Earlier I shared the story of yesterday's Etihad flight from Abu Dhabi to San Francisco, which was delayed by 12 hours due to fog. The biggest issue is that the passengers weren't allowed to deplane, so were stuck on the plane the entire time. Basically holding people hostage for this long becomes a serious safety issue, especially when you have kids and seniors aboard.
Fortunately it doesn't seem anything serious happened during that 28 hour journey. The same can't be said for Etihad's flight yesterday between Abu Dhabi and Dusseldorf. After keeping passengers on the plane for more than 13 hours due to fog, an Etihad flight bound for Dusseldorf diverted to Vienna after a man had a stroke.
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My dad and I connected from Tampa same day, so we didn't use Emirates' chauffeur service, which is complimentary for first and business class passengers. Upon arrival we headed over to Tom Bradley International Terminal, where our Emirates flight was departing from. Emirates check-in is in Hall B, and opens at 11:30AM, so we were there right as it opened.
Emirates uses the Korean Air Lounge at LAX, which I've reviewed in the past. It's a really mediocre lounge -- definitely the least nice of the major three alliance lounges. The food spread is really lacking for an international first class lounge, and they don't even have champagne.
Fortunately Emirates plans to open their own lounge at LAX, and I'm told it should open later this month. While I'm not generally blown away by Emirates' outstation lounges, I'm sure it will be a big improvement over the current setup.
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If you answered, “don’t send all of your passengers by bus to another airport over 160 miles away, only to have them turned away and sent back” then you’d be correct. Apparently, though, that wasn’t the answer given for a Parkistan International Airlines flight from Lahore to Riyadh. Administration of Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore […]
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There has been some crippling fog in the UAE the past few days which has caused some serious operational disruptions for both Emirates and Etihad.
While major disruptions for an airline with just one hub are bad enough, it's especially bad right after New Years, when flights are presumably packed to the gills.
One story making the rounds is about yesterday's Etihad flight from Abu Dhabi to San Francisco, which was delayed on the tarmac in Abu Dhabi for 12 hours. Combined with a 16 hour flight time, that made for a 28 hour journey.
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Travel With Grant reports that American Express Membership Rewards will lose Frontier Airlines as a transfer partner on March 5. And all I can say is.. who cares? Even before Frontier became a true low cost carrier (there’s even a fee to use your miles within 6 months of travel, and they don’t publish their […]
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I flew with American out of London yesterday, and it looks like I chose the right flight.
American 51 from London to Dallas was scheduled to depart London at 11:15AM and arrive in Dallas at 3:45PM. Well, that didn't happen.
Apparently there was a medical emergency which caused the flight to divert to Iceland. Per aa.com:
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In terms of things that aren't really much of a loss...
Via Travel with Grant, Frontier EarlyReturns will be discontinued as a US American Express Membership Rewards transfer partner as of March 5, 2015:
"Effective March 5, 2015, Frontier Airlines will no longer be a point transfer airline in the Membership Rewards program. Any Membership Rewards point transfers for Frontier Airlines must be made by March 4, 2015. These transfers will be considered final, non-refundable, and subject to the EarlyReturns® program terms and conditions. To transfer points to Frontier, please visit membershiprewards.com/travel."
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