News and notes from around the interweb:
- As Billy Idol said in The Wedding Singer, “And since we let our first class passengers do, pretty much whatever they want…” Pickleball at the Emirates A380 business class bar.
- Clean your planes, United.
@united I just boarded business class from #IAD to #ZRH. Is this mildew or mold on on the side? Why is there so much leftover food and trash still here on a flight that was just boarded?!? #UnitedAirlines #CustomerFeedback @FlySWISS @lufthansa might need to find new partners pic.twitter.com/lowIOIKmRc
— GlobalPopFan (@GlobalPopFan) January 18, 2024
- They’ve cracked the code.
@SouthwestAir why are you pre boarding an entire team of healthy young people? I upgraded my flight but for what purpose if you are doing this? pic.twitter.com/pNZU9RNho5
— Dallas Nichols (@dallasdnichols) January 18, 2024
- If an airline is giving you a free hotel when you’re delayed overnight, it’s probably not somewhere that you want to stay. Book a room yourself if you can. Submit the expense to credit card trip delay coverage if you’re eligible.
@AmericanAir this is the hotel you put me in. @EvenHotels Miami Airport room 436 GROSS pic.twitter.com/oDZwDMKo36
— Marc Bowyer, Sr. (@MarcBowyer) January 18, 2024
- Umm.
- Respect to United for still doing Hemispheres, the ‘Three Perfect Days’ feature has always been a highlight.
There’s no better feeling than boarding a flight and finding your story on the cover of the magazine at every single seat!
Check out my Three Perfect Days in Taipei story in @hemispheresmag on all @united flights this month…or the online version here: https://t.co/szMje84778 pic.twitter.com/xogzZUM6Tz
— Rachel Chang 張舒雅 | Travel & Pop Culture Journalist (@RachelChang) January 19, 2024
Imagine finishing dinner and getting all comfortable to sleep, only to be woken up by a pickelball game being played in the galley. That is absolutely ridiculous.
We always choose the front business cabin so there’s no noise from the bar. But it hasn’t been particularly rowdy on any flight we’ve been on.
Suspect this was a promo.
Ah, giant cockroaches. Or as I call them the Florida State Bird.
Recognize the continuing theme not to take the hotel the airline provides, but when my Lufthansa flight out of O’Hare was delayed due to weather such that I would miss my connection in Frankfurt, they re-routed me to the next day & put me at the Marriott for the night.