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Friday, February 23, 2018

Good American Business Class Award Space to South America for 4, Book Now and more...

Through July 4 and then starting again August 7 and ending December 6 there's great availability for four passengers in business class on American's New York JFK - Rio de Janeiro flight. Not quite as good but there's availability for four passengers in ...

 

Good American Business Class Award Space to South America for 4, Book Now and more...



Good American Business Class Award Space to South America for 4, Book Now

Through July 4 and then starting again August 7 and ending December 6 there's great availability for four passengers in business class on American's New York JFK - Rio de Janeiro flight.

Not quite as good but there's availability for four passengers in business class New York JFK - Sao Paulo as well, and a bit better for two passengers.

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American Airlines Employee Podcast: How They Choose Planes and Routes

The latest American Airlines "Tell Me Why" podcast for employees explains how they choose aircraft for routes, where to fly to, and why they've scaled back so many destinations from New York.

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Chinese Travel Conglomerate Anbang Taken Over By Government, HNA Group Teetering

There's little transparency in large Chinese conglomerates. They're often layers of companies with unclear ownership and difficult to verify financials. Their leadership is often politically well-connected.

At the same time regulation of these entities is unclear as well. When the Chinese government decides to take an interest in the operation and systemic risks posed by these companies which rapidly expand through acquisitions both domestically and around the world, it's not always clear whether it's because of regulatory violations (or explicit as to which ones) or a signal of internal power struggles inside the government -- whose faction is in and whose is out?

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American Airlines is Changing How Their Safety Video Ends

Over time the American Airlines video will take on less importance on domestic flights. That's because the new standard domestic configuration does not include seat back video or drop down screens in the cabin either.

However in the meantime the airline has made a minor tweak to the way the video plays on overhead screens, and in March the change will roll out to those aircraft with seat back monitors.

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Europeans Can Buy Business Class, Fly First Instead

British Airways is back with their buy business, fly first promotion.

British Airways business class isn't a very good product so if you can get into first you want to.

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British Airways Tells Quadriplegic Teen With Broken Wheel Chair to Pay a Porter For Help

A father and daughter were traveling from Toronto to London. The 14 year old girl is quadriplegic and has cerebral palsy. They had gone to Canada to watch ice hockey after her deep brain stimulation treatments.

At the airport staff dropped her wheelchair and broke it. Here's British Airways' response.

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BUSINESS CLASS Fare Alert: New York – Buenos Aires $1292 Roundtrip

There's a business class fare from June through early December of $1292 roundtrip between New York and Buenos Aires on Star Alliance carrier Avianca.

In contrast American Airlines non-stop business class is generally over $3000 (and sometimes $4000) on this route.

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SHOCKING: US Immigration Doesn’t Check the Validity of Foreign E-Passports

Senators Ron Wyden and Claire McCaskill sent a letter (.pdf) to the acting commission of US Customers and Border Protection today asking that the US government actually start using the "anti-tamper and anti-forgery features in e-Passports, which have gone unused by CBP since their implementation in 2007."

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