Emirates announces first two cabin A380 destination

 According to Australian Business Traveller Emirates is deploying its first two cabin A380 to Copenhagen. The 2 cabin A380 will have a whopping 615 seats, with 58 lay flat business class seats. While no seatmap is known at publishing, rumor has it that business class will still be on the upper deck. Since there will be…

Saying goodbye to US Airways “Cactus” Callsign

Avgeeks throughout the twittersphere have offered photos and remembrance for US Airways “Cactus” Callsign. Why is today the last day for Cactus? Because its been widely reported that American Airlines anticipates getting a Single Operating Certificate on 8 April. With that, all American Airlines planes — whether former US Airways or American Airlines) will sport…

maryland meet-up, ResellingDO for Beginners

Announcing the first #ResellingDO

While, I’ll be the first one to admit that this is a crazy idea. I’m doing it. I’ll be honest, Matt proposed the idea of hosting a DO at a brewery for his next DO, and I thought why not try it out.The focus of the DO is Reselling in the pursuit of Miles and…

TaggingMiles Weekly Travel News Roundup: April 3, 2015

The Weekly News Roundup is a collection of headlines from around the internet that caught the attention of the Tagging Miles team. Content on these blogs do not necessarily reflect the positions of Tagging Miles, and should not be considered endorsements. Have a great story we should read? Contact us now and let us know! Spinning the…

Review: Grand Hyatt Doha

The Grand Hyatt Doha is roughly an hour from Doha’s Hamad International Airport. Taxi fare was between 55 and 70 QAR. We selected the hotel primarily because it was a Hyatt, had a cash and points option, and because we hadn’t stayed there yet.Overall, our impressions were that the hotel was beautiful. Its only 5…

Should DOT require the airlines to release award space?

With all the discussion involving the US Department of Transportation (DOT) relating to the mistake fares, it is probably no surprise that they are being bandied about in the blogosphere for other ‘consumer protections’. So I ask: Should DOT require the airlines to release saver award space? Jason Steele, writing for the Points Guy does.…