Southwest Airlines facing possible Lawsuit over Denied Boarding
It’s no secret that in today’s digital age, news travels fast. Everyone has a cell phone with a video camera, and access to fast upload speeds to get those videos to YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and a lot of other avenues to share both positive AND negative news in the blink of an eye. The latest drama now puts Southwest in the crosshairs, and Southwest Airlines now might be facing a possible lawsuit over a denied...
Alaska Airlines adds Finnair as its newest partner!
HOORAY! Alaska Airlines continues to grow its presence by adding another new partner to their own global network. As of today, Finnair is the newest partner in the Alaska network! This comes on the heels of Finnair announcing their new service to and from San Francisco. Now that Alaska Airlines is expanding in the SFO market with their acquisition of Virgin America, having this new partnership will allow Finnair customers to...
¡Dios Mío! An Aeromexico 737 crashed into a truck on LAX runway
Oops. An Aeromexico plane that just landed from Mexico City into Los Angeles was taxing to the gate and ran into a service truck just a few hours ago. Of the almost 150 people onboard, none were reported hurt, however there were 8 injuries from people inside the turned over service truck. All of those 8 injuries were not life threatening. ABC7 news from Los Angeles has a great video of the incident and you can see that the truck was...
LEAKED: United Airlines is launching a new product, United Coast
It seems that United has been in the press a lot lately, but mostly for bad news. The airline has taken quite the beating (pun intended) over the past few months, so it’s not shocking that they would want to make some changes to hopefully get some positive press. Enter, United Coast. It would seem that United Airlines has decided to launch something new, but in name only. A source with direct knowledge of the change has informed...
Tickets go on Sale Today for Alaska Airlines to Mexico City!
Back in March, the DOT gave Alaska Airlines some pretty hard to snag slots at Mexico City’s Benito Juarez Airport, but there was no time frame for flights or for when they go on sale. That time has now come, and we’ve learned that Alaska Airlines will start serving the Mexican capital from San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Start planning! Mexico City flights on sale now. LAX & SFO start August 8....
Delta Status Match Expanded, Full Details
A lot of airlines offer a status match or even challenges to earn top tier elite membership in their program, so you don’t have to start from zero and work your way up. It’s a smart way for airlines to try and grab loyalty from other airlines and get some of that money over to them. A lot of airlines are restricting them now to once-in-a-lifetime so you can’t just keep churning out status year over year. Alaska...
British Airways Introducing Automated Biometric Boarding Gates at Heathrow
The boarding process at airports can be one of the most inefficient and stressful times of the flying process. Everyone is jostling for position, some people are trying to board before they should, and the gate agents are stuck taking boarding passes when they could be assisting passengers. British Airways has taken this to another level by now implementing biometric scanning to create automated, self service gates at LHR airport. As...
SAD! Trump Hotel won’t move forward in Dallas as planned
The plans to have a new Scion hotel, a Trump brand hotel, opened in Dallas has been scrapped according to the developers and the city council. The project was drawing a lot of media attention and attention from both sides of the aisle, and that’s not something that the developer wanted. According to reports, the Trump organization requested that the developer look for another company after the developer criticized the group for going...
Miami Passport Agency Closed until Further Notice
In an interesting turn of events today, the State Department just announced that the Miami Passport Agency would be closed until further notice, stranding many passengers and travelers who need to leave the country. Customers who had appointments at the agency were turned away as the State Department issued a tweet stating that the agency was closed. If you had a passport to pickup or an appointment, you should call the National...
New Amazon Go Store Opening soon to the Public in Seattle
Imagine walking into a grocery store with no carts, with no cashiers, with no check out lanes. Simply walk in, grab what you need, and walk out. No money is exchanged hands, and in some cases, no words are even needed to be spoken. How can this be possible? Welcome to Amazon Go. In its 20+ years of existence, Amazon.com has gone from a small upstart online book seller to a world power in e-commerce. Never comfortable with settling for...