News and notes from around the interweb:
- Asiana Club awards 40,000 miles for business class or 50,000 for first between the US and Europe with 7 stopovers plus your destination using Star Alliance airlines. It’s why not to overlook the Asiana credit card with 30,000 mile initial bonus (10,000 each year at renewal), double miles on gas and groceries, and a $100 annual rebate on Asiana purchases (taxes/fees on award tickets).
- Hertz devalues up to 82% without notice I guess that’s not as bad as Hertz glitches sending their customers to prison but it’s still pretty bad and should teach George Clooney a lesson.
- What you didn’t know about the Apollo 11 mission 50 years ago
- American Airlines executive says they’re considering relaunching Chicago – Beijing and Shanghai if they do this to squat on route authorities I think we know that CEO Doug Parker’s claim that ‘this time is different’ in the industry is no longer true considering losses they’ve said have been as much as $100 million on the routes.
- Air Italy award space is great — but not close to departure
- We’ve seen someone check a can of beer as luggage and a bottle of deoderant (not to let a free checked bag allowance go to waste). What about a broom?
Fuel surcharges on Asiana?
Once on Maui a family presented my son with not one but two bodyboards. When our time came to leave the island, he was still interested in having such bodyboards in North Carolina. So when we approached AA check-in counter the agent suggested taping two boards together to save on baggage charges but discovered that each of us had 3 free checked luggage pieces (AA EXP in F). So we checked the two boards separately and both received bright orange priority tags. Was fun to pick those up from a baggage carousel in Raleigh in January.
Can you credit *A flights to the Asiana program?
Gary, do you get recognized in airports much? I’m fairly certain I sat across from you in the Aus Admirals club yesterday, but didn’t want to disturb you, as I’m sure you get quite a bit of attention when traveling.
That’s a Nimbus 2000.
I once picked up a special edition baseball bat from Wrigley Field. This was before 9/11 BTW. It came through security just fine, but at the gate, US Airways wouldn’t let me board with it on my person. They were happy to gate-check it, however, and when I reached home it was the first thing to roll down the conveyor belt.
@Kyle, I was there yesterday – and was actually recognized while I was there, wish you would have said hello!
Gary, do you have any idea on the award availability that Asiana sees on Luftansa and Air Canada?
Mary Jane
Interesting article about missions to moon. Grand Palais in Paris has currently an exhibition called La Lune. It starts with Apollo 11 and reflects on role of the moon in arts and music in different cultures.
One exihibit is a recreation of part of the lunar surface with Buzx Aldrin’s foot print. Visitors are encouraged to step into it to compare their foot print with Buzz’s. We did just that.
The rest of the exihibit is also very informative and fun.
Let’s also note that Asiana is even easier to maintain status with (less miles required to maintain than to first achieve in a tier).
What about fuel surcharges on Asiana tix to Europe?
“if they do this to squat on route”
Considering I flew ORD to PEK on United how could American squat the route? Are there only two companies allowed to do a an origin/destination slot pair?