News and notes from around the interweb:
- United appears to have started limiting saver awards that are offered to partner airlines partner programs like Air Canada no longer have as much availability as MileagePlus members.
- New Emirates Miami – Bogota flight can now be booked using points
- Chinese carrier China Eastern, part-owned by Delta, offers paid upgrades to business class after takeoff
- A look at the future Southwest concourse at LAX
- She’s an unaccompanied minor.
- S.F. says it will sue if Oakland airport goes through with planned name change I don’t love the proposed name change to include the San Francisco in the name of the Oakland airport but it’s not like SFO is actually in San Francisco, either…
- I used to think this alone should disqualify someone rom public office.
He even goes to the washroom barefoot… pic.twitter.com/DIBjKCc6Pa
— Just Joe (@Just__Joe_) April 9, 2024
- Ann Arbor Marriott re-opens after threat during Furry Con – for second year in a row (HT: Ken A)
Bomb threat at #MCFC2024 2 years in a row, lets gooooo!!! pic.twitter.com/qzk0SNyICt
— Scoops! plushieyeen.bsky.social (@SpoonsScoops) April 7, 2024
It seems like US Airlines have a glut of miles that they issued from non-flying (credit cards, shopping portals) and they are looking for ways to get that liability out of the picture.
Meanwhile, I believe airlines in the the rest of the world mostly issue their miles from flying or having the customer purchase them at lousy rates.
This may start a decoupling from US-based airlines and everyone else where they’re part of an alliance, but partner award flights become severely limited.
Don’t forget Aeroplan is still blocking a large amount of partners (EY, NH, etc)
SFO airport *is* in the City and County of San Francisco, which owns all the underlying land.
It’s not physically attached to the rest of it’s land, similarity to e.g. Point Roberts, which is in the USA even if to drive there you need to go through Canada.
SFO is not in the city nor the county of San Francisco. It is in an unincorporated area of San Mateo County (San Mateo County is the county south of San Francisco.) The City and County of San Francisco owns the land and has resisted any attempt to incorporate it into one of the nearby cities. San Francisco City and County does not have a strip of land under the San Francisco Bay attaching the airport property to to it. It is not unusual for cities to own land outside of their incorporated area. A common reason for doing so is to own a watershed so as to transport the fresh water to the city.