From: The Points Guy - Saturday Dec 01, 2018 02:06 pm
✈ Au Revoir, Joon: Air France’s New Boss Wants to Ditch the ‘Millennial Airline’ & More Daily News From TPG ✈

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TODAY'S POSTS: 
- Au Revoir, Joon: Air France’s New Boss Wants to Ditch the ‘Millennial Airline’  
- TAP’s New A330neo, Sir Richard Branson on Talking Points, Uber Elite Status and More  
- Americans Regret How They Used Their Vacation Days in 2018, Survey Says  
- Families of Flight MH370 Victims Unveil New Debris, Plead for Search to Continue  
- The Day I Cried in the Middle of Newark Airport (and Why United Is Partially to Blame)  
- Paradise, Perfected: Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort and Spa in French Polynesia  
- Soon You Can Earn SkyMiles Flying Someone Else’s A350-900  
- Japan Airlines Pilot Arrested for Being Drunk on the Job Gets 10-Month Sentence  
- Southwest Changes Boeing 737 MAX Sensor That Played Role in Lion Air Crash  
- Were You Targeted to Earn Bonus Miles in United’s Latest Promotion? 

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Au Revoir, Joon: Air France’s New Boss Wants to Ditch the ‘Millennial Airline’

By Alberto Riva on Dec 01, 2018 08:30 am
Joon, the Air France subsidiary aimed at young people, may be going out of business soon. The new Canadian boss at Air France wants to close the airline after only one year. According to French newspaper Le Figaro, Benjamin Smith — who took over in August as chief executive of the Air France – KLM ...
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TAP’s New A330neo, Sir Richard Branson on Talking Points, Uber Elite Status and More

By Alyssa Cerchiai on Dec 01, 2018 08:00 am
Each Saturday, we round up news stories that you might have missed from the week before. Here’s the top miles, points and travel news you might have missed on TPG this week. Airbus Delivers World’s First A330neo to TAP Air Portugal Replacing the original A330 series, the A330neo has an upgraded business class but the ...
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Americans Regret How They Used Their Vacation Days in 2018, Survey Says

By Laura Itzkowitz on Nov 30, 2018 09:30 pm
Have you used all of your paid vacation days for 2018? If not, you’re in good company. A quarter of the people surveyed in a new study by Priceline said they still have more than nine vacation days left on the table, with just one month left in the calendar year. According to Priceline’s just-released ...
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Families of Flight MH370 Victims Unveil New Debris, Plead for Search to Continue

By Jessica Puckett on Nov 30, 2018 09:00 pm
The families of the victims of disappeared Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 unveiled five new pieces of aircraft debris and pleaded with the Malaysian Transportation Ministry to resume the search effort for the missing plane. The families called the discovery of the new debris a “massive breakthrough” in a news conference on Friday. The Boeing 777-200ER ...
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The Day I Cried in the Middle of Newark Airport (and Why United Is Partially to Blame)

By Summer Hull on Nov 30, 2018 08:30 pm
Fact: family travel (while worth it), can be tough. Also a fact: As a parent, traveling without your family can be even tougher. In fact, I recently took a trip without my kids and found it to be one of the most challenging departures of all. That’s why, on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, I found ...
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Paradise, Perfected: Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort and Spa in French Polynesia

By Darren Murph on Nov 30, 2018 08:00 pm
Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort and Spa is everything you’ve ever dreamed of in an overwater bungalow destination, giving pricier resorts in Bora Bora a serious run for their money. Pros: elegant, eye-poppingly beautiful, heartwarming and kind staff. Cons: impractical to book a room here in perpetuity. 
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Soon You Can Earn SkyMiles Flying Someone Else’s A350-900

By J. Scott Clark on Nov 30, 2018 07:30 pm
China Eastern Airlines this week took delivery of its first Airbus A350-900. Before you brush this off as an airline you aren’t likely to fly, it’s worth noting that China Eastern is a SkyTeam partner that oftentimes offers bargain prices on business class seats. In other words, this may well be your best shot to ...
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Japan Airlines Pilot Arrested for Being Drunk on the Job Gets 10-Month Sentence

By Jane Frye on Nov 30, 2018 07:00 pm
The Japan Airlines pilot arrested for being nearly 10x over the legal alcohol limit has been sentenced to 10 months in jail. Pilot Katsutoshi Jitsukawa, who was arrested in October trying to board a Japan Airlines flight from Heathrow to Tokyo, said he had been “drinking heavily” the previous night, admitting to having had two ...
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Southwest Changes Boeing 737 MAX Sensor That Played Role in Lion Air Crash

By Jessica Puckett on Nov 30, 2018 06:30 pm
In the wake of the Lion Air flight 610 crash, the largest operator of the aircraft type — a Boeing 737 MAX — that plunged into the sea is reportedly making adjustments to an instrument investigators believe reported faulty information and played a role in downing the flight. Southwest Airlines will be activating large display screens ...
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Were You Targeted to Earn Bonus Miles in United’s Latest Promotion?

By JT Genter on Nov 30, 2018 06:00 pm
This week, United launched a new promotion to targeted MileagePlus members. The program incentivizes select MileagePlus members to book and fly a certain number of trips or miles before a specific date in order to earn a targeted bonus. Offers just popped up for trips now through Jan. 31, 2019. To see if you’re targeted for ...
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