During yesterday's second quarter earnings call, Duane Pfennigwerth of Evercore ISI asked whether the way "the rest of the industry has implemented basic economy so far… the more punitive implementations of it, no carry-on" has led to ...

Delta President: United and American are Losing Business Because of Harsh Basic Economy and more...  In This Issue...  Delta President: United and American are Losing Business Because of Harsh Basic Economy  American Airlines Buy on Board Fraud and a Pilot’s Most Interesting Moments  Peak Hipster: Austin Gets the World’s First App-Based Robotic Specialty Airport Coffee House  Stealing a Car Instead of Renting One and Most Miles Ever Earned for a Single Roundtrip?  Explosion and Fire Near Cairo Airport, Air Traffic Seems Mostly Unaffected  Citibank Introduces New No Annual Fee AAdvantage Card With Full Miles-Earning  Federal Appeals Court Rules You Can’t Sue TSA Screeners Even If They Assault and Abuse You  The 10 Highest Revenue Airline Routes from Dallas  More Recent Articles This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. Delta President: United and American are Losing Business Because of Harsh Basic Economy During yesterday's second quarter earnings call, Duane Pfennigwerth of Evercore ISI asked whether the way "the rest of the industry has implemented basic economy so far… the more punitive implementations of it, no carry-on" has led to "positive share gain" (people choosing to fly Delta instead of United and American). Continue reading Delta President: United and American are Losing Business Because of Harsh Basic Economy...          • Email to a friend • American Airlines Buy on Board Fraud and a Pilot’s Most Interesting Moments 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 American Airlines Buy on Board Fraud and a Pilot’s Most Interesting Moments...          • Email to a friend • Peak Hipster: Austin Gets the World’s First App-Based Robotic Specialty Airport Coffee House In what may be the most hipster effort in an airport ever, Austin is going to get a Briggo robotic coffee haus near gate 8 opening July 17. This is the "first app-based, robotic, specialty coffee system installed in an airport." You can order your coffee and pay in advance with your phone, and then walk up to the machine and enter a PIN code for it to release your cup to you (to make sure you get the right drink and no one else takes it) or you can order directly at the machine. Continue reading Peak Hipster: Austin Gets the World’s First App-Based Robotic Specialty Airport Coffee House...          • Email to a friend • Stealing a Car Instead of Renting One and Most Miles Ever Earned for a Single Roundtrip? 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 Stealing a Car Instead of Renting One and Most Miles Ever Earned for a Single Roundtrip?...          • Email to a friend • Explosion and Fire Near Cairo Airport, Air Traffic Seems Mostly Unaffected A little over an hour ago there were explosions followed by fire near the Cairo airport. The Egyptian government says there's no evidence of foul play and attributes the cause to 'high temperature' on a day that doesn't appear to have reached 100. Continue reading Explosion and Fire Near Cairo Airport, Air Traffic Seems Mostly Unaffected...          • Email to a friend • Citibank Introduces New No Annual Fee AAdvantage Card With Full Miles-Earning Airline credit cards generally have annual fees, though sometimes those are waived the first year. There have been no annual fee airline cards for many years, sometimes offered as a downgrade (product change) card and sometimes available for application. It used to be that those no annual fee cards earned 1 mile per $2 spent. That's changed with issuers getting aggressive in competing for cardmember business. Continue reading Citibank Introduces New No Annual Fee AAdvantage Card With Full Miles-Earning...          • Email to a friend • Federal Appeals Court Rules You Can’t Sue TSA Screeners Even If They Assault and Abuse You TSA screening can feel to some people like sexual assault but the government says that it isn't. But what if a TSA screener actually assaults you at the checkpoint? The TSA has argued you shouldn't be allowed to sue if they hit you in the groin. Continue reading Federal Appeals Court Rules You Can’t Sue TSA Screeners Even If They Assault and Abuse You...          • Email to a friend • The 10 Highest Revenue Airline Routes from Dallas Last week I wrote about the 10 highest revenue airline routes in the world. British Airways New York JFK - London Heathrow exceeds a billion dollars a year. Here are the top 10 revenue routes from Dallas Fort-Worth (all airlines) using OAG data, a fascinating mix. 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