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Aug 28 2017

Air Canada spun off its frequent flyer program and that new company developed several loyalty businesses. However Air Canada decided that its future is better with a new wholly owned loyalty program, to be launched in 2020 and in May announced plans to cut ties with Aimia.

Aimia’s stock dropped from about 9 before Air Canada’s announcement to less than 2 on Friday (3 years ago it was hovering around 19) — we may see a dampening of enthusiasm for spinning off frequent flyer programs for awhile.

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Aug 28 2017

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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Aug 28 2017

Jason Mitchell, the actor who played Eazy-E in Straight Outta Compton, says that Delta double booked his first class seat yesterday. And he had a meltdown. WATCH.

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Aug 28 2017

Hurricane Harvey has been devastating and I’ve watched the social media accounts of my friends in Houston intently, I’ve appreciated their frequent-ish updates just the fact that they’re updating which tells me they’re ok.

It’s frustrating not to be able to do anything, really, to help. Donations to relief charities are great, and natural disasters are focal for fundraising, but giving to ‘Harvey Relief’ doesn’t really go to immediate rescue.

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Aug 27 2017

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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Aug 27 2017

The number one destination from Bismarck, by far, is Minneapolis. When Northwest Airlines was independent their executives used to describe the region as “cold, dark, nobody wants to go there.. but it’s all ours!”

Bismarck police, though, wanted to keep people away from the airport on Saturday. And the reason why is awesome.

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Aug 27 2017

Earlier today I wrote about amazing coach fares as low as $138 roundtrip between Europe and the US. These are mostly with Air Canada.

It turns out that there are $900-ish roundtrips in business class from several cities in the U.S. to several cities in Europe.

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Aug 27 2017

It’s often been said that there are two kinds of luggage: carry on and lost. Add a third kind to the mix… damaged.

When you check a bag your things may get stolen. Employees may hide drugs in your luggage.

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Aug 27 2017

There are amazing fares for coach travel on Star Alliance airlines, primarily Air Canada, between several European cities and US cities. Roundtrips originating in Europe start at just $138.

Travel appears generally available November through May excluding peak holiday dates.

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Aug 26 2017

This morning I wrote about really good transatlantic business class award space on 3 routes.

Here are 3 more routes that are working right now, but won’t last.

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