Introduction Starting Out and American Airlines’ Flagship Lounge – Chicago Review: Japan Airlines First Class 777-300ER Chicago-Narita Review: Japan Airlines First Class Lounge – Haneda Review: Japan Airlines Business Class 777-200 Haneda to Bangkok Review: Thai Airways Orchid Spa and Royal Orchid Lounge Review: Thai Airways 787-8 Business Class – Bangkok to Denpasar-Bali Review: Grand Hyatt…
OneWorld Alliance was for a time, the best alliance going. Not because they had the most connectivity or partners. But rather, because, if you were flying on multiple OneWorld partners, whether it was on one Passenger Name Record (PNR)–and believe me, the acronym doesn’t make much sense–or multiple PNRs, you were covered, whether you were…
I shared the below as part of my remarks at the Travel Hacker 101 Meet-up that I co-hosted with Richard Kerr. If you aren’t a member of the Travel Hacking 101 Facebook Group, you are missing out. A new world, with AAdvantage Program ChangesWe all gather here today, to celebrate the amazing life, of the Mileage…
American Airlines AAdvantage changed their program yesterday, and while the revenue based earning isn’t great, it was their introduction of Elite Qualifying Dollars that makes it just to hard for me to justify continuing to chase elite status.After much consideration, and staring at yellow painted walls, I’ve come to the conclusion that there is only…
American Airlines is making changes to their AAdvantage Program, and they are not pretty. This is of course, a follow-up devaluation to the one announced November, 2015. There are a bunch of changes – here’s the high points, plus my own analysis. AAdvantage Redeemable Mileage (RDM) Earning Rate Goes Revenue Based Not a huge surprise here.…
Value Alliance is a new alliance, but its not what you are expecting. Business Traveller Reports that the new Airline Alliance, Value Alliance – is comprised of: “Cebu Pacific, Jeju Air, Nok, NokScoot, Scoot, Tigerair Singapore, Tigerair Australia and Vanilla Air, and allows customers to book flights and ancillary services offered by any partner carrier from…
This past weekend, I had the chance to travel out to Las Vegas to attend the Freddie Awards. Its my favorite event to attend each year, and I’m truly appreciative to have the chance. I thought I’d share some observations of some of the award winners, as it seemed like this year there were some…
Business Traveller reports that Singapore Airlines and Air France executives recently met to discuss a partnership. The article cites logical benefits of a partnership means an opportunity to leverage each airlines route network through code-shares, and various other reciprocities like lounges. Why would Singapore Airlines and Air France Partner? Its interesting that the argument for…
Introduction Starting Out and American Airlines’ Flagship Lounge – Chicago Review: Japan Airlines First Class 777-300ER Chicago-Narita Review: Japan Airlines First Class Lounge – Haneda Review: Japan Airlines Business Class 777-200 Haneda to Bangkok Review: Thai Airways Orchid Spa and Royal Orchid Lounge Review: Thai Airways 787-8 Business Class – Bangkok to Denpasar-Bali Review: Grand Hyatt…
In the aftermath of the un-announced Alaska Airlines’ Emirates devaluation, Gary Leff posted: Your miles aren’t safe: Devaluations create the need for even more devaluations. While I don’t believe he’s wrong in his assertion normally, I will lay out an argument of why I don’t believe his assertion to be true in this case. BackgroundIn the…