The big news today (other than Anbang bowing out of the bid for Starwood) is Alaska’s no notice changes to the Emirates Award Chart. This is a big deal. We’re talking increases of 50-100% for the cost. Folks that had enough for a round trip to Africa, now have enough for a one way, for…
Intro: Visiting the Christkindlemarkets of Mainz Review: Hyatt Regency Mainz Wandering Mainz, including the Christkindlemarkets Review: Lufthansa First Class Terminal and Lounge (yes, both!) Review: Lufthansa First Class 747-8 – Frankfurt to Washington Dulles Conclusion: Visiting the Christkindlemarkets of Mainz The First AircraftWe were driven to our first aircraft, pictured below, and had a few minutes to…
Thailand’s The Nation reports that this past Monday in Thailand, Deputy Transport Minister Ormsin Chivapruck called a meeting with all Thai-registered carriers, following Nok Air’s cancellation of 9 flights stranding 1,400 people.The Nok Air incident was related to some of its pilots not meeting European Aviation Safety Agency safety standards, although the specifics were not included.The result…
Intro: Visiting the Christkindlemarkets of Mainz Review: Hyatt Regency Mainz Wandering Mainz, including the Christkindlemarkets Review: Lufthansa First Class Terminal and Lounge (yes, both!) Review: Lufthansa First Class 747-8 – Frankfurt to Washington Dulles Conclusion: Visiting the Christkindlemarkets of Mainz Despite my brother sticking around in Mainz, I kind’ve pushed that my father and I needed to…
If you happen to have taken advantage of American Airlines Business Extra program (and be sure to check out my post on the benefits of it and setting up an account), then you may know that points expire 31 December, 2 years from earning.So what kind’ve things can you get with your points? You can…
Matt has an excellent post, Rethinking Loyalty, that, has been at the tip of my brain for a number of reasons, not the least of which being American Airlines’s AAdvantage devaluation. BackgroundI’ve been an American Airlines’ AAdvantage Executive Platinum for years. I first status matched from United 1K, back when United introduced the Premier Qualifying Dollars (PQD)…
American Airlines is creating a real Premium Economy cabin!Now we aren’t talking about Main Cabin Extra, which just gives you a slightly wider seat, and slightly more legroom. No, No, No, American is coming up with something that is more similar to what we’ve seen from Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa, and Cathay Pacific (others too, but…
Today, Tuesday 17 November, at around 2pm Eastern, American AAdvantage dealt an official blow to mile and point enthusiasts that earn their miles via flying. American also dealt a major blow to AAdvantage members that used those hard earned miles for premium cabin awards. Some of these changes had been rumored for weeks, but now they…
Courtesy of a little bird, American Airlines is releasing a significant amount of premium cabin space to Hawaii next summer. Checking for 2 seats, on the more common routes, we see a good amount of availability for DFW-OGG: And, of course you want to get home, so here is OGG-DFW: Perhaps you’d rather go to…
Last week, I asserted that British Airways taking award the 4,500 Avios point award in North America was not the end of the world.I may have been shortsighted. For my personal travel patterns, this change sucks, but it isn’t the end of the world for me. But, my travel patterns aren’t yours.Reader Jessica rightly stated that…