News and notes from around the interweb:
- Don’t do it. Don’t be these Dallas – Sacramento passengers.
@AmericanAir Is it part of your sop to allow passengers standing while the plane is taxiing? Aa2448 pic.twitter.com/gWy4x1S9qZ
— johnscottishere (@johnscottishere) June 25, 2025
- Point.me sends me promo code VIEWFROMTHEWING4 will provide 4 months free on their annual Standard plan and a $33 off the annual Premium plan. If you’re interested in their premium award search offerings, that’s a significant discount.
- Not confidence-inspiring.
@AmericanAir your armrest in 4B on this 737 is incorrect (looks like a right/left swap — see how it overhangs & comes up short in the back?).
Noticed it because it “grabbed” both my seat mate and I. Hazardous.
Worries me what else the maintenance crew installed backwards. pic.twitter.com/AfmXl0hkdj— Matt Beebe (@TheMattBeebe) June 24, 2025
- We all deal with flying in our own way.
She's definitely down bad pic.twitter.com/5wsQfcL2qX
— aka (@akafaceUS) June 23, 2025
- New Sky Club and Delta One lounge in Seattle plus they’re copying Alaska’s plan to launch Seattle – Rome. The two cities have never had non-stop service before, and now they’ll have a two airlines flying the route.
- How Hotels, Once a Last Resort, Became New York’s Default Answer to Homelessness (HT: Paul H)
- You may think it’s funny to kiss someone while you have a runny nose. But it’s snot.
- Bilt to last? Inside the points-obsessed startup that rewards you for paying rent on time “It crossed $400 million in annual run rate in the first quarter of 2025, and expects to cross $1 billion in ARR by spring 2026. ”
On point.me, don’t we already get this through Amex? It’s a good cross-reference (in addition to Google Flights, Amex Travel, and of course proprietary airline websites, etc.) Of course, it doesn’t have all airlines, which is a shame. Also, get the ‘Points Path’ (separate entity) extension for Google Flights. All helpful for ‘free/included’ entry-level flight and award search services.
@L737 — ‘S,NOT’ is another good one! I recall we’d shared several between us the last time Gary found a good one. Keep it going!
Still better than SHI*T
When sitting in F on a narrow-body on AA, I always try and get either the aisle bulkhead or the second row aisle seat which coincidentally provides a direct view of the FA sitting in the jump seat. I’m always amazed at how the FA normally has his/her head buried in their phone during taxiing and thus, not paying any attention looking down the aisle for people out of their seats. On take-off, I have seen an overhead bin pop open and the FA had no clue since she had here head buried in her phone. Finally, a passenger got out of their seat to close the bin once airborn.
@Craig Jones — Did you remember to ‘look for the union label’?
@ Gary — Bilt is a house of cards waiting to collapse.
@JS, is the FA supposed to get up and close the bin while the plane is accelerating to take off? your concern for their safety is admirable.
short of a long distance Tazer, there is no way to stop the idiots who do this. the FAs are required to stay buckled in, just like the passengers. what would be nice is to fine the people for violating the FARs. but again, No enforcement by anyone (/agency).
@Alex — Your concern over @JS’s concern is also admirable. Let’s all admire each other a bit more. Aww. I will say, on the tazer idea, the folks at Axon would love your idea. As John Oliver reminded us, if anyone dies or gets hurt, it’s ‘Excited Delirium,’ not the tazer that kills them.
@Gene — I’d’ve said so a little while back, but I think with all the negative CSR changes, actually BILT (and Wells) will be alright in the end. For the 2x Travel, I may revert to their Mastercard. They got the same transfers (and then some) as Chase. Ankur must be pleased.
@1990 — I saw another “FUN,K” on the upgrade list yesterday on one of my flights but no other names of note on my latest trip — lame!
@L737 — Ah, how… KOO,L (& the) GAN,G.
@Alex – re-read my post. No where did I state that the FA should just jump from her seat to close the bin. I stated that once the plane was AIRBORN, a fellow passenger got up and closed the bin. The point being that even once safe to get up, the FA STILL HAD NO CLUE that the bin was open due to the fact that her face was buried in her phone. Please don’t make false assumptions and read things into my post that were not stated.
@JS — I’m gonna re-read both of your comments, because I’m a glutton for punishment. Oh, ‘how deliciously absurd!’