FARE ALERT: US-Europe from $442 Roundtrip ($70 Fares Each Way!)

by Gary Leff

Jun 25 2016

Here’s another phenomenal aifare sale: US – Europe from $442 roundtrip and available to several different cities!

Don’t be fooled, it’s not Brexit-related, it’s another in a continuation of incredible deals we’ve seen to Europe. Each one is short-lived, from a few hours to a few days, but these seem to keep on coming as airlines go after each other, as there’s too much capacity on European routes, and as we’ve seen low cost competition across the Atlantic from the likes of Norwegian.

Unlike the amazing $550 Asia fares which are being offered by United out of their own hubs, these are more traditional ‘fare war’-style offerings by Delta out of American Airlines hubs.

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Hurry: Under $550 Roundtrip to Asia from Several Cities and How to Still Earn Full Mileage!

by Gary Leff

Jun 25 2016

Usually we see the best airfare deals when one airline attacks another airline’s hub cities with cheap deals. For instance United might offer great fares from American cities like Dallas and Charlotte and Delta cities like Atlanta and Detroit.

You don’t usually see an airline offering the cheapest fares from its own hub cities. That’s because they are usually thought to have pricing power there — the best schedules with the fewest connections that people will pay more for.

Right now though United appears to be offering amazing cheap fares to Southeast Asia from its own hub cities.

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BIG NEWS: United/Continental Flight Attendants Agree on Joint Contract, Ready to Complete 2010 Merger

by Gary Leff

Jun 24 2016

United and Continental merged in 2010, with Continental management eventually taking over, but six years later that merger is still not complete. Flight crews have been known to still announce that a given aircraft is operated by Continental.

This morning, finally, the negotiating committee for the flight attendants came to terms with United on a new joint contract.

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Ignore the Pundits, We Don’t Know What Brexit Means for Travel

by Gary Leff

Jun 24 2016

The UK has voted to exit the European Union. There’s tremendous gnashing of teeth over what this means for the world and those are very real concerns. There are also concerns within the travel industry, and amongst travelers.

Nothing has actually changed today and while there was much campaigning in favor of British self-determination and against Brussels, as well as against immigration, it’s not yet clear how (or that) UK policy will differ from the status quo going forward.

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One Frequent Flyer Program Makes it Harder to Use Miles Than Any Other

by Gary Leff

Jun 23 2016

There’s virtually no competition for redeeming first class awards on SkyTeam member Garuda Indonesia. Delta miles, of course, cannot be used for international first class. Citi ThankYou Rewards transfer directly to the GarudaMiles program.

The problem is the byzantine redemption process for GarudaMiles awards. It’s “award redemption in six easy steps.”

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