac – and proceeded to climb onto the wing of the Boeing 737-900.
You can see that he doesn’t stop there. He badly wants to scale the winglet. But he struggles, so he tosses his shoes overboard – at police. The man loses his balance and falls off the plane. He’s surrounded by officers and taken into custody.
Marriott Devalues Points For Home & Villa Stays, Reflecting Broader Bonvoy Points Value Reductions
Dec
12
2020
Marriott has devalued Bonvoy points for booking Homes and Villas redemptions. Marriott has a curated competitor to Airbnb, Bonvoy is one of the key selling points against this behemoth competitor with a huge head start in the space. But Marriott has chosen to erode its advantage.
Put another way, given broader devaluations in the program over the past couple of years, Marriott is just playing catchup adjusting down the value of points for homesharing stays.
Family Reports Their Two Year Old Has Been Banned From United Airlines After Refusing To Keep Mask On
Dec
12
2020
A husband and wife who say they are Silver elite members of United’s MileagePlus program report their family has been banned from United Airlines “forever” because their two year old was unwilling to keep a mask on. The child’s mother, a trainer and health coach, shares on Instagram that they ‘always fly United’ and have flown with their child four times during the pandemic without issue. So why now?
Video of the incident has been viewed over 2.3 million times in less than 24 hours.
United Airlines Will Give Better Inflight Meals To.. Its Employees
Dec
12
2020
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.
Passenger Forgets $339,000 Painting At Check-in, Airport Staff Throws It In Recycling
Dec
12
2020
This week the owner of the painting got it back. Lost items frequently stay lost which is a huge airline failure. Getting such a valuable item back seems so improbable that the story is now even confirmed at Snopes.com.
Andaz Singapore Testing New Basic Economy Room Rate
Dec
12
2020
The Andaz Singapore is taking a page from airline Basic Economy fares, offering a new ‘room only’ rate. When you think of room only, you may assume that it simply excludes breakfast or other inclusions. In this case they mean it literally: you can stay in the room, but have no access to the hotel’s gym or pool.
This also lets them sell rooms for less on third party websites without running afoul of best rate guarantees, since the restriction doesn’t apply to Hyatt direct booking rates.
Japan Airlines Rewarding Customers Who Choose To Skip Meals
Dec
12
2020
Japan Airlines has a new cost-saving measure they’re testing on Bangkok – Tokyo Haneda overnight flights (JL flight 34): letting customers choose in advance to skip meal service in exchange for an amenity kit.
