This week Swiss made first class award space broadly available. Usually Swiss first class awards are offered only to Miles & More elite members, but a couple of times recently they've opened these seats to partner members who have had no issues with ...

SWISS First Class Awards Cancelled, Aeroplan is “Not Pleased” and more...  In This Issue...  SWISS First Class Awards Cancelled, Aeroplan is “Not Pleased”  American Will Pay Pilots Double to Solve Their Christmas Fiasco  One Surprising Award Redemption Benefit to the US Airline Fight With Gulf Carriers  Delta Fibbed About Cancellations and Passenger Flirted With Feds After Biting Flight Attendants  A Theory on Why American Airlines Offers Flagship Dining  Flyertalk Member Used Secret Congressional Fund to Settle Sexual Misconduct Charges  TSA PreCheck Could Get Much Easier to Sign Up For After September 2018  How to Pool Your Travel to Maximize Points-Earning and Status Benefits  More Recent Articles SWISS First Class Awards Cancelled, Aeroplan is “Not Pleased” This week Swiss made first class award space broadly available. Usually Swiss first class awards are offered only to Miles & More elite members, but a couple of times recently they've opened these seats to partner members who have had no issues with their bookings or travel. However this time it appears reservations have been cancelled. Continue reading SWISS First Class Awards Cancelled, Aeroplan is “Not Pleased”...          • Email to a friend •   American Will Pay Pilots Double to Solve Their Christmas Fiasco Yesterday American Airlines announced that they had worked things out with their pilots union and there would be no cancellations at Christmas as a result of failing to schedule people to fly. The work out is to pay pilots double instead of time and a half. Continue reading American Will Pay Pilots Double to Solve Their Christmas Fiasco...          • Email to a friend •   One Surprising Award Redemption Benefit to the US Airline Fight With Gulf Carriers Although there are standards and templates, each Star Alliance partner negotiates bilaterally with every other partner over mileage credit and redemption prices. Non-alliance partners, of course, do as well. And those re-negotiations can stall. Continue reading One Surprising Award Redemption Benefit to the US Airline Fight With Gulf Carriers...          • Email to a friend •   Delta Fibbed About Cancellations and Passenger Flirted With Feds After Biting Flight Attendants A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading Delta Fibbed About Cancellations and Passenger Flirted With Feds After Biting Flight Attendants...          • Email to a friend •   A Theory on Why American Airlines Offers Flagship Dining American seems no stranger to the idea of elaborate schemes to simultaneously present a premium product on the one hand while limiting investment in it on the other. So I say Flagship Dining lasts as long as the United Polaris lounge concept grows and continues to offer sit down dining -- something that appears by no means assured. Continue reading A Theory on Why American Airlines Offers Flagship Dining...          • Email to a friend •   Flyertalk Member Used Secret Congressional Fund to Settle Sexual Misconduct Charges Congressman Blake Farenthold from Corpus Christi, Texas posted as farenthold on Flyertalk. The 'last activity' in his profile shows he continued to check the site while a Member of Congress. I did meet Congressman Farenthold once, at the inaugural EVA Air "Hello Kitty" flight to Houston. From his posts online, it's not much of a surprise he's caught up as the latest Member of Congress in sexual harassment allegations. Continue reading Flyertalk Member Used Secret Congressional Fund to Settle Sexual Misconduct Charges...          • Email to a friend •   TSA PreCheck Could Get Much Easier to Sign Up For After September 2018 TSA sought additional providers in 2016 to help expand PreCheck but Morpho Trust filed a bid protest (they were selected as one provider but not the sole provider) and then they sued. The agency gave up. However Morpho's sole source contract expires in September 2018. And TSA is re-opening competition for "what it calls Universal Enrollment Services (including PreCheck)." Continue reading TSA PreCheck Could Get Much Easier to Sign Up For After September 2018...          • Email to a friend •   How to Pool Your Travel to Maximize Points-Earning and Status Benefits Reader Ryan asks if it would be possible to have multiple people -- family members, co-workers -- share a rewards account to earn status together they wouldn't be able to get on their own. Here's what you can do and how to do it. Continue reading How to Pool Your Travel to Maximize Points-Earning and Status Benefits...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles Four Routes Where You Want to Avoid Flying American Airlines Loyalty Program Imploding and Watch TSA Give Gwen Stefani a Full Body Pat Down       Click here to safely unsubscribe from "View from the Wing." Click here to view mailing archives, here to change your preferences, or here to subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.