Delta, Air France KLM, and Virgin Atlantic filed their request for anti-trust immunity for a transatlantic joint venture yesterday.
Joint ventures seek anti-trust immunity to allow airlines to work together on schedules and pricing, and to split up the revenue they earn together on designated routes. This removes competitors, since members work together instead.
Delta is offering a 50% bonus for earning miles with `hotel, car, and retail partners through September 30, up to 10,000 bonus miles.
You have to register by Tuesday July 24 and only US members are eligible.
A father sat up in business class and left his 8 year old kid back in coach. Many think that’s inappropriate, though kids fly as unaccompanied minors all the time.
What if the kid was a teenager? What about a husband traveling in business class with the wife back in coach?
At this week’s employee Crew News forum, an American Airlines captain asked the carrier’s CEO Doug Parker what he thinks about United’s growth strategy which is at double the rate of American’s.
Comparing United’s position in Chicago to American’s at DFW, he offered this perspective his airline’s strategy.. United is growing its neglected hubs. American would never let another airline offer flights from DFW that they don’t match.
I’ve been a BankDirect customer since July 2003, fifteen years ago this month, and I have earned a ton of miles as a result. I’ve stuck with them through all of the limits on mileage-earning, through their addition of a monthly fee regardless of minimum balance with the bank, but they may have just pushed me too far with a security protocol change.
I spoke with Jeremy Rabe, the new CEO of Aeroplan’s parent company Aimia, about what changes to expect for premium cabin awards, fees and surcharges, and what transfer rates they’ll offer for points moved to other frequent flyer programs.
He also shared reactions to selling points cheap (he’s a board member of LifeMiles) and the future of spinning off frequent flyer programs given Air Canada’s breakup with Aeroplan and the air berlin topbonus bankruptcy.
People are taking American Airlines international flights in order to buy “basic household items” (e.g. “toilet paper”). Let that sink in for a moment.
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At American’s “Crew News” employee forum with management this week the airline revealed that they are considering non-stop service to Malaga and explained the reasons why it could make sense, and what would keep them from launching it.
A security researcher was headed to a privacy technology symposium and ran headlong into British Airways’ approach to data privacy in the process.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
