A female United Airlines passenger has filed a lawsuit against United Airlines and a male passenger who sexually allegedly assaulted her during a HKG-SFO flight in the summer of 2016.
The man has in the meanwhile been fired from his position as a commercial pilot at FedEx following a criminal complaint even though he was acquitted of all charges in June 2017.
IHG Business Rewards has new offer for meetings and events organized at participating Kimpton hotels by December 30, 2018.
Members can earn one time bonus of 50,000 points at each participating hotel for a contracts signed up by August 30th. The minimum value to earn the bonus points are hotel dependent.
Le Club AccorHotels has launched a new promotion for stays at ibis hotels in select countries in South America between July 7 – August 31, 2018.
Members can earn 300 bonus points per stay in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, Colombia and Paraguay if booked between July 7 – 22.
Wall Street Journal last week wrote a long piece about how Emirates is investing to business and first class products while slightly cutting corners in the economy by introducing ala carte pricing for seats and bags.
The airline believes that providing excellent service on its premium cabins allow its to charge basically more than its competitors and passengers are more likely to prefer them. High profit margin first and business class tickets help the airline to weather through the discount wars in back of the plane.
Marriott Travel Packages have been the best way to redeem their points for years and I have burned majority of my Marriott points over the years this way (and basically made my million miler and lifetime status with AA when all activity counted)
Now, Marriott Rewards is greatly devaluing this award option come early August rendering it basically useless. You still have perhaps two weeks left to redeem at the old values (read more about the Travel Packages here and the unfortunate changes here).
This week’s Compensation Clinic-case comes from a reader who checked in a bike with American Airlines and expected to use it in Brazil but it had been destroyed during the transportation process.
Remember that you can always email us, send a message via Facebook or use Twitter and include photos too. We’ll try to cover a Compensation Clinic case here once a week, every Sunday.
A LoyaltyLobby reader sent us an email about difficult situation that they had faced when checking in with Cathay Pacific (Oneworld airline) for their flight home in Taipei connecting to SAS in Hong Kong.
Remember that you can always email us, send a message via Facebook or use Twitter and include photos too. We’ll try to cover Reader Questions & Comments here several times a week.
Le Club AccorHotels has launched new bonus offer for a stay in Eastern Europe between July 15 – September 2, 2018.
Members can earn 100 bonus points for a stay booked using the Best Flexible Rate between July 10 – September 2.
British Airways dropped me an email on Friday night regarding an amendment made to lounge access rules for travel between July 14 – September 2, 2018.
As a Gold Guest List member, I could guest up to five people traveling with me on the same flight to any of the BA’s “luxurious” departure lounges.
World of Hyatt has launched new sale for stays at three participating resorts in the Caribbean and Latin American through October 31, 2018.
Members can get fourth night free when booked using offer code SUMEXT by September 15.
The two British divers who helped in the rescue operation to get 12 missing children out of a cave have been presented with appreciation certificates and were promised free flights on Thai Airways for life.
The rescue operation took almost three weeks and involved numerous officials through a multinational effort as well as volunteers such as the two Brits who eventually found the missing boys and their coach.
