Linking the Travel Industry | United Airlines offers 30,000 MileagePlus points

Published: July 18, 2023, noon

Linking the Travel Industry is a business travel podcast where we review the top travel industry stories that are posted on LinkedIn by LinkedIn members.  We curate the top posts and discuss with them with travel industry veterans in a live session with real audience members.  You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.com and registering for the next event.

Your Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash Shravah.

Stories covered on this session include -

  • United Airlines will offer 30,000 MileagePlus points to customers who were affected by the airline's cancellations and delays during the final week of June.
  • Emirates - like some other carriers in the region - are now also offering private jets to meet the growing demand for these. How does that sit with a goal to reduce carbon emissions?
  • Beyond Business Travel post about the 1,700+ flights being cancelled by easyJet.
  • Probably the biggest news story of the week is about the Expedia Group / Hopper relationship coming to an end.
  • Delta Air Lines post some pretty impressive financial results. 
  • Virgin Atlantic is partnering with Fetcherr to deploy AI driven dynamic pricing. 
  • For us aviation geeks, here is a great post by Evelyne Vidal comparing the Airbus A350 to the new Boeing 777x
  • Trivia of the week
  • Space News features India's launch to the Moon

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