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Another airline is getting sued for a political reason
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Another airline is getting sued for a political reason

By Veronika Bondarenko | The Street When it comes to letting their flight attendants and other workers express their political views, airlines are often in a tough spot between encouraging personal expression and avoiding the kind of arguments that broke out last month when a JetBlue Airways  (JBLU)  passenger was accused of “causing a disturbance” and had his return ticket canceled after bringing up an attendant’s “Free Palestine” pin. As the story started picking up steam, JetBlue quickly changed its policy to ban all political displays on the uniform worn by its staff. While it previously allowed flight attendants to put on one pin of their choosing, the airline felt that this was necessary in an election year and a time when tensions run high around ...
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Southwest Airlines makes a huge change to its loyalty program
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Southwest Airlines makes a huge change to its loyalty program

By Daniel Kline | The Street Southwest Airlines does not offer some of the perks that other airlines offer.  The airline does not offer business- or first-class seating, so it can't reward its most loyal passengers by bumping them up to better seats. In fact, the airline has built its entire system around a fairly democratic seating policy, where everyone gets treated mostly the same. Nobody gets an assigned seat and most passengers get their places in the three-tiered regular boarding system when they check in 24 hours before their flights. Top-tier members of Rapid Rewards, the airline's loyalty program, do get checked in earlier than other passengers. And if an A-List or higher member does not get an A group boarding position, they can board after the As and before the ...
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