News and notes from around the interweb:
- 30% bonus on points transfers to Etihad in October Marriott, Citibank and Capital One points are eligible, American Express Membership Rewards not so much.
Etihad Airbus A380 First Class Apartment - The new American Express Centurion Lounge at New York JFK opens this week, adding to the re-opened Philadelphia and Seattle. Later this month Charlotte, San Francisco, Houston Intercontinental and Dallas Fort Worth will re-open as well.
Centurion Lounge Dallas Fort Worth - Star Alliance member SAS isn’t only scaling back the food the provide they are limiting how much of their own food passengers can bring on board, too.
- Even without additional subsidy, Alaska Airlines reduced its workforce by 532 instead of the predicted 4200. That’s great news.
- Southwest Airlines raised the price of Rapid Rewards gift card redemptions those are real cash out the door, rather than filling their own planes which is merely an internal transfer.
- After this, no more reminders are necessary.
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— Ian Petchenik (@petchmo) October 6, 2020
In 1958, at the behest of TWA and PanAm, IATA ruled that European airlines were serving sandwiches that were too luxurious and ordered them to cease. How times have changed.
https://time.com/4096427/great-sandwich-war-of-1958/