News and notes from around the interweb:
- I see this same complaint about Delta, United and American posted to social media every day and the airlines do nothing to solve it. Here’s why gate agents make you check your carry-on bags even before the bins fill up.
@united why are you making travelers gate check bags when there are literally 10s of open bins? Dishonest to tell travelers there is no room only to come on board to see bins are less than half full. Ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/d5SKthM9zD
— Jessica Schupak (@whatssheeating) February 11, 2025
- My tribe may not actually control Hollywood, the media and financial markets but apparently we do control Hyatt earnings? Blame the Jews!
Shares of Hyatt Hotels fell as the company said fourth-quarter business was hurt by the presidential election—and the High Holy Days. …The news sent its shares down nearly 11% in early trading. Part of the reason, the company said: group demand that was impacted by the election—something other travel companies have noted in their own results—but also “the shift of the Jewish holidays.”
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur occurred in early October last year after falling in September, or the third quarter, of 2023, which could have kept more Jewish travelers home to observe the holidays during the period.
- New Orleans airport is sinking
- Space in front of a passenger is theirs – up until the seat back or bulkhead in front of them. There it is. That’s my ruling.
If there’s no seat in front of you, whose space is it? @garyleff pic.twitter.com/XrPOaZANDj
— Matt Colbert (@MattCAviation) February 12, 2025
- Flying Blue elites lose access to complimentary waitlist and discounted purchase for Delta Comfort+
- Barclays and Wyndham have renewed their co-brand agreement but with recent changes to the ‘Business Earner’ card I’m not sure how much people care.
“Blame the…” and “your tribe” …oof. Your words, not mine.
‘If those (bigots) could read, they’d be very upset.’
Regarding the FB elite loss of access to Delta comfort+: big deal. Delta never honored it before, and I’ve not been less than 20 deep on the upgrade just. In any case, from my perspective, this “premium” airline has refused its legal duty of care, claiming that its decision to involuntary downgrade me is the responsibility of the European originating airline to reimburse, then refusing to reply when said airline forwards the request. And it’s not like the regulation is ambiguous on this point.
Their crappy treatment isn’t worth the premium. So, I ain’t hurt: that’s codifying what should be common knowledge: avoid DL, and if you end up on DL, remember that they will, at least in my experience, use almost every dirty trick to profit off of you. So act accordingly.
That’s cool that they tried to solve the sinking issue bayou-sing pilings for the new terminal at MSY.
(I’ll see mysef out)
Here’s the problem. The gate agent doesn’t know whether bin space will run out but if it does that’s likely going to force the flight to leave late. So gate agents proactively prevent the problem. You can’t have your cake and eat it too. You can have gate agents not force gate check but be willing to accept late flights when it becomes a cluster fu&K as people try to swim upstream with bags. Choose your poison.
@George: Are gate agents unable to count?
I know the count can’t be exact, but could not also a FA be tasked with stopping more bags from coming on the plane at the door if the bins fill up when they are still coming down the jetway?
On the overhead space issue, we know why gate agents don’t care so much about ‘your’ bag–they’re hustling to get everyone on-board and keep their schedules–they overworked and underpaid, so they ‘work their wage,’ so to speak. Gary has already reported on this in his earlier post (which he linked above). My hope is that passengers continue to highlight the issue via social media or complaints to the airline, which may help get the message across that we’d actually like to try to put our bags up first, even if we need to eventually gate-check. Give us the option, please.
I’d take the pink tag, walk down the jetway and simply carry my bag on. But then, I usually board fairly early.