News and notes from around the interweb:
- The end of a former Braniff International Boeing 747SP in war-torn Yemen
- Why the Justice Department Won’t Block Expedia’s Acquisition of Orbitz. I haven’t followed the legal wrangling over anti-trust, but what the deal really means is bulking up to compete against Booking.com/Kayak (Priceline) and against Google which is starting to let you book hotels directly from search.
- Why Do Airplane Windows Have Tiny Holes? Two months old, but fascinating and I realize I never linked to it.. (HT: @tracytimonere)
- Head for Points says British Airways is going to crack down on the money saving practice of throwaway ticketing. He posits they are specifically interested in passengers throwing away London – Germany segments at the end of cheap Hong Kong fares. I’m betting they won’t collect money, but if they’re watching this fare in particular they could certainly crack down on Executive Club accounts. So folks may wish to credit these flights to a different program or better yet avoid throwaway ticketing on Germany-Hong Kong fares specifically.
- Dynamic Airways (“2D”) has commenced Fort Lauderdale – Caracas service. They’ll even accept local currency for tickets. Bold move that could easily end very badly.
Apparently American flew the Fort Lauderdale-Caracas route up until 2005. Currently service to the country is way down, and Dynamic Airways, which I had never heard of, sees an opportunity.
Airlines significantly pulled back from the Venezuela market after the government refused to allow them to move over $3 billion in ticket sales out of the country. Those funds remain trapped. Nonetheless, is resuming JFK – Caracas in December (“fool me once…”). If you go, don’t forget to bring your own toilet paper.
- Airlines can pretend any bomb jokes are real, and aren’t liable when you get sent to Guantanamo for them.
- A really neat time lapse video of Tokyo Haneda airport (HT: Paul H.)
throaways are great if you know how to use them
I recently did a combination of both throaway AND hidden city in one ticket
had to fly MEX to BOG, but not only was it cheaper to buy MEX-BOG-LIM and get off in BOG, it was also cheaper to buy that trip roundtrip and not one way so I bought MEX-BOG-LIM/LIME-BOG-MEX and only used the first leg out of four
Paid 400 usd instead of 900
Gary,
I am planing fly on award from MAD to SJC. By using segment search on AA, the last fly out from LHR to SJC is 12:15 pm. The earliest arrival to LHR from MAD is 12:15 pm and latest is 10:10 pm. Do I have to take the last flight of the day to make it a “transfer”? I would like to stay at least half daytime in London. Thank you.
@ray you can connect up to 23 hours 59 minutes