Three months ago US diplomatic employees were detained in Turkey with that country claiming there were links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen whom it says was responsible for the July 2016 coup attempt against Turkish strongman President Erdoğan. The ...

Turkey Resuming Issuance of Visas to US Citizens and more...  In This Issue...  Turkey Resuming Issuance of Visas to US Citizens  All State Drivers Licenses Will Be Accepted by TSA At Least Until October 1, 2020  Southwest Airlines Will Sell Elite Status – And the Prices are Nuts  Without a Big Order Soon Airbus Will End the A380 Program  3 Flight Crew Arrested in Singapore and New First Class Champagne: Cristal  Is Chase Sapphire Preferred Worth the Annual Fee?  Passenger Disputes Story of Basketball Players Kicked Off American Flight for Stealing Blankets  More Recent Articles Turkey Resuming Issuance of Visas to US Citizens Three months ago US diplomatic employees were detained in Turkey with that country claiming there were links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen whom it says was responsible for the July 2016 coup attempt against Turkish strongman President Erdoğan. The US suspended visa services in the country as a result, and Turkey retaliated. Today the US announced that it has resumed issuing visas in Turkey. And Turkey is lifting its restrictions as well. Continue reading Turkey Resuming Issuance of Visas to US Citizens...          • Email to a friend •   All State Drivers Licenses Will Be Accepted by TSA At Least Until October 1, 2020 The TSA has posted signs at airports saying that people living in several states will no longer be able to use drivers licenses to clear security effective January 22, 2018. Now the TSA finally confirms what I wrote two months ago: "U.S. residents in all states can use old driver's licenses until Oct. 1, 2020." Continue reading All State Drivers Licenses Will Be Accepted by TSA At Least Until October 1, 2020...          • Email to a friend •   Southwest Airlines Will Sell Elite Status – And the Prices are Nuts Like some other major US airlines, Southwest Airlines will sell you the elite qualifying points needed to earn elite status. Their offer to buy status ends Saturday. A-List is normally earned after 25 flights or 35,000 points. They'll sell you up to 15,000 points towards this goal. Continue reading Southwest Airlines Will Sell Elite Status – And the Prices are Nuts...          • Email to a friend •   Without a Big Order Soon Airbus Will End the A380 Program The Airbus A380 is popular with customers for its spaciousness, although airlines are just now starting to really squeeze passengers into it like never before. However it's never been popular with very many airlines. The plane may have cost $25 billion just to develop, but they've only delivered 217 of them -- about half to Emirates. Emirates has a few dozen more on order was on the verge of buying more at the Dubai Air Show but backed out over Airbus' unwilling to place guarantees on the program and the future of the planes and an inability to get the deal they wanted on a new engine. Continue reading Without a Big Order Soon Airbus Will End the A380 Program...          • Email to a friend •   3 Flight Crew Arrested in Singapore and New First Class Champagne: Cristal 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 3 Flight Crew Arrested in Singapore and New First Class Champagne: Cristal...          • Email to a friend •   Is Chase Sapphire Preferred Worth the Annual Fee? A no brainer the first year -- it comes with a great signup bonus of 50,000 points after $4000 spend within 3 months. In addition you get 5000 more points for adding a no annual fee authorized user to the account and making a purchase within the same time period. Those 55,000 points are a bigger signup bonus than the Sapphire Reserve has. But what about after year one? Continue reading Is Chase Sapphire Preferred Worth the Annual Fee?...          • Email to a friend •   Passenger Disputes Story of Basketball Players Kicked Off American Flight for Stealing Blankets A passenger on the plane disputes the conventional reporting about two professional basketball players being kicked off an American Airlines flight for stealing blankets. Are ESPN, the AP, Dallas Morning News and the rest of the media reporting a story all wrong? Continue reading Passenger Disputes Story of Basketball Players Kicked Off American Flight for Stealing Blankets...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles 10 Hour Tarmac Delay and No Compensation, and It's Good There's No TSA in Karachi The Mysterious Flight That Turned Back to LAX Yesterday – And the Best Source Was a Supermodel Supermodel Reports Flight Returning to LAX, Carrying Passenger Not Supposed to Be Onboard       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.