TravelZork shares with me data on oneworld airline S7's co-brand credit card acquisition. The most fascinating statistics center around what's driving customers to sign up for their credit card. One data point in particular stands out: their ...

Flight Attendants Revolt, Refuse to Offer Credit Cards Inflight and more...  In This Issue...  Flight Attendants Revolt, Refuse to Offer Credit Cards Inflight  “Project Direct” American Airlines Offering Non-Stop Flights to Connecting Passengers for $75  When National Airport Puts Gate 35X Out of Its Misery, American May Start Flying Bigger Jets  750 Bonus Miles for Flying Coach and the 20 Books People Leave Behind in Hotels  Report: Selling Advance Upgrades to Non-Elites is Back at American Airlines  Flight Attendant Tells Passengers to ‘Go in a Bottle’ After Toilets Malfunction on 6 Hour Hawaii Flight  American Airlines Introduces Krug Champagne to Flagship First Dining  More Recent Articles This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. Flight Attendants Revolt, Refuse to Offer Credit Cards Inflight TravelZork shares with me data on oneworld airline S7's co-brand credit card acquisition. The most fascinating statistics center around what's driving customers to sign up for their credit card. One data point in particular stands out: their inflight magazine is 5 times more effective than flight attendant announcements at getting customers to sign up for their card. S7 Airlines had to discontinue their flight attendants promoting the credit card because their crews refused to do it. Continue reading Flight Attendants Revolt, Refuse to Offer Credit Cards Inflight...          • Email to a friend • “Project Direct” American Airlines Offering Non-Stop Flights to Connecting Passengers for $75 American Airlines is a lot stricter with same day confirmed changes than their competitors are. Only Platinum Pro, Executive Platinum and ConciergeKey members can same day change for free, everyone else pays $75. You have to keep the same number of stops and keep the same connecting city or cities. You can't connect in Dallas instead of Chicago. You can't move to a non-stop flight from a connection or vice versa. And you can only make a same day change when specific inventory is available. Continue reading “Project Direct” American Airlines Offering Non-Stop Flights to Connecting Passengers for $75...          • Email to a friend • When National Airport Puts Gate 35X Out of Its Misery, American May Start Flying Bigger Jets American Airlines President Robert Isom spoke about his airline's future at Washington National airport this week. As part of 'Project Journey' the airport authority is building a new course that will replace the current hated gate 35X. Isom shared what that changes that will bring. Continue reading When National Airport Puts Gate 35X Out of Its Misery, American May Start Flying Bigger Jets...          • Email to a friend • 750 Bonus Miles for Flying Coach and the 20 Books People Leave Behind in Hotels 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 750 Bonus Miles for Flying Coach and the 20 Books People Leave Behind in Hotels...          • Email to a friend • Report: Selling Advance Upgrades to Non-Elites is Back at American Airlines Two years ago American launched a new program to e-mail non-elite flyers with offers to sell first class seats starting a week before departure. I haven’t heard much about it recently, but JonNYC says that the program is back. AA "Early upgrades" — upgrades offered via email, UP TO a week in advance (that's when they could be offered, they clear later on), have been re-launched. Offers will be emailed to targeted/selected customers. — JonNYC (@xJonNYC) September 7, 2018 .. It states that early upgrades will only be cleared if there's enough room to accommodate -all- forms of requested elite upgrades — JonNYC (@xJonNYC) September 7, 2018 United is known to sell first class seats cheap to non-elites. They do this while elite frequent flyers remain on the upgrade... Continue Reading »          • Email to a friend • Flight Attendant Tells Passengers to ‘Go in a Bottle’ After Toilets Malfunction on 6 Hour Hawaii Flight Last Friday, on August 31, American Airlines flight AA663 from Phoenix to Kona lost all of its functioning lavatories. A passenger reports that "only one restroom at the front of the plane was open, but that the toilet was overflowing." This gives new meaning to the age-old question of whether coach passengers should use the first class lavatory. A passenger flushed a diaper down the toilet and that caused the whole system to stop functioning midway through the six and a half hour flight. Continue reading Flight Attendant Tells Passengers to ‘Go in a Bottle’ After Toilets Malfunction on 6 Hour Hawaii Flight...          • Email to a friend • American Airlines Introduces Krug Champagne to Flagship First Dining American Airlines has introduced Krug champagne to Flagship First Dining. And according to a spokesperson, "it will be in the lounges until at least March. If we receive positive responses, we'll keep it around a bit longer." Continue reading American Airlines Introduces Krug Champagne to Flagship First Dining...          • Email to a friend • More Recent Articles American Now Has Live TV With No Screens But Hasn't Delivered Promised Free Texting No Notice: Marriott Stops Giving Elite Benefits For Online Travel Agency Reservations Man Lives in Airport Because He Couldn't Afford Change Fee on Ticket 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