Japan Airlines Business Class Awards Available, Up To 4 Seats Per Flight For Winter

by Gary Leff

Jul 10 2024

Japan Airlines business class awards are wide open from a number of different cities, and you can book them using American Airlines or Alaska Airlines miles – as well as points from credit card transfer progams.

You’ll find availability out of Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and even San Francisco, New York JFK Dallas and San Diego. Broadly speaking this is available for winter months, with most available dates offering 2 business class award seats but some dates offering 4 seats.

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Evangelical Pastor Loses It Over Wife’s First Class Upgrade on Alaska Airlines

by Gary Leff

Jul 09 2024

An evangelical pastor attacked his wife on Alaska Airlines because she was upgraded, and he wasn’t.

The pair were traveling on Alaska flight 275 from Seattle to Anchorage on Tuesday of last week. Seventy five year old Roger Allan Holmberg Sr. “flipped [his wife] the bird” on board the aircraft and assaulted her upon discovering that she has Mileage Plan elite status.

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American Airlines Dominates U.S. Summer Travel – United Leads Across The Atlantic

by Gary Leff

Jul 09 2024

Data from Aviation analytics company Cirium shows that American Airlines offers the most seats of any airline this summer. Using schedule data for this month, they edge out Southwest Airlines as the largest carrier by the measure. Both American and Southwest have a heavily domestic-focused network, and don’t fly their seats as far as United Airlines (or Delta).

Overall domestic scheduled seats are up 6% year-over-year despite aircraft delivery delays, especially by Boeing. Seats are up 7.8% across the Atlantic this month with Delta just a hair’s breadth behind United Airlines.

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