Currently flights are available from New York, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco to Paris, Rome, Barcelona, Amsterdam and Madrid starting at just $255 roundtrip. These are available on American Airlines joint venture partners Iberia and Finnair as well as codeshare travel on American.
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Delta Wants To Revamp Change Fees, Make Them Less Painful
Delta has been talking about reducing or eliminating change fees, or providing additional value when they charge fees.
Currently the standard ticket change fee on Delta is $200, which is similar to what American and United charge. However they’ve been talking about changing that.
Qantas First Class Passengers Can Now Have a Hot Stones Massage At The Airport
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How Come People Are Rushing To Join Delta SkyMiles?
Delta says they are adding Amex cardholders rapidly and the final 2019 total comes to 1.1 million. Delta also shares that they’re adding SkyMiles members at “double the rate of just three years ago” for a total of 6 million new members in 2019.
Fare Alert: $260 Roundtrip to Europe (!) on American Airlines, United and Partners
Currently flights are available from New York and Chicago to Paris, Rome, and Madrid starting at just $268 roundtrip. These were flagged by NotiFlyer and appear to be available on American Airlines and joint venture partners British Airways, Iberia, and Finnair with some matching from Lufthansa.
Three Members of Congress Just Re-Introduced the Non-Serious FAIR Fees Act
Travelers hate airline fees, whether it’s checked bag fees or change fees, so it’s a great issue for politicians to grandstand on. The FAIR Fees Act is not a serious proposal.
American Airlines One Day Fare Sale, One Way Tickets for $30 Each
etBlue is running a sale $30.30 one way tickets for travel tomorrow, October 31 only.
American Airlines is matching the sale and this is available on myriad routes.
United’s Chief Commercial Officer Throws Shade at American: Extra Legroom Seats are Needed for Elites
Andrew Nocella, United’s executive vice president and chief commercial officer – who came to United with Scott Kirby and who was responsible for many of the negative changes at American Airlines once legacy US Airways management took over – offered some important observations about their customers at the airline’s media day.
Airlines Moving Closer to Personalized Pricing for Airfare
While not in use today, the major company collecting and distributing airfares for airlines announced at their annual conference that they’re closer than ever to delivering true ‘dynamic’ airfares that are customized for each person searching for a trip. This is a new way for airlines to increase revenue, by delivering a different offer to each customer based on their willingness to pay.
11 Takeaways From United’s New $18,000 Elite Status
United Airlines has declared that miles no longer matter at all – a strange position for MileagePlus to take. Distance flown no longer matters for earning miles. Redeeming miles is more revenue-based with the elimination of award charts. And now even qualifying for elite status will be based on spending starting next year.
You can earn status by spending more than before and counting up the number of flights you take, or just based on spending alone. Here are 11 takeaways from this historic change.