American Airlines makes another change — leaving loyal flyers frustrated: ‘Lost a customer’

Another new American Airlines policy is taking off — and loyal flyers aren’t thrilled about where it’s landing. Beginning Aug. 25, elite AAdvantage members flying on some of the most popular three-cabin domestic routes will no longer be eligible for complimentary upgrades from the main cabin to business class. Instead, their free upgrade will only bump them up to premium economy, according to the airline. The change will affect nine routes — including flights between New York and Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco, Boston and Los Angeles and select flights to Hawaii. American Airlines said the change comes as it…

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10 Ways Small Businesses Can Use AI To Grow–And Even Hire More Workers

A quartet of witnesses testifying this week to the House Small Business Committee disputed the commonly-held belief that artificial intelligence will displace human workers and insisted that small businesses which use AI are likely to wind up having to hire more employees–because they’ll grow.Already, a majority of small businesses are…

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Dua Lipa’s Go-To Food Spots Include Midnight Churros in Madrid and a No-Menu Omakase Bar in Tokyo

Dua Lipa doesn’t just eat well when she travels. She builds entire trips around where she’s going to eat. “Everything is based around food,” Lipa told the Dish Podcast in 2024. “I think about the trip, and then I think about the food and I start putting it in the diary.” She’s also not interested in keeping her best food spots to herself. “I’m not gatekeeping,” she added. “I’m sharing, I’m tagging the restaurant.” That openness led to a partnership between her media platform Service95 and Google Maps earlier this year. The result was a curated list of her favorite…

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