Hints and tips:
...Miles & More members are typically affluent and frequent flyers, with 20 per cent of them Deutsche clients....
...In the US, the Department of Transportation is looking into frequent-flyer programmes at major US airlines....
...But frequent flyer miles aren’t just a token of appreciation, like a dog-grooming voucher simply for being employed....
...Since that peak, the stock price has fallen by more than 40 per cent despite rising flyer volume....
...Those with the least frequent flyer miles are ushered out first. You can complain, of course, but the person implementing the policy has not set it — and nor can they change it....
...Airlines apps that show whether the plane you’re waiting to board has landed or is still 500 miles away are a big improvement....
...They are such skilful flyers.” Lewes was once a nesting hotspot. Swift numbers have since slumped. It is the same story across the UK....
...— and a 1934 advert that reassured nocturnal transcontinental passengers that every mile of their route was lit....
...“Business travellers are very undemanding in terms of value and soft product as long as they can sleep, and run up their frequent flyer miles and status points....
...Police, volunteers, friends and family all flocked to Merritt BC to scale the vast terrain, searching for her across miles and miles of woodland....
...About 2,500 miles across America, the 58th annual Super Bowl is blaring from three giant screens into a large, carpeted dining room....
...Thousands of Southwest flyers, however, spent days sleeping in airports or going to great lengths to find alternative means of transport....
...Many have a lucrative side business that provides a steady stream of revenue in their frequent flyer programmes....
...For Jobs, Justice & Dignity” appears printed in white letters on a white flyer that’s plastered on white brick....
...Thousands of Southwest flyers, however, spent days sleeping in airports or going to great lengths to find alternative transport....
...That means that, no matter how early I arrived at the airport and despite my frequent flyer membership, I always found myself in whatever middle seat was left....
...I’m infuriated by flyers with massive suitcases masquerading as hand baggage and flinch at those who lack spatial awareness. And that’s before one’s walked 18 miles to get on the plane....
...Residents of Montauk, 20 miles away, are not pleased....
...Smart reads Mile-high meals As they struggle to turn a profit, airlines are increasingly serving up elaborate first class luxuries such as lobster thermidor and “bottomless caviar” to keep high-flyers engaged...
...Benefits would go to both flyers and shareholders. It is an argument regulators should seriously consider, even as they cast a jaundiced eye over the operations of the largest US airlines....
...“Venice’s private terminal is the best by miles” — not surprisingly, given its regular influx of festival and Biennale habitués; “you get off the plane and you’re straight onto the water.”...
...But climate campaigners like Leo Murray are pushing other ideas, such as taxing frequent flyers....
...We’re constantly getting flyers from estate agents telling us they have London buyers who would love our house. One came with a box of chocolates.”...
...Downbeat Theresa somehow manages to run a successful café business though David’s comment, “Got ourselves a real high-flyer”, doesn’t sound like a compliment....
...DD would advise readers to look into frequent flyer programmes at Delta or British Airways, which may end up being a safer bet than Greensill’s Gulfstream G650....
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