News notes from around the interweb:
- Qatar Airways QSuites award availability wide open in January/February 2021 American AAdvantage charges 70,000 miles to Doha or beyond to India, the Maldives, etc. For 75,000 you can connect on to Africa.
- AirAsia’s CEO cleared of bribery allegations in the acquisition of Airbus aircraft.
- Thai Airways extends elite status a year
- Midwest Express has tried to relaunch with a hub in Milwaukee but the current plan to do that has been scuttled and not even because of coronavirus (HT: Cranky Flier)
Credit: RuthAS, via Wikimedia Commons - Hilton’s Points Unlimited promotion was supposed to end May 3, but has been extended to May 31. I’m skeptical that promotions will matter by May.
when will promotions matter?
When will corporate US (S&P500) think that travel is safe?
“When will corporate US (S&P500) think that travel is safe?”
I presume that is a rhetorical question?
Or if it is a real question, then the answer is “how long is a piece of string?”
I don’t see any Qatar award ticket available/bookable with miles on AAdvantage. I see only BA. Please advise.
@Nick, Gary writes “I’m skeptical that promotions will matter by May.” What month does he think promotions will matter? I get the feeling he knows more about the timelines associated with COVID-19 than most of us.
If we all adapt social distancing right now, we should see the peak in ~14 days.
How can you get AA to show QR connections? When searching in Jan for DPS, it only shows CX?