News and notes from around the interweb:
- Stories like these are always amazing.
This man wasn’t allowed to board the plane that just crashed in Vinhedo in São Paulo, Brazil because he was LATE.
He argued with the man at the boarding gate, but ended up hugging him after hearing the plane had crashed.
This is unbelievable… pic.twitter.com/wrplK3lVr4
— Cillian (@CilComLFC) August 9, 2024
- I had $1,500 in expenses during Delta’s CrowdStrike meltdown, and they’re only reimbursing $69.11
- Marriott sues franchisee for turning NYC Aloft/Element into migrant shelter and leaving Marriott’s branding up, while not paying fees.
- Hotels want you to tip housekeeping so they can hire housekeepers with lower wages. Oh, and so management can steal the tips.
- In the spring I wrote about a Marriott in Mexico demanding a guest sign a nondisclosure agreement in order to honor their upgrade benefit. Now we see a Hyatt in Mexico demanding an NDA to provide compensation for a bad stay.
- Grocery shopping behaviors could serve as a proxy for creditworthiness
Wow! Saved by G-d!!!
I don’t understand why Marriott would allow a franchisee to open a duo Aloft–Element property. I know duo properties are a trend as it allows an owner to operate two distinct hotels with one staff and one set of resources like laundry, etc, but normally you see an extended-stay brand paired with a full-service brand or a low-end limited-service brand paired with an extended-stay brand. Aloft and Element are the legacy Starwood equivalents to Moxy and Courtyard, except Element (at least in Starwood days) had Westin bedding. I don’t believe Element has become an extended-stay brand.
We tried to book 1 night due to a layover at jfk in December this year and the price is high. Did not expect such prices at the hotels there and I do not want to say at a flee trap
About mgmt stealing tips, I’ve wondered about that. If I don’t have a DND sign out someone comes around knocking on doors in the morning, who is clearly not the housekeeper, saying they’re housekeeping. I assumed they’re just checking to make sure no one’s in the rooms, but I remember thinking there’s nothing preventing them from stealing the tips.
@Moe – so I guess God had some vendetta against the 60+ people who actually made it on the crashed plane?
I’m a believer and I praise the good lord for giving us minds to come up with and improve things like aviation, but I really don’t think God personally controls flight manifests.
@William – I think you’re reading too much into what he said. Chill.
That truly is the luckiest guy in the World today.
At the linked article: “More than 1 in 5 New York City hotels are now shelters.” Wow!
I would guess this passenger was really lucky
@Brian
No misunderstanding at all. If your god saved that one guy, your god let the other 62 die.
All ATR’s should be grounded. This sounds exactly like the 1990’s American Eagle crash in Indiana due to ICING! I refuse to fly on them since. My prayers go out to the families.
Also, brings back my childhood memories of the PSA crash in San Diego. My Dad was to be on that flight but missed it. No cell phone and phone service at the airport was down. My Dad walked in the house a few hours later. . .ever since, me and my wife (and my Mom and Dad) make sure we keep informed of flight changes.
Re: Using grocery shopping behavior: How the heck do they propose to collect the data? The shopper isn’t paying with a credit card, so there’s nothing to tie them to their actions. And if a grocery store is passing info about what I purchased to the CC company or anyone else, I’m switching grocery stores.
I suppose someone who wants to build a record of credit-worthiness might agree to such monitoring, but it’s a stretch.