News and notes from around the interweb:
- 90 minute virtual Hyatt timeshare presentation for 15,000 points. Must have $100,000 income and be a resident of Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Georgia; Illinois; Kansas; Maryland; Michigan; Nevada; New Mexico; North Dakota; Pennsylvania; Vermont; Wisconsin; or Wyoming. Just remember that actually buying a timeshare is the worst decision you can make.
- Etihad’s new program changes include making mileage expiration even worse and draconian new award cancel/mileage redeposit policies.
- Charlotte airport rocking chair emergency.
On a Monday morning, a passenger at #CLTairport found relaxation in a rocking chair in our Atrium. That’s when his cellphone slipped from his pocket and fell through a tree grate. One by one, CLT workers arrived to try to retrieve the phone with no luck.
That’s where Jennifer… pic.twitter.com/yHcpQVLgRW
— CLT Airport (@CLTAirport) February 22, 2024
- “Premium”
Hey @USDOT @FAANews @FAASafetyBrief is it legal to have passengers seated with a broken & sharp armrest, like this? Crew knew it was broken and tried to re-tape it. Happened to me on @Delta flight and I was annoyed / scared they didn’t move us for obvious reasons. Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/muRrD5JP2M
— @sangco (@sangco) February 22, 2024
Hi @Delta please fix your airplanes. DL1414 started leaking fluid into the cabin this afternoon and soaked our feet and bags for 1.5 hours. Posting here because your Medallion support line blew it off as being normal. pic.twitter.com/wQCbNQucLh
— Brent Shavnore (@brent_shavnore) February 23, 2024
- Air India’s new safety video is kind of awesome. I love that they’re really investing in rebranding a carrier that, until it was privatized, was really bad. Love watching this turn around.
Time-shares ? Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha .
Awwwwww …. his mobile phone fell into a grate …. poor thing .
I’m tempted to try this. A few years ago I did a vacation on the Big Island via Hilton. I went to the presentation and within 30 minutes I was out of there. Kept saying no and the salesman decided to give up on me. I had fully expected to be strong armed for 90 minutes.
My time is valuable. 15000 points isn’t worth 90 minutes and the perpetual harassment of emails and phone calls after the meeting and having to chase Hyatt to get points posted
Delta 1414 was leaking PREMIUM fluid on the passengers and they should be grateful that the airline deigned to give them that.
No way its worth 15K points. The minimum should be 30K. Its not worth it for the annoyance.
Went to a timeshare presentation at a European ski resort, out of curiosity. The salesperson gave up on me eventually after I repeatedly said I have no time for a timeshare due to other vacation commitments and too many “free” hotel nights to use myself anytime soon and seemed to have an answer for every question that indicated it wouldn’t work for me. I wanted to say “Don’t want to waste your time on me as I am just here for the freebie”, but the other travel party members there for their own “freebies” told me that I shouldn’t do that under any circumstances.
and if your single 7,500 points for 90 minutes which many land you in one of the Hyatt House homeless shelters for the night with pop tarts for breakfast which can kill you off thankfully after the excruciating painful 90 minutes sales pitch and the ongoing follow up grief till you buy
7500 Hyatt points is about 2/3 of a $230 night for me at a resort with a good breakfast and reasonable club or maybe 2 off-peak nights at a Category 1 hotel costing $90-120 per night with a basic breakfast included.
CLT pax was probably taking a breather after a 20 minute misconex and AA. Waiting for his next flight 7 hours later.
The passenger complaining about the premium fluid needs to cover up the hairy legs.