News and notes from around the interweb:
- First look at the Las Vegas Atari hotel
- Hertz, with $1.65 billion debtor-in-possession financing
The Hertz Resurrection @Pontifex pic.twitter.com/MnuBlpYY9q
— litquidity (@litcapital) October 16, 2020
- San Francisco airport has a brand new USO lounge
- British Airways devalued short haul award pricing primarily an issue for Europeans.
- Oy, Boeing
The U.S. Army has stopped accepting Apache helicopters from Boeing after the company found that an employee kept “improper” records concerning parts installed on the aircraft.
It’s the latest quality-control issue to bedevil America’s largest planemaker, which is trying to shift its company’s culture and repair its public image after two deadly airliner crashes and a production line that left tools and trash inside new tanker aircraft.
- Changes to American Airlines check-in kiosks.
“Exciting enhancements” huh? I really despise it when companies try that fake happiness BS. I once had a Hyatt Place give me a letter with “Great news!” (including the exclamation point). The news was that they were coming in my room to replace the mattresses. Um, no, that may be great news for the next guest, but for me you are interrupting my workday.
I don’t have a problem with the new kiosks, but I foresee a frustrating transition, as lots of frequent flyers are going to be showing up with no printed boarding pass, assuming they can still simply insert the AA Mastercard into the kiosk and go.
Anyone else think the drawings of the Atari hotel are reminiscent of the Contemporary hotel at Disneyworld?
LOL AA: exciting? Mundane and unremarkable.
As an AA EXP: I’ve always checked in by just entering my frequent flyer number – can’t imagine doing it any other way.
“As an AA EXP: I’ve always checked in by just entering my frequent flyer number – can’t imagine doing it any other way.” same here and I always wondered why I had to go to the second screen of options to do so.
There is clearly some unspoken reason why AA is eliminating some of the ways to access your reservation at the kiosk. I’m wondering if TSA is involved. Passenger convenience is definitely not the main reason for these changes.
Charlie says: “There is clearly some unspoken reason why AA is eliminating some of the ways to access your reservation at the kiosk.”
My guess is that they just ordered a new set of kiosks and they eliminated the swipe reader to make them cheaper. If they eliminate the swipe option now, people won’t put two and two together when maybe next year the new kiosks arrive.