On Wednesday's American Airlines flight AA1293 from St. Croix to Miami passenger Jason Felix was apparently drunk when he boarded. Unsurprisingly the flight attendant wouldn't serve the man another beer — and they wound up discussing whether the ...

“You’re My Bartender” Fight Breaks Out When American Flight Attendant Won’t Serve Beer and more...  In This Issue...  “You’re My Bartender” Fight Breaks Out When American Flight Attendant Won’t Serve Beer  I Don’t Get It, Why Are People Still Collecting SkyMiles?  How Delta Overcharges You for Award Tickets  How to Fix the Problem of Inflight Credit Card Announcements  Why the New Arrival Premier is Underappreciated  American Airlines Blocking CLEAR From Setting Up Expedited Security Lines  More Recent Articles This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. “You’re My Bartender” Fight Breaks Out When American Flight Attendant Won’t Serve Beer On Wednesday's American Airlines flight AA1293 from St. Croix to Miami passenger Jason Felix was apparently drunk when he boarded. Unsurprisingly the flight attendant wouldn't serve the man another beer — and they wound up discussing whether the flight attendant was the man's bartender. Continue reading “You’re My Bartender” Fight Breaks Out When American Flight Attendant Won’t Serve Beer...          • Email to a friend • I Don’t Get It, Why Are People Still Collecting SkyMiles? When a loyalty program becomes less rewarding, it moves the needle with consumers less. That's a fairly basic proposition. It's not any different than the idea that if you raise prices consumers buy less of your product. There are exceptions of course, where some goods become more desirable because they're expensive, but those are real outliers. This works fairly consistently and reliably. Continue reading I Don’t Get It, Why Are People Still Collecting SkyMiles?...          • Email to a friend • How Delta Overcharges You for Award Tickets Delta saver business class awards between US and Europe are supposed to cost 70,000 miles each way unless you're using SkyMiles to fly on a Delta airlines partner in which case they charge extra miles. At least that's the theory. Delta charges what Delta wants to charge sometimes. But you can do something about it when you book. Continue reading How Delta Overcharges You for Award Tickets...          • Email to a friend • How to Fix the Problem of Inflight Credit Card Announcements Inflight credit card announcements aren't going to go away no matter how much customers complain. However I do think the announcements could be done in a way that's friendlier for passengers -- and more effective for card issuers and their co-brand partners. Continue reading How to Fix the Problem of Inflight Credit Card Announcements...          • Email to a friend • Why the New Arrival Premier is Underappreciated Ultimately the problem Barclays faces is the same one other issuers are facing, several cards are cutting costs where they can because the market has gotten so competitive issuers are spending more than they're taking in to attract customers and encourage their spend. They need to make money on a product, but a product that makes money on each transaction is one that's hard to convince consumers to get and use. Continue reading Why the New Arrival Premier is Underappreciated...          • Email to a friend • American Airlines Blocking CLEAR From Setting Up Expedited Security Lines CLEAR lets you skip to the front of the security line. You use a fingerprint for identification and even if you're precheck you go ahead of everyone that's waiting to have their ID checked. Delta made an investment in CLEAR two years ago. That's helped CLEAR to expand, and in turn Delta got their biometric technology which they've experimented with for aircraft boarding and for SkyClub access. In the future you should be able to check bags based on fingerprints rather than showing ID. Continue reading American Airlines Blocking CLEAR From Setting Up Expedited Security Lines...          • Email to a friend • More Recent Articles Is the New Chase Ink Business Unlimited Now the Best Business Card Out There? French Open Tennis Champ Uses an Aircraft Engine to Spit Out Practice Balls Citi Devaluing Trip Protection Again and Leaked United Internal Catering Update Opinions expressed here are author's alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, airline or hotel chain, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of these entities.     Safely Unsubscribe • Archives • Preferences • Contact • Subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC • 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123 • Sudbury, MA 01776, USA