Hard to believe it’s been about five years since Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary proposed offering passengers standing room only instead of seats. Of course, this is the same carrier that proposed having only one pilot in the cockpit to save money. Fortunately both ideas went down the same drain. But according to this article, O’Leary…
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Orlando Tourist Sues United Airlines over Ticket Prices
I can kind of understand this lawsuit and no doubt many who have purchased multiple airline tickets at one time will at least feel some sympathy. Seems this tourist from Illinois purchased three one-way tickets to Orlando from United Airlines. If he had purchased the three tickets separately, he claims the total airfare would have…
Journey into the Past: Old Planes Refurbished
I wasn’t around in the 1940’s and even if I was, it was very unlikely I could afford to fly. Those were the days when ‘the experience’ was more important than time. For those who are curious to experience a journey into the past, look for one of the refurbished aircraft from that era. Everything…
Has United Gone Super-Sized?
Is United trying to one-up Delta with their new super-size 1-liter bottle of Dasani water that awaits in domestic first class? Or was this just a fluke? I flew United a few weeks ago and no such bottle of water was waiting for me at my first class seat. Nor has a bottle of water ever…
Airlines Lining Up for Flights to Cuba
As I wrote last week, the government issued new regulations for travel to Cuba. Not surprising, the airlines want in on this action. American Airlines currently has charter flights out of Miami so they may consider additional flights out of Dallas-Ft Worth (DFW). United Airlines has already said they are interested in flights originating in…
United Loosening Status Match Requirements for Some
Business Travel News is reporting that effective today, United Airlines is relaxing their rules related to their corporate status match. Technically, this is still a challenge, not a pure match, but there are three primary MileagePlus changes: Status will be maintained for 22 months instead of the previous 12 months Travelers who fail to meet…
Why Are Frequent Flier Benefits Disappearing?
Gary had a recent post where he said that reduced competition was not the reason for reduced frequent flier benefits. Rather, tight capacity with full flights is the culprit. I certainly agree with Gary that Delta (DL) and United (UA) have reduced benefits – throw in Southwest and JetBlue if you like – and I…
Will Saudi Arabian Airlines Make Genders Sit Apart?
==See update at bottom of post== What’s up with these gender issues and the Middle East? I have already written twice about ultra-orthodox men flying to Israel here and here. Now comes a desert airline saying there were complaints that men may have actually been required to sit next to… oh perish the thought… women.…
United Airlines PR Dept Had a Rough Week
We all know that sometimes when it rains, it pours. United Airlines had the pour last week with a string of events that had to cause some gray hairs in their public relations department. It began last week with this event about leaving a dog out in the rain. Then they tanked even further after…
Which Passenger Has Superior Rights – Redux
In a case of déjà vu all over again, once more a group of ultra-orthodox Israeli men delayed a flight because they did not want to sit next to women. I wrote about this issue before but here we are again, the third time in the past few months. All of the flights in question…
