Watch out for construction hassles at ATL, SFO and elsewhere (Chris McGinnis)
TravelSkills’ 10 most popular posts over the last week (descending order):
1 Construction zones and more: Airport news: San Francisco, Atlanta, Newark, Philadelphia
2 Is Southwest really a low fare carrier? Depends on…
3 Don’t accept the first offer! How to inspect your hotel room
4 Cool science An answer to filthy airplane drinking water?
5 Big news for Marriott Starwood credit card holders; JetBlue, too
6 Finally nonstop to Berlin Airberlin’s new SFO & LAX nonstops to Berlin
7 United devalues; Delta throws a bone, Chairman resigns
8 Deal shopping? Go where business travelers don’t
9 Routes: SFO, LAX, DFW, New Orleans, Orange County, Miami, JFK, Houston
10 Singapore Airlines opens up about newest longest nonstop
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United installed a basketball court (!) inside its massive SFO hangar to celebrate a new sponsorship (Photo: Chris McGinnis)
This week United announced a long-term sponsorship of the Bay Area’s Golden State Warriors basketball team. To celebrate, the carrier installed a temporary branded United-Warriors basketball court (complete with parquet floors and hoops) in United’s SFO Maintenance hangar where over 1,000 employees (and TravelSkills!) watched a dance team, drum corps and a handful of Warriors shoot hoops. As part of this agreement, United will soon have branding in Oakland’s Oracle Arena and, beginning in 2019, inside the new Chase Center, the team’s new arena on the San Francisco waterfront just south of downtown. MileagePlus customers will have the opportunity to use their miles for access to premium seats, suite tickets, VIP experiences and Warriors autographed items.
Links to stories from other sources that we thought you’d like to read:
Delta mulling low-frills transatlantic product
United stock surges, but it’s time for airline to deliver
Virgin America’s crazy new first class shoes
San Francisco judge says he’ll block Alaska’s takeover of Virgin America
Earn double points for Enterprise car rentals this winter (reg required)
Washington Reagan National airport to get billion dollar makeover
Airlines testing virtual reality headsets for passengers
A proposed flying taxi- let’s go! (Image: Airbus)
Check out this super cool new “flying taxi” from Airbus (I want one!)
New study sees “sluggish” growth in business travel spending
Uber, Lyft now handle more than half of all ground transportation for biz travelers
Airlines’ on-time arrival rates could drop with inclusion of regional partners
U.S. wants airlines to refund bag fees for delayed returns
Low business class fares attract mileage junkies
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Big news for big spenders as banks roll out new bonuses and perks (Image: Pixabay)
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