United Takes Steps to Avoid More Pet Deaths

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15% transfer bonus from American Express Membership Rewards to Avianca LifeMiles through October 31. This is on top of current transfer bonuses to JetBlue and Air France KLM. (HT: @IadisGr8)
Dubai now lets tourists obtain alcohol permits at certain retail stores after signing a pledge that they aren’t Muslim and will obey local laws. This comes as the city suffers an economic slump and declining liquor sales.
United takes steps to avoid harming pets on Boeing 787s – by refusing to carry any as cargo.

Given @united’s PR history with animals, I wonder if this is an abundance of caution issue, or whether there have been real problems. Anyone know? This from the internal comms. pic.twitter.com/PALWYDSurE

— Brian Sumers (@BrianSumers) October 24, 2019
How the Queen travels.
KLM recycles plastic bottles, and uses the material to 3D print maintenance tools. Forget flight shaming and by the way hotels should do this instead of eliminating single use toiletries. Airlines need to go on a PR offensive with more of this stuff.

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