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American AAdvantage Ends Saver And Anytime Awards: Everything You Need To Know

Apr 05 2023

American Airlines has eliminated Saver and Anytime awards, and replaced those award charts with a new ‘starting from’ pricing chart for American Airlines flights. There are no changes to partner awards or upgrade awards. And since most American awards were already dynamically-priced web specials, in practice little changes at all.

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The Pandemic Is Over, Since Airlines No Longer Seem To Clean Their Planes

Apr 05 2023

If any pandemic precautions were to last it was my hope that actually keeping planes clean would be at the top of the list. At least clear out seat back pockets of trash from the passenger on the flight before you! But with the return to normal has come cleaning cost cuts, too, and prioritizing turning planes quickly during connections rather than cleaning between flights (and, oddly, not doing a proper cleaning job overnight either).

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Delta Rebooks Passengers On Lyft When There’s No Airline Seats Available

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Apr 02 2023

A Delta Air Lines passenger reported that they made it to Detroit on Friday, but couldn’t get the last mile home to Cincinnati. There were strong thunderstorms in the area in the evening and that was wreaking havoc with flights. Delta, though, didn’t blame weather and say there was nothing they can do. Instead they rebooked passengers on short-distance final segments using their partner Lyft.

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How Starbucks And Uber Are Now Driving Airline Credit Card Signups

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Apr 01 2023

When airlines partner with third parties so that customers earn miles for transactions outside of travel, we normally think of the non-travel partner renting the frequent flyer program to help sell their product. The partner buys miles and is paying for the reward they give to customers, for access to the airline’s customers, and for use of the frequent flyer program’s intellectual property.

But there’s a benefit to the loyalty program beyond the direct revenue for the miles sold.

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