Linking the Travel Industry | Changes to British Airways' Loyalty Program Creates Outrage

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 -

• New York and New Jersey will host the 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP FINALS. 
• JetBlue is going to keep their Amsterdam summer slots after all. 
• Flight disruptions are 300% above "normal" - is this now the new norm? 
• Lufthansa had to cancel up to 90% of their flights this week due to industrial action.
• The recent changes that British Airways made to their loyalty program are causing plenty of user feedback and Oliver Ranson's post about this is worth a read. 
• The EU wants a 90% reduction in emissions by 2040.
• Sabre Corporation and Revolut team up to help agents use virtual payments more easily.
• Ryanair wins a courtcase where they've challenged the state aid given to Air France-KLM during the pandemic.
• Hawaiian Airlines debuts high speed onboard internet with STARLINK. 

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