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Earn 10x on Hotel Spend and Video of the Peacock United Refused to Fly and more...  In This Issue...  Earn 10x on Hotel Spend and Video of the Peacock United Refused to Fly  British Airways AARP Discount Extended Through 2019  Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur Lounges Re-Open in a Month  Etihad May Default on $1.2 Billion in Bonds  Inside a Flight that Caught Fire Yesterday When a Battery Charger Exploded  Cuts Continue at Etihad as Barber/Beauty Salon Eliminated from First/Business Lounges  United Starts Selling WiFi Subscriptions — and Seats to Basic Economy Customers  Hyatt’s ‘Amex Offers’ Adds a New $30 Off Groceries/Drugstores  United Copies Delta’s Crackdown on Emotional Support Animals Earn 10x on Hotel Spend and Video of the Peacock United Refused to Fly 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 Earn 10x on Hotel Spend and Video of the Peacock United Refused to Fly...          • Email to a friend •   British Airways AARP Discount Extended Through 2019 The British Airways Visa comes with a 10% re-usable code, CARDOFFERU, that cardholders can use to reduce the price of British Airways tickets. That offer has been extended to travel which begins by June 30. And now the British Airways AARP discount of up to $200 has been extended too. Continue reading British Airways AARP Discount Extended Through 2019...          • Email to a friend •   Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur Lounges Re-Open in a Month Reportedly there will be "an open 'demonstration kitchen' where chefs will whip up Malaysian and international gourmet dishes" Continue reading Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur Lounges Re-Open in a Month...          • Email to a friend •   Etihad May Default on $1.2 Billion in Bonds In 2015 Etihad created an Amsterdam-based special purpose vehicle "SPV Equity Alliance Partners" which issued bonds for Etihad and other airlines it controlled. Etihad has since walked away from its investments in Alitalia and air berlin, each of which reportedly held 19% of the debt. Etihad is discussing "how to support the bonds" given the "political and reputational pressure" not to default. It will be expensive for the Al Nahyans to cover the commitment, but embarrassing for them not to. Continue reading Etihad May Default on $1.2 Billion in Bonds...          • Email to a friend •   Inside a Flight that Caught Fire Yesterday When a Battery Charger Exploded An Aeroflot Airbus A320 from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Volgograd had just landed yesterday after its 577 mile flight when one of the economy seats caught fire following the explosion of a battery charger. There's video from inside the aircraft where passengers appear to be calm, but some on the plane reported chaos and some passengers evacuated down emergency slides. Continue reading Inside a Flight that Caught Fire Yesterday When a Battery Charger Exploded...          • Email to a friend •   Cuts Continue at Etihad as Barber/Beauty Salon Eliminated from First/Business Lounges Style and Shave still appears as an Etihad Guest mileage redemption option and it's on the airport website. However reports are that the facility has closed in both the first and premium lounges in their home airport Abu Dhabi, "[A]s one shift ended, the[ staff] had no idea there was nobody coming in to replace them." Continue reading Cuts Continue at Etihad as Barber/Beauty Salon Eliminated from First/Business Lounges...          • Email to a friend •   United Starts Selling WiFi Subscriptions — and Seats to Basic Economy Customers During United's earnings call last month they explained they would be tweaking Basic Economy fares. The idea of Basic Economy is to offer such a bad experience that you'll spend more money to avoid it. However when United first rolled out the fares they lost about $100 million -- because customers were avoiding United. Continue reading United Starts Selling WiFi Subscriptions — and Seats to Basic Economy Customers...          • Email to a friend •   Hyatt’s ‘Amex Offers’ Adds a New $30 Off Groceries/Drugstores The Hyatt Credit Card has been offering several value-added promotions on top of its usual benefits. In the fall of 2016 they also began experimenting with rebates for targeting kinds of spending. Now they're offering a $30 rebate on drug store and grocery store spend. Continue reading Hyatt’s ‘Amex Offers’ Adds a New $30 Off Groceries/Drugstores...          • Email to a friend •   United Copies Delta’s Crackdown on Emotional Support Animals Two weeks ago Delta announced a supposed crackdown on fake emotional support animals. All they really did in practice was say they'll require advance notice, proof of health and vaccinations, and insist passengers attest that their animal can behave. Since American and United do what Delta does American says they're studying similar changes and United announced that they've copied Delta's changes also to go into effect March 1. Continue reading United Copies Delta’s Crackdown on Emotional Support Animals...          • Email to a friend •       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.