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A Jewish Rabbi was denied boarding for a Kenya Airways flight from Johannesburg to Nairobi. He’s told it’s because he appeared visibly Jewish. The rest of his travel party is permitted to travel: “You can travel, he can travel, he can travel.”
When asked if it’s because of how the rabbi looks? “That’s it, it’s not good.”
A Kenya Airways business class passenger who had “a few drinks” stayed behind after the rest of the passengers had deplaned in Paris. He’s sprawled out across two seats. But at a time when passenger behavior slouches towards Gamorrah on a daily basis, this one has an innocent explanation?
I’ve written about airlines like JetBlue and United breaking the law by refusing customer refunds. Other airlines like SWISS and British Airways have used trickery to keep customers from being aware of their refund options when purchased flights no longer operate.
Two more airlines have suspended all ticket refunds, and apparently this even includes for customers who purchased ‘refundable’ tickets.
SkyTeam member Kenya Airways is running a one day business class sale between New York JFK and Mumbai, India with pricing less than $1450 roundtrip which is incredible.
The long flight from New York to Nairobi features fully flat seats in a 2-2-2 configuration.
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Kenya Airways just launched new Nairobi – New York JFK service a couple of months ago and already they plan to scale back to five times a week at least for winter.
Nonetheless RwandAir is moving forward with service to the U.S. They aren’t quite sure yet whether that will be Newark or New York JFK. They’ll use an Airbus A330neo for the route that offers flat beds in business class and premium economy. But the flights won’t be New York – Kigali.
Capital One has done something game-changing. They’ve made their points more lucrative. Venture customers can continue to redeem their miles with no blackout dates on all travel-related purchases
— at the same rate as before. This just adds the option to transfer points to airline miles if you’d like.
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