News and notes from around the interweb:
- Quite something, truly.
British Airways 777 parking at Delhi airport during intense fog
byu/AshMain_Beach inaviation - When your frequent flyer program makes changes you hate, you need to show them you’re serious when you say this influences your business.
BA Members: If you see a status match offer, I highly recommend you do it. The reasons go beyond the opportunity of choice, here's why:-
BA doesn't listen to member feedback.
But they will listen to:
– Media
– ShareholdersWhen you, as a BAEC bronze/silver/gold/GGL take-up a…
— Mark (@drdoot) January 9, 2025
- Chinese airlines rush into Europe as western carriers retreat (FT)
- Choice Privileges is such a dumpster fire, increasing redemption prices as much as 100% seemed like something they would do, but it’s been rolled back and they say it’s a glitch. It would have been hard for me to get up my outrage and feature this as a standalone piece anyway because the program is so bad to begin with.
- Avianca LifeMiles elite program improvements
- Poor life choices “To the dude in 8A on the [Delta] flight from Detroit to Green Bay today who cracked open a whole [..] tin of sardines and started smashing them. You’re a menace to society.”
Choice points+ cash are a good value sometimes, personally in the Caribbean I’ve used it where they have some decent properties
Have been through DEL a few times between November-February, and wow, the smog is intense! Automatic sore-throat, itchy-eyes, cough. It’s not just the coal–they burn the crops post-harvest, and the surrounding mountains trap in that air. Very dry, little rain, many problems.