Delta has announced its international premium economy product which will launch in fall 2017 with its the arrival of its Airbus A350s. This is, basically, domestic first class with foot rests.
When American became the first US airline to announce international premium economy a year ago it seemed rushed, with speculation that they were trying to get out ahead of Delta. American has now already rolled out premium economy on their new Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
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Juliet Simms, who was runner up in The Voice in 2012, and her husband Andy Biersack who is lead singer for Black Veil Brides, got into a fight onboard an American Airlines flight from Charlotte to Los Angeles on Sunday.
She was in the first class bulkhead and a passenger in row 2 videotaped the altercation.
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A year ago Virgin America partnered with Airbnb to award miles for stays and successful rental listings.
Now Delta has launched a partnership, awarding 1 SkyMile per dollar spent, and is touting themselves as the first ‘major’ airline to link up with the sharing economy stay provider.
The Ritz-Carlton Rewards® Credit Card offers a $100 discount on the cost of two passengers traveling roundtrip in domestic economy.
The discount allows between 2 and 5 passengers to travel on the same itinerary and the cardmember must be one of those passengers. However there may have been a change to the benefit that makes it less game-able.
While this isn’t reflected on the Virgin America Elevate website, it was flagged by mipaho on reddit and I’ve since confirmed that Virgin America is ending its partnership with Virgin Atlantic on November 13.
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In addition to new service announcements for Fort Lauderdale and New Orleans, British Airways has just announced Oakland to London Gatwick starting March 28, 2017.
United non-stops from Washington Dulles, Chicago, and New York to Paris are available from $431 roundtrip. There are slightly cheaper connecting options as well.
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