Delta Wants To Sell You To Advertisers After You Pay For Your Flight [Roundup]

News and notes from around the interweb: United wanted to turn its frequent flyer program data and inflight entertainment system into a media network selling targeted ads (Kinective Media) but this is hard and their first attempt at it seemed to fumble badly, they brought in Vasu Raja to sort things out and quickly cleaned house. It’s enough of value proposition – deep customer data, high end customers, focused attention over long periods – that Delta is trying to follow United into the ad business, too which should surprise absolutely nobody. Hours left: Cardpointers is 50% off right now, but regular price doubles October 1. Here’s my review. If you’re interested, get in under the wire. Since it’s the last day of the quarter, CardPointers users should also go into the app to see if they haven’t used any quarterly card credits! Hours left: Best-ever Rakuten referral offer ends September 30. Rakuten is an online shopping portal that earns points or cash back for the purchases you make anywhere, akin to the mileage malls that work with airlines like American, United, Alaska, et al. You can choose between cash back, Amex points or Bilt points. The easy, quick win before this offer is just to go to GiftCards.com through the portal and buy a $50 gift card for Uber, DoorDash, Southwest Airlines or Delta. You get $50 or equivalent points back, making this a free $50 (or better, since the points can be worth more than $50). India’s Axis Bank has cut how many points customers can transfer to Air India, Flying Blue and Qantas by 75%, without changing the transfer ratios. Those airlines now fall into a more restrictive category: Atlas cardholders can transfer just 30,000 bank miles annually, shared across all partners in that group, versus 120,000 in their previous group. So the same spending still earns the same points, and each point still converts into the same number of airline miles but customers face a lower cap on transfers. Interesting devaluation. The Chase Aeroplan card was refreshed and there’s a new 15% discount on Aeroplan redemptions that include at least one Air Canada segment in the one-way journey. It turns out that this 15% cardmember discount applies to everyone in the cardholder’s Family Sharing pool and not just to the cardmembers, although the green flags showing eligibility for this during booking aren’t tagged in a family member’s search results. 500 free SAS EuroBonus miles for checking out their new app by October 28 Just stop it already. @united after delaying our flight 3 hours, you make me check my carry-on, claiming the overhead compartment is full. I board the plane, and it's only 70-80% full. Your conduct on this flight is shameful, and you should be ashamed. pic.twitter.com/DmdXW6j9UB — Felipe Corcuera (@felipecorcuera) September 29, 2026 I’ve always found Singapore to have the best main meal service of any airline and the second best first class wine program. More than 100 dishes will be introduced across all cabin classes under SIA Chefs’ Selection, a new in-flight menu category featuring comforting and familiar flavours, regional favourites, reimagined classics, and new culinary creations. Bespoke Christofle serviceware and new wine… pic.twitter.com/eRCitlg29u — Singapore Airlines (@SingaporeAir) September 29, 2026 United does a better job than anyone else at inflight recognition crossing million miler milestones. Million Miler experience — Kudos to the crew by u/AroundTheWorldSFO in unitedairlines Panic Topics on this page