Monthly Archives

Monthly Archives for August 2018.

Fare Alert: Premium Economy Many US Cities to China, Hong Kong From $884 Roundtrip

by Gary Leff

airline cabin
Aug 26 2018

It’s never been as easy or cheap to fly internationally, largely because of ultra low cost carriers across the Atlantic and the rise of Chinese airlines fighting for business from the US and connecting that traffic to Southeast Asia.

However I really value premium cabin fare deals. Because while you can sometimes find transatlantic fares for under $300 roundtrip, and transpacific fares under $400 roundtrip, those would have been great in my youth but I don’t want to fly coach such long distances.

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The Paranoid, Cautious Approach to Transferring Points and Booking Awards

by Gary Leff

man in suit looking at computer screen
Aug 26 2018

Yesterday I helped someone with an Air China first class award. Air China certainly doesn’t have the best first class, and you might think it’s not worth the miles.

This is the story of an award booking that appeared to fail, but where perseverance got it ticketed. However there’s a better approach that takes some of the risk out of award booking.

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It’s August 25 — and Korean Air Still Shows Up as a Chase Transfer Partner

by Gary Leff

first class cabin
Aug 25 2018

Chase announced that the last day to transfer Ultimate Rewards points to Korean Air’s SkyPass program would be Friday, August 24 and that effective today Saturday, August 25 Korean would no longer be a Chase transfer partner.

That notice is still on the Chase Ultimate Rewards website. However Korean Air is also still listed as a transfer partner and the website is allowing me to begin the process of initiating transfers.

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DEAL: New York – Madrid Just $813 Roundtrip in Premium Economy

by Gary Leff

airplane seats
Aug 25 2018

Premium economy is like domestic first class, sometimes with better amenities when you’re flying internationally. It stands between coach and business class and is often an affordable alternative that’s especially attractive to leisure flyers, business customers buying up themselves when their employers won’t pay for a premium economy, and folks flying Westbound from Europe on a day time flgiht where sleep isn’t a priority.

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Coffee, Tea, or Me? One Airline Hires Only Single Women Under 28 as Flight Attendants

by Gary Leff

vietjet calendar cover
Aug 24 2018

There’s a long history of sexualizing flight attendants. It remains a part of the culture in the U.S. but isn’t nearly as overt as it once was. In part that’s because travel is no longer nearly as glamorous, and airlines in the U.S. rarely promote the glamour of most of their travel experience (and when they do it now focuses on product). U.S. culture would no longer be as welcoming of this as it once was either.

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