Day: April 13, 2017

Limited-Time: 50,000 Mile Signup Bonus for DirecTV

April 13, 2017

DirecTV is offering 50,000 American AAdvantage miles for new signups on 24 month agreements for ‘select’ packages or above. The biggest offer I’ve ever seen before was 30,000 United miles. With a little bit of effort service can be cancelled and re-upped earning miles multiple times especially when you cycle the names of household members […]

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What I’m Afraid is Going to Happen When Airlines Have to Deny Boarding to Passengers in the Future

April 13, 2017

The world is aghast at the passenger who was dragged off a United flight by airport police on Sunday night. And rightly so. It’s big news because things like this rarely happen, but they sure feel like they could happen to most any of us who travel. No one wants to be put in that […]

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Amtrak Drivers Forget to Stop at Stations So Often They Have a Procedure for That, and More

April 13, 2017

News and notes from around the interweb: What game theory tells us about United and overbooking Amtrak train engineer isn’t paying attention, forgets to stop at station and apparently this happens often enough they have a procedure for this. [T}he train is to stop at the next scheduled station, let off both sets of passengers, […]

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New Video Shows What Really Happened BEFORE Passenger Was Dragged Off United Flight

April 13, 2017

There’s been a tremendous amount of debate the past few days over airline involuntary boarding policies, after a man was dragged off a United flight when he refused to give up his seat when instructed to do so by the airline. Some people think United shouldn’t have flown crew (needed for another flight back to […]

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American Airlines Revamps Sydney/Auckland Flights to Make a Point to the Department of Transportation

April 13, 2017

Before the end of the Obama administration, the Department of Transportation rejected American Airlines’ application to expand its antitrust-immunized joint venture with Qantas, arguing that it would harm competition, even though Australia and New Zealand authorities had already signed off The DOT argued that American and Qantas weren’t growing service more than they’d expect to […]

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