News and notes from around the interweb:
- Passenger throws water on flight attendants after they refuse to give him a written apology
- Still available: $20 free on your next restaurant meal
- 6800 American Airlines passengers missed their flights due to long TSA screening lines in just one week. American’s policy priority needs to be combating security theater and not lobbying for handouts under the guise of ‘fairness’ in competition. (HT: Alan H.)
- 2017 British Airways and Iberia off-peak redemption dates announced
- Alaska Airlines will no longer be able to register aircraft with ‘AS’ because the FAA is running out of designations
- EU directive tells airlines to give passenger data to authorities
- Comenity bank can repossess stuff you buy with their credit cards if you don’t pay (HT: Alan H.) Comenity will lose the Virgin America co-brand when the Virgin America Elevate program is subsumed into Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan.
You don’t miss an opportunity to bash AA’s campaign to expose the absurdity of the Middle East airline subsidies Yes, very long TSA lines are bad for AA. Multi-billion government subsidies to its competitors is also bad for AA. This week, AA has been very vocal against both these wrongs. Are they only allowed to complain against one injustice? You speak on multiple topics each week. They can’t?