Air Travel News 02.22.11
Air, Air Travel News, City Travel, Getting There Deals, Health & Safety, Leaving & Coming Home, Nevada — By Nancy Y on February 22, 2011 at 6:00 amby Nancy Yeomans
LG Air Travel News Editor
Look up in the sky! It’s a bird….it’s a plane! No….it’s your weekly air travel news! Here’s what’s happening in the world of aviation, from the ground up.
Frequent Flyer Forever
In a surprise move, Delta announced that the miles accrued in their frequent flyer program will no longer expire. Â As the only major US carrier to do so, Delta’s frequent flyer program, SkyMiles, is also one of the industry’s oldest. Â No more worrying about using your miles before they disappear or ordering another magazine you don’t need just to use them up. Â Great news for Delta loyalists! Â Â Source: Â Â AOL
Sin City Special
Not just new routes to Las Vegas, an entire airline dedicated to the city! Â LV Air is a brandy-new airline slated to start operations sometime this year. Â It has big plans to offer 4 daily non-stops linking New York’s JFK Airport with McCarran Airport. Some pretty fun perks are planned as well: Â in-flight seat-to-seat texting, wireless iPads, and mood lighting just to name a few. Â Passengers will also be able to coordinate their flight with other travel plans such as hotel and dinner reservations, show tickets and even bottle service at the clubs. Â No date yet for start-up… Â Â Source: Â KTNV
Maybe They Don’t Get Paid Very Much
But still. Â No need to steal from the poor, unsuspecting airline passengers! Â A ticket agent from American Airlines has been charged with grand theft, possession of stolen property and identity theft after allegedly copying information from hundreds of credit cards. Â Micheline Johnson had worked for American for 10 years and it’s not clear exactly how long she’d been getting away with this scam. Â Long enough to rack up over $480,000 Â in fraudulent purchases. Â Â Source: Â Gadling
Not Just For Ticket Agents
A meager take compared to Ms. Johnson above, but 2 TSA agents have been arrested after admitting to stealing some $160,000 from checked bags at New York’s JFK airport. Â The 2 agents had been with TSA for several years and had been regularly looting passenger’s luggage. Â The incident that got them arrested involved a theft of $39,000. Â Does anybody else wonder who would put $39,000 in a checked bag?? Source: Â NYPost
Quickies:
Jet Away Courtesy Of JetBlue
Here’s your chance to escape the winter and head to Turks and Caicos! Â Enter before March 3, 2011 to win this fantastic getaway. Â Source: Â jetBlue
Photo credit: Â borman818, http2007/flickr
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