Earlier this week, Skift reported on a seat from Zodiac Aerospace that “erases the line between business and first class.” I couldn’t disagree more with that assertion. But before I get into why I disagree with their statement, let me first offer some background about the seat.About Zodiac Aerospace’s Fusio SeatZodiac Aerospace first introduced the Fusio concept…
On a recent trip overseas, I had the chance to read British Airways’ in flight magazine: BusinessLife. It’s one of those few magazines I’ll pick up and read nearly cover to cover on a sub-2 hour flight, and I usually pick up a tidbit here or there.The particular article that jumped out at me was…
Over the past few weeks, I have lost count at how many articles, posts, tweets, twitter accounts, and general mentions of how unfair the playing field is between US flagged carriers–primarily Delta, United, and American–(I’ll refer to them as US3), and the Middle Eastern Big Three–Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar–(I’ll refer to them as ME3 for this…
I do a lot of international travel. I write a lot about international travel. But I also see lots of foundational questions about international travel, whether it be via twitter, on other blogs, and via the Ask Tagging Miles, so I thought it’d be good to cover some here.Rule #1 – Know what credit cards you…
A few weeks ago, there was an excellent fare, that was clearly too good to be true, bookable via United’s website.It took some time, but the US Department of Transportation finally released a ruling. You can read it in full here, but if you want the cliff notes version of the 3 paragraph ruling, here’s what…
Many who know me, know that I’m a big fan of Qatar Airways. In fact, nearly half of my American Airlines Executive Platinum status is going to be earned on Qatar Airways this year. So why am I big fan: Layflat seats: I haven’t flown a single flight without layflat seats. I hear Qatar flies planes with…
Historically, Southwest has had more simple frequent flyer programs. Back under Rapid Rewards 1.0 they kept it so simple you only needed credits, which had no linkage to fare prices, segments, or distance flown. Rapid Rewards 2.0 and 2.1 still stuck with a simple approach of fixed earning values and fixed redemptions-just with 3 tiers/levels.…
Early today, a FlyerTalk thread popped up with a pretty phenomenal United premium fare from the United Kingdom to many places in some cases for as little as $85 USD. Perhaps the most amazing thing to me, was how fast things played out. It hit the blogs quickly, I think, starting with Gary Leff’s View from…
Consider for a moment, that you need to get to Cairo from Washington, DC. Here are your options: Your shortest path option is Washington to New York to Cairo (Pink) Slightly longer, is flying Washington to Abu Dhabi to Cairo (Red) Longer still is flying Washington to London to Frankfurt to Doha to Cairo (Gray)…
It’s a commonly known hack among the initiated. Even Trevor wrote about how the “hidden city” trick can be good for the pocketbook. But is hidden city ticketing a bad practice that could create harm to the travel ecosystem? That’s what two recent lawsuits against a website specializing in hidden city ticketing are suggesting.Skift recently wrote about the lawsuits…