- Free Messaging Coming to Southwest Airlines in October 2018 by The Gate. I think it’s great that Southwest are offering free messaging, I don’t like the trend of being too connected in flight though purely because then I’ll be expected to get some sort of work done rather than just watching movies back to back.
- After 12,000 test runs, United takes on gate overcrowding with new boarding process by CNBC. I love how United is spinning this as helping customers, let’s be real this is about getting flights to board on time to increase profitability.
- SpaceX will fly Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa as the first ever private tourist to the moon by CNBC. Pretty crazy we are actually at this stage. When it comes to anything Musk, I’m always a bit hesitant on the time frame things will be done though. Would be incredible if I was able to do a trip like this in my lifetime. Wonder how much he paid…
- How much are stolen frequent flyer miles worth on the dark web? by Comparitech via VFTW. I’m actually surprised the prices are as high as they are. Especially when comparing to things like credit card numbers. To me that signals not enough is being done about stolen miles.
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>United reduced the boarding lines to two from five, and is urging travelers to wait until their boarding group — numbered 1 through 5 — is called.
>wait until their boarding group is called.
AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
Wait they’re serious? No one does this, unfortunately.
+1. Most airlines started adding check-in baggage fees. In response, passengers started to bring more carry-ons and now fill up the overhead bin space. So passengers want to board sooner within their boarding group. Thus issues with crowding around the gate area.
Haven’t had to pay to check a bag in a long time. Anyone know if they now charge you – when ‘they’ opt to gate check a bag for you? Remember a few times in the past if a connection was late and they held the plane or it was late but your one of the last to board near departure. More an issue if your sitting in bulkhead row or and exit row with no underseat storage and you board plane closer to departure.
The boarding with United is such a joke. On Southwest, there’s rarely, if ever, any issues with folks boarding according to their numbers. With the rest of the airlines, all you get is endless lines spanning who-knows-where.
Seems easier and less work to just get a bunch of AA miles from Citi than hacking/stealing them lol
Wow that article about miles on the dark web is terrifying. Excuse me while I go change all of my passwords….