News and notes from around the interweb:
- United is ending flights from Manchester, N.H. to Chicago O’Hare only notable because airline President Scott Kirby lectures investors that growing a hub nearly always makes sense so to drop a spoke the flight must be truly a disaster.
- Etihad will no longer fly to the Seychelles daily starting in October, notable because Air Seychelles had been part of the airline’s strategy of investing in troubled carriers and moving their traffic through Abu Dhabi.
- The top 10 airports in Europe by scheduled seats via Airline Weekly:
- Customers who purchases transpacific travel between 2000 and 2016 can receive a class action settlement payout
- As ridesharing outcompetes taxis, cab companies begin to eat their own: Yellow Cab, Austin Cab and Lone Star Cab try to force ATX Coop taxis out of the Austin airport
- Fairmont, Raffles, and Swissôtel have been folded into Le Club AccorHotels.
“This does entail some disappointment for some frequent guests,” said Gary Leff, a loyalty program expert and author of the travel blog, View From the Wing. “But it’s inevitable and not unexpected.”
Leff said that often when a more upscale or luxury brand is folded into a larger hotel company — as Kimpton was with InterContinental Hotels Group — the specific attributes, or perks, of a smaller chain’s program are often lost.
…Leff pointed out, elite members of the Fairmont Presidents Club, for example, were guaranteed a late checkout and suite upgrade certificates so they could confirm a suite when they booked their room. However, those benefits are no longer available as part of Le Club AccorHotels.
But Leff isn’t ruling out the possibility that things could change.
“Because the AccorHotels loyalty program is young and has been adding to its elite experiences, over time it may learn from the other chains that have more luxury brands and build onto the platform it already has,” Leff said. “It’s a mistake to think the program that exists today is the end of the story.”
- This passenger wouldn’t clean up after her dog in the airport (HT: Point Me to the Plane)
It’s a shame what’s happening to Fairmont.
That dog owner is a classy C U Next Tuesday.
@WilliamC, she is pretty hot actually. Maybe you are just jealous.
Dog shit cannot be cleaned up by ordinary persons. Even if the girl picked up the shit and tossed it in the trash, there would be residual shit on the carpet. Best to simply inform airport staff who have the proper resources to both remove and sanitiezed the carpet.
Jason is right. He will call the CDC.
I still get jealous.
Russell Wilson fans aren’t proud
Should give her a break.
The chick is definitely a retard.
And the dog is probably a service animal for retards.
Classy girl.
Ban all dogs from airports PERIOD. Unless the owner has a licensed ADA dog. They need to be regulated