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Nov 04 2016

It’s been tough to be a British Airways customer over the past few years, and things are about to get much tougher in the face of uncertainties surrounding Brexit and competition from low cost transatlantic carriers like Wow Air and especially Norwegian.

And they’re going to mash together all the different Avios programs into one. They haven’t told us what that will look like, but British Airways makes it look like the independent and more valuable ones moving to the less valuable shared program. We’ll have to wait and see.

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Nov 04 2016

I thought it would be instructive to take a look at a cheap Qatar Airways First Class fare.

You can fly in first class — not business class, first class — on Qatar for $1254 between Cairo and Bangkok via Doha.

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Nov 03 2016

On Tuesday I wrote that Virgin America and Virgin Atlantic would be ending their partnership November 13. It will no longer be possible to earn Virgin America miles flying Virgin Atlantic and vice versa. And it will no longer be possible to redeem Virgin America miles for travel on Virgin Atlantic and vice versa.

This was done without much notice to members. It wasn’t listed on either airline’s website, and neither airline has as of yet emailed members. Virgin America agents were briefed and sharing the details with customers who asked, while Virgin Atlantic agents appeared to know nothing about it.

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Nov 03 2016

A 51 year old British Airways Boeing 777 captain is under suspension after pictures emerged of him pleasuring himself in the cockpit inflight. One more than one occasion. While wearing stockings. And with porn spread out across the controls.

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Nov 03 2016

Delta has announced its international premium economy product which will launch in fall 2017 with its the arrival of its Airbus A350s. This is, basically, domestic first class with foot rests.

When American became the first US airline to announce international premium economy a year ago it seemed rushed, with speculation that they were trying to get out ahead of Delta. American has now already rolled out premium economy on their new Boeing 787-9 aircraft.

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Nov 03 2016

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

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Nov 02 2016

Juliet Simms, who was runner up in The Voice in 2012, and her husband Andy Biersack who is lead singer for Black Veil Brides, got into a fight onboard an American Airlines flight from Charlotte to Los Angeles on Sunday.

She was in the first class bulkhead and a passenger in row 2 videotaped the altercation.

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Nov 02 2016

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

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Nov 02 2016

A year ago Virgin America partnered with Airbnb to award miles for stays and successful rental listings.

Now Delta has launched a partnership, awarding 1 SkyMile per dollar spent, and is touting themselves as the first ‘major’ airline to link up with the sharing economy stay provider.

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Nov 02 2016

The Ritz-Carlton Rewards® Credit Card offers a $100 discount on the cost of two passengers traveling roundtrip in domestic economy.

The discount allows between 2 and 5 passengers to travel on the same itinerary and the cardmember must be one of those passengers. However there may have been a change to the benefit that makes it less game-able.

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