News and notes from around the interweb:
- Westjet pilots realize what it’s like to sit in coach. They don’t like it, either.
- First-time Rakuten shopping portal users get $50 (or 5,000 Amex points) for spending $50 at any of its merchants. The easy, quick win before this offer ends September 30th is just to go to GiftCards.com through the portal and buy a $50 gift card for Uber, DoorDash, Southwest Airlines or Delta.
I prefer Membership Rewards points – link an eligible Amex card and set Rakuten to pay out in points. But this is essentially a ‘free’ $50.
- Really frustrated with how American Airlines sells basic economy:
Time to start a class action law suit pic.twitter.com/epnj27zNJl
— MERICA MEMED (@Mericamemed) October 3, 2025
- I’d comment on this, but at a Priority Pass lounge it’s almost de rigueur…
That is one of the sofa cushions she’s resting her bare feet on
byu/WhateverWombat inPriorityPass - Hilarious. And the rest of the passengers surely appreciate the effort.
Father of the year pic.twitter.com/Ch0pKjVRWp
— Xavier ✞ (@RealXavier011) October 1, 2025
- This crewmember remembers which direction traffic flowed over the Berlin Wall…
Now I know y’all are joking
byu/Accomplished-Edge-17 incabincrewcareers
I have a solution… airlines can adopt La Compagnie’s model of a321neos with only business lie-flat in 2-2. Great range, fuel efficient, can go to most major and minor airports, cross most oceans, and everyone’s comfortable. Not thaaat much more expensive…
Never ran into that problem with AA, but I usually use the app to buy my tickets — that’s shady. (Btw, the end of that video is a mood).
Friendly clarification, the Rakuten promotion got extended and is now going through 12/31. Quite the jolly promotion for the holiday season!
The Rakuten expires 30 Sept? Isn’t it already October ?
Westjet is the least comfortable of the major Canadian airlines. The only reasons it survives is that it is the only reasonable option in many western Canadian airports, and it owns Sunwing, the vacation airline. It is always my last choice to fly on, unless I can get a product better than economy (i.e., Premium seats).