News and notes from around the interweb:
- Tip the front desk at check-in in Las Vegas and ask them to remove resort fees finally a use for the rapidly spreading idea of front desk check-in tipping and a new twist on the $20 trick. This guest spent $50 to save $200, not bad!
- GHA Discovery gives D$5 bonus for each stay booked via app that’s down from $15, but still more generous than other chains!
- Rhapsody In Blue has entered the public domain.
United Airlines is fundamentally intertwined with George Gershwin’s 1924 Rhapsody in Blue. It’s hard to imagine that when Continental Airlines management took over they considered dropping the song which the airline has used since the 1980s. United was the first commercial brand ever to license it, for an annual fee of $300,000 at the time.
The Gershwin piece wasn’t just used on board and in commercials but also a version was recorded for the ‘trippy tunnel’ connecting United concourses at Chicago O’Hare.
- Is she just mad that only 13% of Delta first class seats are going to upgrades?
- Should hopes and dreams for the New Year be aspirational (and seemingly unrealistic) or grounded and more modest? Which one is this?
One of my wishes for 2025 is that @AmericanAir flight attendants provide proper service to First Class passengers instead of drinking tea and watching YouTube videos pic.twitter.com/r3klAyWiD8
— Saianel (@saianel) January 1, 2025
- Yaaasss! Even down-market IndiGo knows.
IndiGo has signs everyone would love on Delta planes
byu/Gohanto indelta
Most LV hotels would fire a front desk agent for taking a bribe to remove resort fees (and all is on camera plus in billing system so seriously doubt this works much if at all).
Frankly, the old tip for an upgrade is BS IMHO but then at least there is no real impact since moved to a room that would likely otherwise be empty (no much walk up business in casinos). However don’t try $20 if you want to grovel and beg for an upgrade – $100 is more like it in 2025.
Or you could do what I do and gamble enough that rooms are comped and I don’t pay resort fees
On Las Vegas: Aren’t we ‘over’ this place by now? Like, there are so many better destinations in the world. I get it if you have an awful work conference there, but to go willingly? Sheesh. With the proliferation of online betting, why bother anymore with the carcinogenic smoke-filled casinos, excessive heat, and super annoying shuttle to the rental car center at LAS. Even the Centurion lounge there is overrated.
On United: Good riddance to that song. Speaking of, their new safety video with the ball is weak; bring back the one with playful portrayals of your destinations around the world. I wanna see those Chinese lanterns released again!
If they hadn’t kowtowed to the big copyright holders and kept the old law they worked under when they created the art, every book, movie, and song from 1968 and prior would be in the public domain. Thanks Sonny, I’m sure Cher is thankful.
Abetting illegal bribery of hotel personnel is a new low even for bloggers.