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Delta’s Big Move in Austin: Questionable New Flights as American Airlines Cedes Ground

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Dec 15 2023

While American shed highly unprofitable flying, they had been using pretty much all available windows for swing gates, gates that could be used for flying by any carrier. And that blocked others from significant expansion.

With their recent moves opening up the field I speculated that could mean Delta making good on its promise to create a focus city in Austin. They’ve been willing to stick by unprofitable flying like Seattle, buoyed by strong performance of their interior hubs and their lucrative American Express deal, making a bet on long-term performance.

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It’s Back: Mileage Awards For World’s Best Business Class Are Wide Open

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Dec 14 2023

Qatar has one of the best business class product in the world in its ‘QSuites’ that offer doors and movable partitions that allow two and even four passengers to travel together in their own space. Their QSuite is a fantastic hard product, and service and food in the air are outstanding.

A month ago award space opened wide up. It went away, but on a handful of routes it is back in a big way.

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