Here’s some news and notes from around the travel world that you might be interested in:
- Alaska award quirk: Add a segment to reduce the price – Frequent Miler
- A passenger used a boarding pass found in the trash. CLEAR escorted them through airport security – Politico
- Aeroflot Now Flying planes without brakes – One Mile at a Time
- Finnair Business Class Review DUB-HEL – The Flight Detective
- American Airlines strands 31 students in Japan – Live and Let’s Fly
Up for more travel news? You might like our last recap post – A Mother’s Response When Southwest Airlines Accused Her Of Trafficking Her Biracial Daughter
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Not sure how one can fake retina scan or fingerprints that are used in the CLEAR system?? I am sure more people have gone thru regular or pre-check systems that should not have done so…