Jun
28
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.
Star Alliance Airline Using Rabbit Poo to Power Planes
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United is Mad at Chase Because the Bank’s Other Credit Cards are Too Good
Jun
28
2019
Frequent flyer program revenue – and in particular the sale of miles to banks – is the biggest driver of US airline profitability. However United’s MileagePlus is stagnating. Their revenue growth can be accounting for entirely by points transfers from Chase Ultimate Rewards. As Chase Sapphire Reserve gained popularity that meant more points earned which could be transferred to United.
United Airlines Officially Drops the Name Continental
Jun
27
2019
The stock symbol ‘UAL’ represents “United Continental Holdings Inc” which is the parent company of United Airlines as well as businesses like Air Micronesia, Century Casualty Company, and Covia LLC which is itself the parent of Mileage Plus Holdings, Mileage Plus Marketing, and Mileage Plus.
United Airlines, United Technologies and Boeing were all once the same company, broken apart by the federal government in the mid-1930s.
New Data-Driven Look at Which Frequent Flyer Programs Have the Best Award Availability
Jun
27
2019
The takeaway from the IdeaWorks study is that overall airlines have been making more economy award seats available at lower prices, although not all airlines do a good job at this. Here’s who’s best.
Great New Zealand Business Class Award Space – For 45% Less Than a United Saver Award
Jun
26
2019
Historically awards between the US and New Zealand have been one of the toughest things to book. Years ago Air New Zealand used to open up business class awards 60 days prior to flight. Then they stopped. With a couple of brief exceptions there really hasn’t been meaningful Air New Zealand business class award space in years.
United is Replacing the Pajamas in Business Class and the New Ones Look Awful
Jun
21
2019
United pajamas are given out in business class on flights over 12 hours. Now United is introducing new pajamas that are tighter (smaller size, odd for an airline primarily serving Americans) and that – in a leaked internal United photo – look horrible.
United Club Membership Going Up to $650 Starting August 13
Jun
18
2019
United Airlines President Scott Kirby believes airfares should be 100% higher. He hasn’t been able to get there, but thinks there must be room in the prices they charge to access United Clubs.
Three years ago after raising lounge membership price, United said they hadn’t increased prices enough. Since people were “still buying” at the $550 general member price point, the airline believed it hadn’t “hit the sweet spot yet.”
The Future of Lufthansa First Class
Jun
17
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.
Fare Alert: Summer and Holiday Business Class to Europe From $1835 Roundtrip
Jun
15
2019
American Airlines is running all of its Europe and deep South America flights from New York JFK with Boeing 777s. That’s too much capacity even for a joint venture partner’s hub like Madrid (Iberia). They really ought to be basing some smaller aircraft, like Boeing 787s, out of New York and serving more destinations profitably.
During peak summer months and during fall and winter holidays there’s often fare compression, business class tickets go down in price (especially for restricted fares that leisure flyers can buy) while coach gets more expensive. We’re certainly seeing that on American’s New York JFK – Madrid route, where they’re discounting business class. For about the same money you can also fly their partner Iberia’s business class non-stop as well.
How Old are the Meals You’re Eating on an Airplane?
Jun
13
2019
On Monday I wrote about an incident of American Airlines serving 16 month old food on a Dallas Fort-Worth – London flight. That’s, apparently, within the industry norm. United says they’ll serve food up to 6 months after it’s been frozen. Delta says they don’t usually have food sitting this long but it can be up to 12 months.
