XL Airways is acquiring french all business class airline La Compagnie in a deal where financial terms have not been disclosed.
The La Compagnie founder has resigned, and XL Airways CEO Laurent Magnin will run the combined company. La Compagnie founder Frantz Yvelin founder had last started all business class transatlantic carrier L’Avion and sold it to its primary competitor British Airways back in 2008.
Reader Mike D. flew Chicago – Shanghai on United in first class, and graciously shared some of his photos of the new Polaris inflight product on its first day in service.
United’s first class product is virtually identical to business — the food is nearly the same, for instance, though there will generally be an extra course and first class passengers will get first choice of entrees ahead of business class passengers.
British Airways is selling flight simulator time for just £319 for a limited time for 1 hour in London. Or you can redeem just 12,500 Thai Airways miles (transferable from Citi!) for flight simulator time.
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American is renovating the New York JFK, Los Angeles, and Chicago Flagship lounges.
Delta has been serving complimentary meals (sandwiches, wraps) in economy on certain New York JFK – Los Angeles and San Francisco flights over the past several weeks as a ‘test’.
There are two main benefits to the Citi premium American Airlines co-brand credit card, besides the signup bonus, in my opinion: elite qualifying miles for spending and scalable lounge access.
And they’re changing the way they calculate spend on the card for earning these qualfying miles.
Airlines know that people use forged boarding passes to access airport lounges they wouldn’t otherwise be entitled to use. People also buy refundable tickets for the lounge access and then refund those tickets. One man took this to such extremes that he managed to eat free for a year.
There were rumors that the EVA Air contract with Sanrio had not been renewed and thus that the Hello Kitty concept would disappear from the fleet. However that doesn’t seem to be the case because EVA took delivery of another Hello Kitty plane, its first narrowbody.
A Qantas passenger Barry Johnston who flew Sydney – Los Angeles on July 18, 2015 is suing the airline because his seat kept reclining and “the back cushions fell to the cabin floor” causing him discomfort – and ultimately harm to his 43 year old body
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