News and notes from around the interweb:
- Citi ThankYou Rewards transfer partner Malaysia Airlines Enrich now lets you redeem for travel on Emirates (business class, though, not first class).
- All of My Wife’s IHG Priceless Surprises Entries Were Lost: Here Is How IHG Fixed the Problem
- Tip for booking Royal Jordanian awards with British Airways Avios: apparently Royal Jordianian isn’t showing up properly doing award searches at BA.com. Search the space at American’s AA.com website, then call British Airways. If they search for a paid ticket on the flight, they should then be able to see the award code available as well.
- Senator Jeff Flake regrets not supporting government regulation of airline seat sizes? (HT: @crucker)
- 90 Years of United Airlines in one minute. (HT: Live and Let’s Fly)
- United also highlights their renovations at LAX. (HT: Brian Sumers)
Jeff flake sounds like a moron. Voting before he even knew what he was voting for.
Eh, he has a sense of humor. This is the type of guy I’d vote for.
My Congressman lives 3 door away from me and has no detectable sense of humor.
He WOULD like me to come to a fundraiser, though.
I’ve paid for a bulkhead upgrade on a cross-country flight and in walk a very tall and beefy couple who sit next to me. I was literally “forced” partially out of my seat into the aisle.
If coach seat sizes were increased at a minimum to pre-sardine tin stuffing dimensions, I wouldn’t complain.
Treating customers like sardines is good business as long as they stand still for it. In the U.S., anything that makes money is good. Greed has replaced honesty because it makes some people more money. What’s the problem?