Mar
22
2019
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Trump Proposes Higher TSA Taxes and Asiana Has a Problem
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Video of Police Arresting Naked United Pilot and Delta Expects to Fly to Asia From Salt Lake City
Jan
20
2019
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
New Years Special: $988 Cathay Pacific First Class Asia Back to North America
Dec
31
2018
I just wrote about $675 roundtrip from Vietnam to the US in Cathay Pacific business class. Even if you just book a one way award ticket to Asia and use this for your flight back to the U.S. it’s an amazing steal.
However there are amazing (even better!) first class fares, too.
Great Deal: Delta Premium Economy to Asia for the Price of Coach
Dec
15
2018
You can fly Delta premium economy on their new Airbus A350 for $879 roundtrip to Asia. Premium economy is like first class on domestic flights, plus a foot rest and extra perks. It makes the long journey to Asia much for palatable.
Flying to China right now is one of the best deals in air travel because there are simply too many flights from the U.S..
Two Photos of This AirAsia Flight Attendant Have Gone Viral
Oct
20
2018
A passenger snapped two photos of a flight attendant during an AirAsia flight from Kuala Lumpur to Hong Kong on October 12, posted them to Facebook, and they’ve gone viral both online and in media with worldwide coverage in China, Australia, the UK and beyond.
The flight attendant, Mabel Goo from Malaysia, doesn’t mind the attention — finds it ‘very nice people say such kind words’ but prefers “to focus my attention more on my work with AirAsia” where she’s part of their “cabin crew Fun Team.”
7 Surprising Facts About Airlines in Asia
Oct
15
2018
This week’s issue of Airline Weekly (subscription) contains charts on the largest airlines in each of the largest country markets in East Asia, based on Diio Mi data on scheduled seats in 2018.
The biggest takeaways are the growth of Chinese carriers and the declining importance in Southeast Asia of national carriers relative to low cost carriers which are overtaking them, especially on short haul and domestic routes.
Up to 48% Star Alliance Asia Redemptions Using Cheap Avianca LifeMiles
Sep
10
2018
Star Alliance member Avianca LifeMiles has Star Alliance Asia awards on sale. There are discounts up to 48% — with US-Asia awards in business and first class up to 20% off on designated routes.
This discount is available for bookings made by September 18 though you can travel any time in the future through end of schedule. Availability on many of these routes is amazing.
The Star Alliance Routes to Asia That Have 4 Business Class Award Seats Every Single Day
Sep
01
2018
If you want to go to Asia with the family in business or first class, there’s one airline that’s got you covered and even one best route though there are several good routes.
Star Alliance member Asiana simply offers fantastic award space. The United website is great for seeing this quickly at a glance. Their award calendar will show you which dates have availability — in this case non-stop availability from Los Angeles to Seoul for four passengers. Dates with solid lines have coach award space and dates with dotted lines have premium cabin award space.
American Adds 9 New Europe Route, Nearly Eliminates Chicago – Asia Flying
Aug
21
2018
For months I’ve been writing that American was considering a major pullback of their Asia routes from Chicago.
They just announced they’re dropping Shanghai and reducing Tokyo to 3 times weekly, while added 9 European routes — 8 seasonal — with nothing for New York.
Hurry Amazing Fare $560+ Roundtrip Business Class Los Angeles to Asia
Aug
16
2018
Hong Kong Airlines has one of the most amazing business class fares I’ve seen in a long time. You can fly to Asia for less than $600 roundtrip. That’s a good price for coach and this is for business.
In fact you can fly Los Angeles – Shanghai between September and March for as little as $560 roundtrip in business class using Hong Kong Airlines’ daily service onboard a new Airbus A350. And Shanghai isn’t the only destination.
