Southwest tweeted a tease about a big announcement tomorrow, and it looks like new seats. Reading between the lines, though, there appears to be more to the announcement.
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IHG Rewards Club has announced some changes to their program. Naturally I'm skeptical when I hear about loyalty program changes, since they're rarely positive nowadays.
Here's how IHG Rewards Club describes the changes:
"It’s time to enjoy a loyalty programme that’s more centred on you and everything you love about travel. Take a fresh look at an even better IHG® Rewards Club — we think you’ll like what you see."
While I was initially pessimistic, and while the above sounds exciting, the reality is somewhere in the middle.
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IHG Rewards Club - the loyalty program for Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, and related brands - will be introducing new elite benefits this summer. We know some of those now, and I'll explain those.
They're also introducing expiring points. Their points haven't expired, now they'll expire after 12 months of inactivity. Elite members get a longer expiration, though.
I go over the holes in the program, what they could do to fill those, and what we know they're planning so far.
Continue reading IHG Rewards Club Points Will Expire, and They’re Promising a New Elite Program...
Via Alaska Airlines' blog, a flight from Seattle to Los Angeles returned to Seattle shortly after takeoff due to a banging noise in the cargo hold:
"Flight 448, bound for Los Angeles, returned to Seattle shortly after departure today after it was discovered that a ramp agent was still in the cargo hold. The aircraft was in the air for 14 minutes.
After landing, the agent, an employee of Menzies Aviation, walked off the aircraft from the front cargo hold, which is pressurized and temperature controlled. Upon exiting, he told authorities he had fallen asleep. The agent was transported to a local hospital as a precaution. We are actively investigating this matter."
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As of this weekend, Japanese airline ANA has a new award chart. Along with that, they've apparently refreshed their website and heretofore fabulous Star Alliance award search tool.
And goodness gracious it's terrible.
For starters, actually getting to the award search tool is problematic. Not like it was easy before, but I highly recommend you bookmark the link to the new ANA tool, as even getting that far is a challenge.
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I’m looking at a flight later today that has only two first class seats for sale: (There’s one confirmable upgrade [A] seat and no discounted first class [P] seats that American will sell.) 11 out of 16 first class seats are open on the seat map: To be sure, the seat map is not a perfect approximation of availability. There can be people in a cabin without seat assignment. That’s more often true for international flights than domestic, and domestically in coach than first class, but it’s true. Today there was bad weather going through Dallas, including a ground stop. That doesn’t come close to explaining this, however. The flight showed up the same way prior to day. I frequently see American Airlines flights where they will not sell any first class seats (“F0″) but…
Continue reading Why Won’t American Sell a First Class Seat? A Conundrum I Can’t Make Sense Of....