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Thursday, February 1, 2018

5 More Airlines Join PreCheck, Here's All the Ways to Enjoy Expedited Screening and more...

The TSA announced this morning that 5 more airlines are participating in PreCheck. Here are all the airlines where you can get expedited screening, what to do if you're at an airport without it and how to ensure your eligibility is always on file with ...

 

5 More Airlines Join PreCheck, Here’s All the Ways to Enjoy Expedited Screening and more...



5 More Airlines Join PreCheck, Here’s All the Ways to Enjoy Expedited Screening

The TSA announced this morning that 5 more airlines are participating in PreCheck.

Here are all the airlines where you can get expedited screening, what to do if you're at an airport without it and how to ensure your eligibility is always on file with your carrier -- as well as how to get it without the cost of an application fee.

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Viral Inflight Yoga Video Raises Questions About Proper Behavior in Coach

As long as passengers follow flight crew instructions, don't obstruct other passengers, and are good at it then it's fine for one passenger -- first come first served -- to practice yoga in the aisle. Violate any of these conditions and it becomes a problem, and potential flight diversion, and a matter for law enforcement that ends possibly dragging the yogi down the aisle (in an epic 'assist').

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Here’s How American’s New Passenger Compensation System Works

A few weeks ago I wrote that American is giving flight attendants a new tool to hand out onboard compensation for service failures. If something bad happens during your flight, they can give you AAdvantage miles on the spot.

We now know something about what situations are programmed for miles (and what will get you bupkis) and how much you can expect to get.

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More Data Suggesting 60,000 Mile AAdvantage Signup Bonuses Being Pulled

A couple of days ago I noted that American Airlines flight attendants have been saying that the 60,000 mile signup bonus offer for American credit cards would end January 31

Now I notice that American is running a banner on their home page advertising that the Citibank signup bonus offers will be ending soon.

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LEAKED Details of New Starbucks Credit Card

There's a Vimeo video up about the new Starbucks credit card.

When the original Starbucks Visa was introduced 14 years ago it gave you an actual 1% rebate at Starbucks. The Starbucks Duetto Visa was sunset in 2010. I had hoped the new iteration of the product would be more lucrative.

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American Testing Pre-Order Meals in Coach in 3 Domestic Markets

American Airlines was the first US airline to let first class passengers pre-select their meals, having rolled it out in fall 2012.

Now American has rolled out pre-orders to coach on a test basis.

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Hyatt Moving Two Hotels to Higher Award Category Tonight

Hyatt reached out to let me know that two hotels would move up in redemption category at 9:00 p.m. Central this evening, meaning that redemptions will cost more points.

I love that Hyatt is proactively sharing changes even when those changes affect just two properties. I don't love that Hyatt is sharing that information only with me and not with all members, and that they're sharing it the same day the change is going to go into effect.

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Former Governor and RNC Chairman Arrested With Loaded Gun at Airport

Haley Barbour — former Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Governor of Mississippi, and lobbyist at Barbour Griffith & Rogers — was arrested earlier this month at the Jackson, Mississippi airport with a loaded .38-caliber hand gun in his brief case.

His gun was confiscated, he was arrested, and he made his flight.

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