News and notes from around the interweb:
- What It’s Like To Fly On North Korea’s 1-Star Airline (HT: @TheBrettGall)
- I’ve written in the past that Turkish Airlines will offer status matches to most airline elites. This is ultra-useful for free access to United and US Airways lounges when flying solely within the U.S.
There’s been some suspicion that Turkish stopped doing so at the end of 2012. However, Loyalty Lobby reports that they’re continuing to do so — you just have to use the online contact form to request the match and upload a copy of your online statement from the airline you wish for them to match.
It seems to take two months for them to process it (but the status is valid for about two years and requalification requirements are relatively generous).
- Hack My Trip‘s list of top 5 travel blogs.
- KLM will begin introducing fully flat business class seats (that look far from world-leading, but that are about time). Meanwhile, SAS will not be doing so.
- Dubai security officer tries to swallow money that he stole from a passenger.
I like your Bits ‘N Pieces posts. They’ve helped me out a few times. Bravo. Certainly more helpful than the stealing hotel shampoos post. 😉
And here I thought swallowing balut was disgusting. I hope that security officer didn’t plan on using the bill later.
Any chance Turkish Airlines will allow a match using Southwest Companion Pass status?
Not sure which is more disgusting, the woman who swallowed tadpoles at a Chinese airport or this Dubai officer swallowing money.
The N Korean story is just too funny…….looks like they found some old sea rations that American troops left behind and they are now serving them on the flights………not as useful info as the top 5 blog item but still entertaining………..
I enjoyed Air Koryo precisely because it is so earnestly authentic, and how many other airlines provide white globe service? If you don’t want to go for the unique, then go for Air China to Pyongyang.
Signing up for Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles account is quite an interesting challenge. It appears that their website was designed by the absolute rock-bottom bidder.
For example, if you are located in the United States you must select your city from a drop-down list. For some city names there are multiple listings, with no indication of which state each is in. And, later on you will get to a confirmation page with 2 lines for your City name…weird!
NEVER click on one of the hint buttons on the Miles&Smiles application, else you may not be able to return to the page you were on. The PIN you select must have 6 digits, and the security-question answer must have at least 6 characters.