The 100,000 Avios signup bonus offer is back, and I have a real soft spot for it because this was the very first card ever to offer such a big bonus. Here are 6 things that I love about the card — you may be surprised to learn that it goes beyond just ...

6 Things I Love About the British Airways Visa and more...  In This Issue...  6 Things I Love About the British Airways Visa  China Now Regulating US Airline Speech, Threatens United and American  Grumpy Cathay Pacific Flight Attendants and Passenger Told to Burn Checked Luggage  You’re Getting Hosed By the Big Airlines In the New FAA Bill and You Don’t Even Know It  Hotels Need to Stop the Shampoo Wall Dispenser Madness  A Simple Trick to Deal With a Stinky Lavatory  More Recent Articles 6 Things I Love About the British Airways Visa The 100,000 Avios signup bonus offer is back, and I have a real soft spot for it because this was the very first card ever to offer such a big bonus. Here are 6 things that I love about the card — you may be surprised to learn that it goes beyond just the signup offer, although of course that's number one. Continue reading 6 Things I Love About the British Airways Visa...          • Email to a friend •   China Now Regulating US Airline Speech, Threatens United and American In January China flexed its muscles against Marriott at a time that the US President began making rumblings of a trade war. They shut down Marriott's booking engines in the country. Marriott Marriott fired an hourly worker who rather innocuously 'liked' a tweet about Tiber and even removed a banned book from one of their hotels. At the time I wrote that China would be cracking down on airlines, too. American's website for instance listed Taiwan separately from China. Continue reading China Now Regulating US Airline Speech, Threatens United and American...          • Email to a friend •   Grumpy Cathay Pacific Flight Attendants and Passenger Told to Burn Checked Luggage 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 Grumpy Cathay Pacific Flight Attendants and Passenger Told to Burn Checked Luggage...          • Email to a friend •   You’re Getting Hosed By the Big Airlines In the New FAA Bill and You Don’t Even Know It I wrote the other day that the draft FAA bill being debate by the House included criminalizing passenger speech. If you 'verbally assault' an airline employee, you probably shouldn't be allowed to fly, but this law will raise the stakes with law enforcement too. That's not all that's in the bill that passed the House and now moves on to the Senate. Continue reading You’re Getting Hosed By the Big Airlines In the New FAA Bill and You Don’t Even Know It...          • Email to a friend •   Hotels Need to Stop the Shampoo Wall Dispenser Madness Marriott is enforcing wall mounted toiletry dispensers in the showers of their managed North American properties. They're not the only ones going in this direction, it's cheaper and they get to pretend their motivation is the environment. I have five concerns with wall mounted dispensers replacing individual bottles. Continue reading Hotels Need to Stop the Shampoo Wall Dispenser Madness...          • Email to a friend •   A Simple Trick to Deal With a Stinky Lavatory Two years ago I shared a trick to dealing with a stinky lavatory. You wouldn't think this would be a major problem in the grand scheme of things, but it is -- both from a passenger experience perspective but also for airline operations. British Airways once had to turn around a Dubai flight because the lavatory smelled so bad. Continue reading A Simple Trick to Deal With a Stinky Lavatory...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles Best Credit Card Signup Bonuses for April American's Great New Meal Choices, Never Have Another Bad Meal Onboard Again? A Trick to Boost Marriott Lifetime Status and NFL Player Arrested at the Airport Woman Kicked Off Flight for Saying the Word "Contagious"       Safely Unsubscribe • Archives • Preferences • Contact • Subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC • 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123 • Sudbury, MA 01776, USA