Airline passengers taking advantage of cheap flights to earn air miles in middle of coronavirus pandemic
Passengers have been doing ‘turnaround’ flights to earn air miles while prices are low
...“Many people have observed the essential travel rule, but there are careless people out there buying the cheap tickets. One person just wanted their kid to have their first flight,” they said.
“The airlines are offering $49 tickets in some places. Some people are just going on vacation.”
Georgia senator who contracted coronavirus leaves Florida beach house after local outcry
...Local residents, who are on orders to stay at home to help slow the virus’s spread, raised the alarm with the authorities when they saw out-of-town visitors arriving in a convoy of three cars.
...In an exchange with the Tallahassee Democrat, Mr Smith put it more sharply: “His driver’s licence is in Georgia. His voter’s registration is in Georgia, so just practice what you preach and don’t come here. It’s ridiculous. It’s so selfish of this person to do this.”
Shortly after Mr Smith assigned the police watch on the gated residence, Mr Thompson departed. As the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office told the paper: “As a result of surveillance on Senator Bruce Thompson’s residence on St. George Island, Senator Thompson called Sheriff A.J. Smith to advise he would return to Georgia.”