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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

This Pilot Has the Best Sense of Humor Ever and more...

Ironically there's a lot of sitting around in travel. Plenty of flight attendants bring magazines or books with them, often now reading on a tablet. One British Airways flight attendant got fired for reading her book upside down (it was a dead giveaway ...

This Pilot Has the Best Sense of Humor Ever and more...


This Pilot Has the Best Sense of Humor Ever

Ironically there's a lot of sitting around in travel. Plenty of flight attendants bring magazines or books with them, often now reading on a tablet. One British Airways flight attendant got fired for reading her book upside down (it was a dead giveaway she was drunk).

I have to say though this is the absolute best use of a book on an aircraft. Ever.

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ANA Introducing New First Class Suites With Doors

Star Alliance carrier ANA is introducing Airbus A380 service between Tokyo and Honolulu. They didn't really want A380s, but it's how they got Airbus' support as a creditor to take over bankrupt Skymark. This new Hawaii service will launch May 24.

We've now learned more about the inflight product as well including details of unique business class, coach ("joined to create a lie flat bed") and first class.

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When Airline Security is Committing the Crimes and Amtrak Train Without Toilets

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.

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Air Canada’s Acquisition of Aeroplan is a Done Deal, Now Time to Learn New Program Details

Air Canada, along with Aeroplan's banking partners CIBC, TD, and Visa, came to an agreement to buy Aeroplan from Aimia.

That gives Air Canada its members to market to right away, and it eliminates expected new major competition between the two from the marketplace before it even begins.

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Kanye and Kim Kardashian Chartered a 747, and She’s Giving Us a Tour

Kim Kardashian posted an instagram story boarding a private Boeing 747, and shares a tour of the aircraft. As her video opens she shares a bit about her avgeek husband Kanye West: he only wants to fly 747s.

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PointBreaks: Discounted Hotel Awards From 5000 Points Per Night are Live

IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks are live. These are hotels they're offering discounted redemption prices for.

There are 13 hotels available for just 5000 points apiece. There are 39 hotels in the U.S. alone at the 10,000 point level. Doubling the redemption price clearly opens up more availability, though it's sad how few properties are now offered for 5000 points when all PointBreaks used to be that lower price. Four Intercontinental properties are available though.

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