We all know what happened when musician Dave Carroll checked his guitar on a United flight. The Chiaroscuro String Quartet checked bags with British Airways. And they're honoring British Airways for the fine job they did in a very droll British ...

Watch Out United Breaks Guitars This String Quartet Serenades British Airways Over Lost Luggage and more...  In This Issue...  Watch Out United Breaks Guitars This String Quartet Serenades British Airways Over Lost Luggage  Air France Cancelled Most First Class Tickets and That’s (Almost) Ok  Two Big New Lounge Features at LAX and Heathrow and DFW Won’t Lose Power Like Atlanta  Little Sisters Mimic the Dance Moves of a Ground Worker on the Tarmac  Register Now for Hilton’s New Promotion  Book Quickly: Conrad Maldives Water Villa 70% Off Usual Redemption Price  American Airlines Changes What Main Cabin Extra Means on Their 777-300ERs  Southwest Airlines Made a 16 Year Old Girl’s Birthday Special During the Atlanta Power Outage  More Recent Articles Watch Out United Breaks Guitars This String Quartet Serenades British Airways Over Lost Luggage We all know what happened when musician Dave Carroll checked his guitar on a United flight. The Chiaroscuro String Quartet checked bags with British Airways. And they're honoring British Airways for the fine job they did in a very droll British fashion. Continue reading Watch Out United Breaks Guitars This String Quartet Serenades British Airways Over Lost Luggage...          • Email to a friend •   Air France Cancelled Most First Class Tickets and That’s (Almost) Ok Yesterday Air France was selling first class from Los Angeles and San Francisco to London via Paris from $1428 roundtrip and one ways to Europe from $636. As I wrote at the time this wasn't a fare where you were guaranteed to travel, suggesting that Air France could suffer some 'sellers remorse'. And indeed that appears to be the case. Continue reading Air France Cancelled Most First Class Tickets and That’s (Almost) Ok...          • Email to a friend •   Two Big New Lounge Features at LAX and Heathrow and DFW Won’t Lose Power Like Atlanta 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 Two Big New Lounge Features at LAX and Heathrow and DFW Won’t Lose Power Like Atlanta...          • Email to a friend •   Little Sisters Mimic the Dance Moves of a Ground Worker on the Tarmac A family on its way home from Disney World captured video of their two daughters. A Southwest Airlines ground worker noticed them and started dancing as the sisters watched through the window. Then they started copying the man's moves. Continue reading Little Sisters Mimic the Dance Moves of a Ground Worker on the Tarmac...          • Email to a friend •   Register Now for Hilton’s New Promotion Hilton's first quarter 2018 promotion is out (registration required) and you can start earning with the first stay because the big push is 'book direct' even for infrequent guests and the loyalty program is a key differentiator in the value proposition for booking at Expedia or Hilton.com. 2000 bonus points per stay, 10,000 additional bonus points every five stays, earning period is January 1 – April 30, 2018. Continue reading Register Now for Hilton’s New Promotion...          • Email to a friend •   Book Quickly: Conrad Maldives Water Villa 70% Off Usual Redemption Price The Conrad though is one of the other really accessible places on points. Despite how expensive rooms are the most any Hilton costs for a standard room is 95,000 points per night. You can get a redemption value relative to the cash price of a room in high season that's three times normal for the Honors program. Historically standard rooms have been beach villas, with water villas costing up to 322,000 points per night based on the cash price of a room. Right now though Ethey're offering water villas at 70% off of that points price. Water villas are pricing out as the standard room for 95,000 points. Continue reading Book Quickly: Conrad Maldives Water Villa 70% Off Usual Redemption Price...          • Email to a friend •   American Airlines Changes What Main Cabin Extra Means on Their 777-300ERs American is eliminating the idea of a section of extra legroom seats at the front of coach from their 777-300ERs. Presumably this is about squeezing more seats into the plane, but has the added benefit of making sure Main Cabin Extra isn't "good enough" for those who might buy up to Premium Economy. And that's all on top of changing the Main Cabin Extra section in their 777-300s from 9-abreast seating to 10-abreast, taking away shoulder width. With this reconfiguration the plane goes from American's best long haul plane for elites flying coach to arguably their worst long haul plane for elites flying coach. Continue reading American Airlines Changes What Main Cabin Extra Means on Their 777-300ERs...          • Email to a friend •   Southwest Airlines Made a 16 Year Old Girl’s Birthday Special During the Atlanta Power Outage Planes are packed full of people, some of whom are downright awful. Planes get delayed and our plans are ruined. Airline employees may want to help but they're frustrated too -- by all of the people giving them grief when they didn't cause anyone's problems to begin with. So the little things, person to person, that add a little kindness to travel are extra meaningful. And where flight crew are involved it's often crew at Southwest. Continue reading Southwest Airlines Made a 16 Year Old Girl’s Birthday Special During the Atlanta Power Outage...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles INCREDIBLE: West Coast – Paris or London in Air France First Class for Just $636       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.