Welcome to August. Seven months down, five to go in 2024. I thought it would be a good day to take a look at my elite status progress report as I think about the rest of 2024. My Elite...
United Airlines Pilot Boots First Class Passenger Over Racist Text Messages?
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A woman alleges she got a “racist woman” kicked off her United Airlines flight from Charleston to Denver after looking over her shoulder and snapping a picture of her iPhone as she was “rage texting” about her black seatmate....
United Airlines Makes Basic Economy (A Little Bit) Less Punitive
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In a policy reversal soon to go into effect, United Airlines will make it possible to check-in online when traveling on a basic economy ticket, a small reprisal for a ticket type that remains comparatively punitive. United Airlines Makes...
United Airlines Devalues Premium Cabin Award Redemptions…Again
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United Airlines has increased the pricing floor of its premium cabin “anytime” awards from 155K to 200K one-way to Europe or 220K to South America, as United continues to quietly raise redemption rates. There are some exceptions. United Airlines...