- Why I Bought A House In Detroit For $500 by Buzz Feed News. Before you judge this because it’s from buzz feed, I’d recommend actually reading it.
- Wells Fargo to Claw Back $75 Million From 2 Former Executives by NY Times via VFTW.
- Statement from United Airlines CEO, Oscar Munoz, on United Express flight 3411 by United. Imagine if the communicator of the year had made this or a similar statement initially? I honestly don’t know how United messed this up so badly, it wasn’t even their employees that assaulted the passenger.
- Why Delta Air Lines Paid Me $11,000 Not To Fly To Florida This Weekend by Forbes via Heels First Travel. I shared the below table in our previous post on overbooking, but look at how great Delta is at turning overbooking into voluntary bumps instead of involuntary bumps.
I think this United fiasco could be the biggest blessing in disguise for us…I imagine new applications for non-churners who are interested in an airline credit card wont want to sign-up for united/chase now. United gets desperate for applications and then eases their cards from the 5/24 rule with chase like the british airways does or has no 24month language links like citi/aa. Its not a secret united is basically the worst US owned airline to fly intl’ at least.
On their pacific flights to hawaii,guam,japan,hong kong they do not give complimentary alcohol. Small but important gesture for how they treat passengers. Delta and AA do, and of course every other carrier from continental US to asia does on such long flights. Imo, Delta is the beat US carrier to fly to asia, followed closely by AA with their new dreamliners, really impressed with AA my last economy redemption to narita, on par with japan airlines but behind ANA.
“United is terrible — but hopefully I’ll get to fly United more in the near future.”
Yes with free miles if I can sign up for chase, you do united miles are bookable with better partner airlines for intl’ travel?
Just want to point out that Detroit story is three years old, not sure why it’s going “viral” now. The city emerged from bankruptcy about two years ago, the emergency manager is long gone.
From the NYT, NPR, CBS, NYPost, Washington Post, USAToday, ect – the article dates back 6 days.
Perhaps the other news outlets just noticed the story six days ago, but the article’s byline reads January 9, 2014.
Oh. I thought we were talking about Wells Fargo. I’m Sorry.
Looks like it’s going viral because the author of the story turned it into a book and it was just released. http://detroit.curbed.com/2017/4/12/15269832/500-house-detroit-book
Fascinating Detroit story. Read the whole thing. Thank you for sharing it !
haha doc is trying to give us heart attacks lol
Lol, I saw WF clawback bonuses and checked our checking accounts right away.
Our $250 bonuses are safe and sound.
Same!
Haha, read the article before checking your account!
That’s how you miss out on hot deals!
Wasting time going through a shopping portal, or waiting until you get home to use a different card, reading relevant information when you could just freak out instead.
Good point
Good Detroit article – thanks for sharing. At first I thought it was referring to the mortgage offer “take out a mortgage with us and get $500” haha!