News and notes from around the interweb:
- United is instituting a new program to offer free domestic first class upgrades farther in advance, and free international business to first upgrades to high value customers.
- Hyatt’s terms and conditions have added the Hyatt Herald Square to the list of properties where Diamond Suite Upgrades (and suite upgrades with points and suite awards) are not available.
- Denver’s city council threatened to deny a lease at the airport to “Concessions International and its Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise partner, Delarosa Restaurant Concepts” because of Chik-Fil-A’s politics and somehow related to Donald Trump. But Chik-Fil-A is now indeed coming to Denver’s B concourse.
- Southwest’s website was more-visited than Delta’s and United’s combined. I still can’t help typing ‘iflyswa.com’ when going there. That was one of the very first internet properties to generate a billion dollars of revenue.
- Hackers reportedly stole credit card data from Hilton hotel properties. (HT: Paul H.) Just what Hilton needs, when HHonors has already been one of the most security-compromised programs.
According to online security analyst, Brian Krebs, hackers have “compromised” numerous point-of-sale registers in restaurants, coffee shops, and gift shops at Hilton hotel properties across the country in order to steal credit card information.
- Here are the different genres of airline advertising. One of the most common: commercials that sell flying, but don’t do a great job telling you why you’d choose a particular carrier. That’s the bucket I’d place Delta’s rather awesome new ad.
Hyatt Tulsa? Hyatt Wichita? Laughs Out Loud at Hyatt!!
This United program is really much ado about nothing. A few Global Services travelers (who already book first-class tickets) will be eligible for upgrades farther in advance. On international trips, they will receive upgrades to a first-class cabin that will soon disappear.
Glad to hear that the Denver Airport finally realized that blocking a restaurant simply because the personal views of it’s owner don’t fit theirs is fundamentally un-American.
I don’t think the Delta ad sells anything…..what a waste!
@johnb – for an ad like this who really cares what it’s selling? Does flying no longer hold any thrill for you? Have you recently stopped to think about what an engineering marvel it is? The fact that we can fly so effortlessly and in such HUGE machines is truly amazing. The Delta ad might not sell us on why fly Delta but it certainly makes me want to FLY!!!