Earlier this month SWISS made first class award seats available to partner frequent flyer programs. They then cancelled the award reservations claiming it was a mistake.
They’re responding to DOT complaints with utter bullocks.
Hyatt has announced today that they’re falling in light with the industry trend. However they’re exempting top tier Globalists and also mid-tier Explorists from this change. In that way they’re more generous than their competitors.
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There’s a fare war to Hawaii. For instance $296 roundtrip fares between Los Angeles and Honolulu are the cheapest West Coast – Hawaii tickets in almost three years.
Great deals are available across myriad US cities to Hawaii. At this point Virgin America and Alaska, which started this with the $296 tickets, have been joined in by American, Delta and Hawaiian.
American Airlines in Los Angeles has Admirals Clubs in terminal 4, terminal 5 (the former Delta Skyclub), and the remote terminal for American Eagle flights (“Eagles Nest”).
The terminal 4 lounge complex has only just re-opened. It features an Admirals Club, a Flagship Lounge (business class lounge), and Flagship First Dining across from gate 40. The Admirals Club gets really crowded if you don’t know what you’re doing.
Upgrades using miles are for the most part only possible for a carrier’s own flights. While it’s easy to book award tickets using miles on one airline for travel on partners, upgrades are a much trickier beast.
Delta has allowed upgrades on Air France, KLM, and Virgin Atlantic. And now they’ve added upgrades on Aeromexico using SkyMiles to their program terms and conditions.
Politicians in Malaysia want to crack down on ‘sexy’ flight attendant uniforms. However they’re not looking to empower women, they’re looking to hide women.
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The American Airlines credit card deal involves two different banks issuing their cards. Barclaycard can only market inflight and in-airport.
But instead of tables with staff chasing after you to sign up, last week they experimented with something far classier and value add.
We all know what happened when musician Dave Carroll checked his guitar on a United flight.
The Chiaroscuro String Quartet checked bags with British Airways. And they’re honoring British Airways for the fine job they did in a very droll British fashion.
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 »
