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Wednesday, November 7, 2018

If You're Flying Basic Economy on American or Delta And Need Overhead Bin Space, Do This and more...

If you're flying American Airlines on a basic economy fare take note: starting December 12 customers with peanut allergies can board early so they have a chance to wipe down their seats. Delta allows this too. By the way I don't actually recommend ...

If You’re Flying Basic Economy on American or Delta And Need Overhead Bin Space, Do This and more...


If You’re Flying Basic Economy on American or Delta And Need Overhead Bin Space, Do This

If you're flying American Airlines on a basic economy fare take note: starting December 12 customers with peanut allergies can board early so they have a chance to wipe down their seats. Delta allows this too.

By the way I don't actually recommend misrepresenting your needs. I do think these loopholes speak to the absurdity of the restrictions themselves.

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What Marriott’s CEO Told Wall Street About Their New Loyalty Program

In yesterday's earnings call Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson addressed how he thinks they've done integrating the Marriott and Starwood loyalty programs.

Just last week he referred to member frustrations as 'noise around the edges'. He got into much greater detail with financial analysts.

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Germans Don’t Know What KLM Is, So the Airline Opened a Restaurant and Bank

SkyTeam member airline KLM, based in Amsterdam and acquired by Air France in 2004, sees Germany as its most important market but discovered that 46% of Germans don't know what a KLM is.

The airline created a German ad campaign: We are an airline. But since their research showed that people assumed KLM was either a bank, radio station or restaurant, they opened those things.

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Delta Has an Election Day Ad They Want You to See

Delta debuted a new ad today, and it runs only today. It's about inclusion and Delta's bringing people together -- through travel -- and offers meaningful thoughts to an electorate that says they're frustrated with anger, division, and partisanship.

And I almost believe it.

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Elderly Couple Booted Over Misunderstanding (They Didn’t Speak English)

I've watched flight attendants move customers' belongings in the overhead. If a passenger speaks up, afraid their computer for instance might disappear to camera equipment could get damaged, the passenger is immediately put on notice: are we going to have a problem? In other words sit down, shut up, or you're off the flight.

Since the David Dao dragging incident on United last April there's been more attention paid to the problem of airlines turning customer service problems over to law enforcement.

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A Business Class Trick to Hong Kong to Save $3000, and China Business Class From $1300 Roundtrip

With half a dozen Chinese airlines flying to the U.S. in addition to three U.S. airlines flying to China -- and with China's carriers growing capacity from secondary cities -- fares to China are some of the lowest in the world.

Air China's Shenzen flight is super interesting because the airport is a mere 24 miles from Hong Kong. You can take a taxi or ferry across to Hong Kong (there's a border crossing involved) and save about $1000 roundtrip and avoid a connecting flight, or save $3000 roundtrip compared to Hong Kong non-stops.

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