August
22
2024
Concourse B at Charlotte Airport was flooded this morning, with Gates B1 – 4 most affected. The airport stated that this was the result of a “construction incident,” although passengers reported toilet water.
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August
22
2024
A New York politician asked, “Don’t you know who I am?” when he was denied boarding on an American Airlines flight. But the gate agent didn’t know and didn’t care.
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy was on his way to the Democratic National Convention but missed his flight when he left the gate area to get a Chick-fil-A sandwich. When he returned, the boarding doors of his flight were closed.
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August
22
2024
Southwest Airlines is now offering overnight flights. They’re working on premium and assigned seating. They’ve been slow on most of their new efforts and are being pushed to make faster changes by an activist investor. But some of the considerations could seriously damage the Southwest brand and the gains its stock has made — and alienate fanatically loyal customers.
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August
22
2024
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I’ll keep you updated on the most interesting pieces I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
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August
22
2024
A year ago, the Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card introduced a 100,000 point first sign up bonus that I thought was the best credit card offer ever. Chase has topped that, I think this is the best credit card offer Chase has ever had, for any product. And they have now announced that it will end on September 5, 2024 at 9am Eastern time.
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August
22
2024
People keep renting cars from them, so here are finally some tips on how to do that without becoming the next victim in jail, or at least a way to spot an early warning sign that this could happen to you.
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August
22
2024
The FAA reported Wednesday that it referred 43 passenger incident cases to the FBI last year. That’s 1,240 cases reported by airlines to the FAA — that sounds like a lot, but about 820 million domestic passengers were carried in the U.S. last year. And the number of incidents is down 80% compared to 2021, when there were far fewer passengers.
What is the reason for better passenger behavior in the sky?
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August
21
2024
Hip-hop star Juvenile (Terius Gray) was kicked out of American Airlines’ first class. His wife was allowed to stay in the overbooked cabin. But rather than endure the humiliation of American’s main cabin, he left the plane – declaring himself a celebrity and that American made a mistake in denying him a seat.
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