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News and notes from around the interweb: Hyatt is offering double points starting with your second stay in Europe, Africa, the Middle East & Asia Pacific from July 1, 2023 – September 15, 2023. Registration required prior to first stay. Frontier Airlines is in a lease dispute with Wells Fargo over 10% of its aircraft Follow your dreams. When you follow your dreams they can really take off…Kevin Ray quit his job and started watching planes full time. How is planespotting a job? His @airlinevideos became a YouTube hit. From @cbssaturday: pic.twitter.com/2lYGIkgV8P — Kris Van Cleave (@krisvancleave) June 17, 2023 15% bonus on transfers from Citi to Cathay Pacific Asia Miles through July 22, 2023. Cathay Pacific will hire more cabin crew from mainland China continues Hong Kong’s turn inward, remember that mainland bosses already…
Chase is offering a 20% bonus on transfers from Ultimate Rewards to Air Canada Aeroplan through July 31, 2023.
Interpol is has been asked to track down a New York-based comedian at the request of Malaysia, because she told a joke about Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. While the joke was criminally un-funny, but she’s an American and this is an abuse of power that should concern all Americans.
Female cabin crew at Hainan Airlines – and only women – face immediate suspension if they are 10% above the airline’s ‘standard’ weight limit for their height, as part of the carrier’s image program. It seems to be hurting their image more than helping it? Or maybe it’s guerilla marketing to sell tickets.
Readers have shared a frustration by e-mail and in the comments to various posts about access to Virgin Atlantic Clubhouses in the U.S. using their credit cards which are supposed to provide them entry.
Access rules can be complicated, but it appears that especially for the San Francisco lounge, a manager there has instructed staff to in essence violate their contract and deny access out of an antipathy for credit card guests.
This filing by Alaska certainly suggests Seattle – Shanghai is at least still alive, and hints by American to employees in March that they could fly Seattle to Singapore suggest that they’re still working on a strategy that could come to fruition for Seattle-based Asia flying, perhaps when the new Boeing 787-9s that American has on order begin to deliver.
I’ve never heard of Global Airlines but they have a website. The site doesn’t tell you very much. Apparently the founder runs homesharing site HolidaySwap.com, which I’d never heard of.
However they report acquiring an Airbus A380 from Doric Aviation, with plans to take delivery of 3 more of the used aircraft in the coming months in order to launch service from London to New York and Los Angeles in the spring of next year.
One of the controversial views I hold in miles and points is that – as much as I believe fuel surcharges on award tickets are offensive and destructive – I will pay them when there’s good premium cabin award availability at a reasonable mileage price.
I’ve flown British Airways from Austin to London many, many times.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
