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Woman Kicked Off Flight Because She Had Cramps From Her Period

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Feb 20 2018

Airlines don’t want passengers onboard who will spread disease or cause a diversion. Flight crew aren’t always best-positioned to judge this, but they’re in a position where they have to. And airlines often do things out of an abundance of caution, although nearly every time you hear that phrase it’s a cover for stupidity.

Beth Evans was flying Emirates from Birmingham in the U.K. to Dubai. She told her boyfriend about her cramps. A flight attendant overheard the conversation and started quizzing her about it.

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Alaska Airlines Quickly Rolls Back Limits on Last Minute Partner Award Booking

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Feb 15 2018

Loyalty fraud is a costly issue for programs. A lot of it originates in China.

The challenge though is limiting the cost of fraud without undercutting the value proposition of the program to legitimate members. That’s what I highlighted earlier in the week with Alaska’s new policy of prohibiting booking awards within 72 hours of travel on Cathay Pacific, JAL, or Hainan Airlines.

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Alaska Airlines Eliminates Close-in Redemptions on Cathay Pacific and JAL

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Feb 13 2018

Alaska Airlines has a fantastic award chart compared to many other airlines for premium class travel to Asia. And they have great partners, though they don’t always seem to have as much access to Cathay Pacific award space as other airlines do.

Now Cathay Pacific — and JAL — booking is about to get worse because Alaska will no longer allow reservations within 3 days of travel.

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Cathay Pacific Didn’t Launch a Low Cost Airline Because of Disgraced United CEO Jeff Smisek

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Feb 13 2018

United CEO Jeff Smisek was ousted in September 2015 with a $37 million golden parachute after he reportedly agreed to pay off a politician in exchange for favorable action from the Port Authority of New York New Jersey which oversees their Newark airport hub.

It turns out he may have done as much as anyone to preserve the Cathay Pacific brand.

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Cathay Pacific Credit Card Increases Bonus, Adds First Year Fee Waiver for Limited Time

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Jan 16 2018

Cathay Pacific launched its new US credit card back in February. It’s issued by Synchrony Bank.

Initially the signup bonus on the card was 25,000 points after $2500 spend within 90 days for this $95 annual fee card. In late summer they ran a 50,000 point signup offer.

Today they launched a new offer for the card which bonuses all foreign transaction spend: 35,000 miles after $2500 spend within 90 days and a $0 annual fee the first year.

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RUMOR: Cathay Pacific Cancels Dine on Demand in Business Class, Introducing Buy On Board in Coach

Jan 03 2018

Cathay Pacific is reportedly cancelling its planned roll out of ‘dine on demand’ in business class and introducing ‘buy on board’ meals on some shorter economy flights in place of complimentary food.

Flight crew hated having to offer dine on demand, and charging for food in economy means big cost savings boarding far fewer meals on flights like Hong Kong – Manila and overnight flights to North Asia.

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250 Free AsiaMiles

250 Free AsiaMiles
Jan 31 2006

Cathay Pacific is offering 250 AsiaMiles for completing a short survey on duty free. (This offer is currently listed on the front page of the Cathay Pacific website under Hot News.) Update 2/3/06: Survey seems to have closed and is no longer available.

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