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Journalist & photographer: Airlines @ The Points Guy, other stuff elsewhere | Paramedic | Brooklynite turned Boston-ish | Mets and THFC

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Dinner Is Being Recorded, Whether You Know It or Not

Stop the planet of the apes, I want to get off

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/d...

21.02.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

Going to a peaceful protest against ICE? You could lose your Global Entry and TSA PreCheck. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...

31.01.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

(Katie is Stephen Miller’s wife)

04.01.2026 02:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby recently went on Katie Miller’s podcast, where he talked about DEI, MAHA, and topics related to airlines and travel.

Unrelatedly, United recently launched flights to Nuuk, Greenland, though Kirby didn’t talk about making that a domestic route.

04.01.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Frontier CEO Barry Biffle is leaving pretty much effective immediately

15.12.2025 21:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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For those watching: Spirit has a big marketing event planned in Times Square tomorrow which includes giving away 100 roundtrip flights

15.12.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
Spirit Airlines Announces Amendment to DIP Credit Agreement to Support Restructuring Progress Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc., parent company of Spirit Airlines, LLC ("Spirit" or the "Company"), today announced it has reached an agreement with its senior secured noteholders to amend its debtor-...

ir.spirit.com/news/news-de...

15.12.2025 14:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Spirt is safe for the moment: the airline received $50m of its third funding round from DIP creditors, with the remaining $50m of this round to be reassessed later.

15.12.2025 14:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Seattle-Tacoma Airport faces Thanksgiving fuel shortage - The Points Guy Seattle-Tacoma airport is facing a continuing fuel shortage heading into the busy Thanksgiving travel week, causing disruptions to flights. Here's what to know.

Alaska is working on β€œcontingency” plans to ensure that service to/from @flysea.bsky.social over Thanksgiving is maintained, including tankering in fuel, tech stops on certain routes, and trucking in fuel.

via @davidslotnick.bsky.social

25.11.2025 03:22 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Scott Kirby - United Airlines CEO | The Katie Miller Podcast Ep. 15
Scott Kirby - United Airlines CEO | The Katie Miller Podcast Ep. 15 YouTube video by Katie Miller Pod

United CEO Scott Kirby’s full interview on Katie Miller’s podcast (Stephen Miller’s wife) just dropped. Topics include his favorite routes, family travel, and customer service…and also DEI, Covid vaccines, MAHA. youtu.be/0bys5Jnkw8M?...

19.11.2025 21:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump admin on how to make travel better: β€œdid you even say thank you?”

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American Airlines CEO Robert Isom and COO David Seymour in letter to staff as government reopens: β€œThank you for the long hours, the hard work and the round-the-clock care you’ve shown to our customers and
each other.”

13.11.2025 16:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s the key.

13.11.2025 03:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quite. It’s been live for a few hours but not exactly racking up the views.

13.11.2025 02:33 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: DOT and FAA freeze U.S. scheduled flight capacity cuts at 6% citing "a rapid decline in controller callouts."

"Such strong staffing levels suggest a further ramp up in-flight reductions are not necessary to keep the traveling public safe."

Revised order: www.faa.gov/newsroom/Eme...

13.11.2025 00:32 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby went on Katie Miller’s podcast β€” that’s Stephen Miller’s wife β€” to talk about flight operations.

13.11.2025 01:42 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 16

United just published a list of every single flight cancelled through the weekend due to the ongoing government shutdown www.united.com/en/us/fly/co...

07.11.2025 03:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.

He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.

05.11.2025 13:22 πŸ‘ 30909 πŸ” 3641 πŸ’¬ 817 πŸ“Œ 553
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I swear, the deliberate malicious misinterpretation of literature and media basically comes down to β€œdurr in that book the dark shadowlands were evil and the sunshine was good so let’s ignore literally everything else ban all brown immigrants.” The right-wing misuse of Tolkien is beyond vile.

31.10.2025 14:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thinking about this as the new My Chemical Romance tour goes on sale, priced in the hundreds for the farthest away sections. Ticketmaster/Live Nation are pricing the middle class out of concerts.

26.09.2025 17:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In January, Delta CEO Ed Bastian said that the Trump admin’s regulatory approach could be a β€œbreath of fresh air.” I wonder how he feels today as Trump’s DOT moves to shut down Delta’s joint venture with Aeromexico.

16.09.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Millionaire Who Left Wall Street to Become a Paramedic

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/n...

03.09.2025 01:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From the flightattendants community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the flightattendants community

Doors on business class suites have never really been that private β€” anyone walking by can still see inside. Keep your clothes on while you’re flying, people. www.reddit.com/r/flightatte...

31.08.2025 20:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Disney and the Decline of America’s Middle Class

β€œThe economics of appealing to the middle class aren’t what they used to be. The market, and increasingly the culture, is dominated by the affluent. And technology is enabling companies to see these previously invisible class divides and act on them.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...

31.08.2025 13:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Delta adds flights from Boston to Madrid and Nice, France, for 2026 - The Points Guy Delta Air Lines will add flights from Boston to Madrid and Nice, France, for the summer 2026 travel season, its latest move to expand service out of the New England city.

Delta doubles down on Boston with new Europe routes for summer 2026, from @davidslotnick.bsky.social

27.08.2025 19:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Minneapolis children revealed courage, absorbed fear during church shooting A 10-year-old acted like a human shield to protect a younger schoolmate. An eighth-grader prayed while hiding under a pew. A frightened 11-year-old asked her father to lock the doors and draw the curtains when she arrived home.

I don’t care how pro-gun or anti-gun you are; surely we can at least agree that this shouldn’t be acceptable in our society? - www.reuters.com/world/us/min...

29.08.2025 00:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair, every time I’ve needed to make a Taylor reference in a headline (which has been more often than you’d think) I’ve had to call for help over Slack.

26.08.2025 17:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every push alert is some variation of β€œit’s a love story.” Come on, y’all had plenty of time to prewrite this, none of you could find another reference or pun?

26.08.2025 17:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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$89 to upgrade to first on a 30 minute regional jet flight. The only reason it would be worth it would be to mess with whoever gets stranded on the upgrade list.

26.08.2025 00:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0