In India the pilots seem to have even more of a swagger than Alec Baldwin. If they want to land on a road, they may just consider landing on a road. They fight each other. If they’re scheduled to fly somewhere they don’t want to go — even for an airline’s inaugural flight — they simply don’t show up.
New Program Awards Points to Computer Hackers
United offers up to a million miles in its bug bounty program but it’s not just white hat hackers being offered points.
There’s a new program that will award hackers with valuable points for participating in DDoS attacks.
Delta Free Food in Coach: What’s Next and How to Fix a Boeing 787
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First Chance to Fly the New United Polaris Business Seat February 16 and Where To Next.
United unveiled its new business class – Polaris back in June, and they launched the soft product on December 1.
The new fully flat direct aisle access seat isn’t fly yet, though. We just got more details about the first plane to have it and where it will fly.
Emirates Launching Premium Economy in 12-18 Months
Emirates expects to be offering premium economy within 18 months.
Some might argue they already offer premium economy, only they call it business class. Emirates offers an angled business class on its Boeing 777 aircraft. Only their A380s have fully flat seats. They’re introducing a new flat business class seat on new 777s, but not retrofitting existing ones.
Starwood and Marriott Platinums Now Eligible for Extra Legroom Seats on Both United and Delta
Marriott’s top elite status comes with United status, and therefore access to Economy Plus seating. Starwood’s top elite status comes with pseudo-elite benefits on Delta, and those now include access to extra legroom seats. With the Marriott-Starwood merger, arn one of those statuses, you get both.
RUMOR: American Express Created New Rewards Abuse Team
Frequent flyer programs all have corporate security, and so does American Express. I’m not sure whether this is a ‘new team’ and even if it is whether that means a new charge. We’ve certainly seen reports of accounts being frozen and investigated when using targeted links that weren’t intended for public use, and we’ve seen points clawed back from those accounts when violating American Express terms to achieve bonuses (such as meeting minimum spend with gift cards).
Actor Judge Reinhold Arrested at TSA Checkpoint After Taking Shirt Off, Cursing at Screeners
Judge Reinhold played a police officer in Beverly Hills Cop (and more importantly Brad in Fast Times at Ridgemont High).
Despite his law enforcement background as Detective Billy Rosewood alongside Eddie Murphy, he was arrested yesterday at the Dallas Love Field TSA checkpoint.
DOT Proposes Trigger Warnings for Inflight Cell Phone Use
The Department of Transportation announced a proposed rule today to require airlines to disclose to consumers in advance if their flight will permit passengers to make voice calls using wireless devices.
This is a strange regulation to open comment on for a number of reasons. Not least of which because there’s no inflight cell phone calling allowed in the US today.
United Eliminating Complimentary Hawaii Upgrades for Chicago and Denver Flights
United’s Newark, Washington Dulles, and Houston flights to Hawaii have offered flat business class seats, and have not been eligible for complimentary elite upgrades.
Chicago and Denver flights are going to fall under this rule as well.