Over the weekend a Boeing 737 overran the runway and went off on an embankment in Northeastern Turkey. There's now video from inside the cabin during the evacuation and more is known about the incident. Continue reading Inside the Panicked 737 that ...

Inside the Panicked 737 that Dangled Off a Cliff This Weekend and more...  In This Issue...  Inside the Panicked 737 that Dangled Off a Cliff This Weekend  Singapore’s New Suites and Double Bed Business Class Coming to London and Hong Kong  Another Hyatt Cash and Points Award ‘Sale’ Book Before It’s Pulled  Exciting – New Hilton Credit Cards Launching This Week  The 8 Best Deals in All of Travel  Doug Parker: We Think Eliminating Seat Back Entertainment Is ‘Going for Great’  More Recent Articles Inside the Panicked 737 that Dangled Off a Cliff This Weekend Over the weekend a Boeing 737 overran the runway and went off on an embankment in Northeastern Turkey. There's now video from inside the cabin during the evacuation and more is known about the incident. Continue reading Inside the Panicked 737 that Dangled Off a Cliff This Weekend...          • Email to a friend •   Singapore’s New Suites and Double Bed Business Class Coming to London and Hong Kong Singapore Airlines is introducing fantastic new products for their Airbus A380s. They have 5 new planes replacing 5 that are being returned to their lessor, and those are being delivered over the next year. They'll be introduced into service with the new first suites and new business class that offers double beds for passengers traveling together. The plane has flown to Sydney, and now we know its next two destinations. Continue reading Singapore’s New Suites and Double Bed Business Class Coming to London and Hong Kong...          • Email to a friend •   Another Hyatt Cash and Points Award ‘Sale’ Book Before It’s Pulled A week ago Hyatt was pricing several hotels below their normal published cash and points award prices. Most of those deals are no longer available. However several hotels are again charging less than they are 'supposed to' for cash and points. Continue reading Another Hyatt Cash and Points Award ‘Sale’ Book Before It’s Pulled...          • Email to a friend •   Exciting – New Hilton Credit Cards Launching This Week With American Express getting exclusivity to issue Hilton co-brand credit cards in the U.S., and Citi’s Hilton cards retired, Amex will be launching new cards and improving benefits this week — expected for Thursday the 18th. The base Hilton Honors American Express Card remains the same but eliminates foreign transaction fees. The Hilton Honors Surpass® Card from American Express is going to become the Hilton Honors American Express Ascend Card. The annual fee goes up from $75 to $95, but it adds 10 Priority Pass free visits per year and a free weekend night each year after spending $15,000 in purchases on the card in a calendar year. And the card looks attractive, too. It’s important to note that if you’ve had the Surpass card, the Ascend card will not be... Continue Reading »          • Email to a friend •   The 8 Best Deals in All of Travel The best deals at any given time will change, and I always assume that the very best one won't last. There's a tendency in travel towards mean reversion, with outlier offers disappearing and new ones popping up. That's alright -- as long as you're taking advantage of the best deals while they're around. Here are what I think are the 8 best deals in travel. What do you think? Continue reading The 8 Best Deals in All of Travel...          • Email to a friend •   Doug Parker: We Think Eliminating Seat Back Entertainment Is ‘Going for Great’ At a Crew News update last week a Dallas-based flight attendant asked American Airlines CEO Doug Parker about seat back entertainment. She said she's noticed that most passengers really appreciate inflight entertainment "with the TV's" and she wanted to understand why American wouldn't install seat back tv's going forward? She says that passengers "don't even remember their headphones" yet alone their own entertainment devices. Customers prefer it, flight attendants prefer it, why wouldn't they offer it? ("Why are we going in that direction if we're Going for Great?") Continue reading Doug Parker: We Think Eliminating Seat Back Entertainment Is ‘Going for Great’...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles Incredible Photos and Video of 737 That Overran Runway Into an Embankment Last Night Get Married at the Airport, Instantly! And Foreign Airline Pilots Can Sue Under California Law More Bed Bugs on British Airways, This Time is an Elite Flying Business Class Readers: What Are the Cards You're Using Most?       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.