While Qatar Airways has A380s, they have only 10 of them in their fleet, with no further A380s on order. As a point of comparison, Emirates has over 100 of them in their fleet. While Emirates flies A380s to all kinds of destinations, Qatar Airways has…
Over the past year we’ve seen several airport restaurants and bars in the US join Priority Pass. The concept is that at some airports Priority Pass has a tough time striking a deal with a major lounge due to crowding issues, so when that’s not possible,…
The CardMatch Tool, which is offered by creditcards.com, often gives people access to bigger targeted card welcome bonuses. In order to use the tool you have to enter your name, address, and last four of your social security number, and based on that,…
Well, I'm quite surprised by this, even if the amount isn't quite right. I've written extensively about Air Belgium, which is the airline that began flying between Charleroi and Hong Kong over the summer. By late September the airline announced that…
I boarded through the second set of doors, where I was greeted by an exceptionally friendly cabin manager and flight attendant who pointed me left into the business class cabin. The A330 is the backbone of Singapore Airlines' shorthaul fleet. The plane…
The CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard® has been offering a phenomenal welcome bonus for several months now, and it's still going strong. The card is offering 70,000 AAdvantage bonus miles after spending $4,000 within four…
Okay, deep breaths, Delta flyers. Between the frantic two-day Delta One award sale to Europe, the changes to Sky Club policies, and the new monthly SkyMiles statement email (which totally doesn't merit a blog post but is kind of fun, I guess?), we've…
A couple of years ago Chase introduced the Ink Business Preferred℠ Credit Card, which continues to be one of the most compelling business cards out there. There's not another business card that offers a combination of a huge welcome bonus, generous return…
Singapore Airlines recently launched the world's longest flight, from Singapore non stop to Newark using their new special Airbus A350-900ULR aircraft. They decided to fit these aircraft with only 67 business class, and 94 premium economy seats (i.e.…
EL AL doesn't operate flights over Shabbat (from Friday evening until Saturday night), so when you look at their schedule, you'll see there's always a gap there. Planes on the ground in Israel will stay there, while planes at outstations will simply…
I'm a huge fan of CLEAR, and have written about it quite a bit in the past. I signed up for it last year, and it has saved me a significant amount of time. The benefit of being a CLEAR member is that instead of lining up to have your ID checked in the…
Hello from St. Kitts! We're spending the weekend at the Park Hyatt St. Kitts (thanks to an amazing deal earlier this year), and are having a great time. I'll have another post soon with my initial thoughts on the hotel, but overall I'm impressed, and…
I got to Ahmedabad Airport at around 8:30PM for my 10:50PM flight to Singapore. The outside of the airport was packed with people waiting for arriving passengers, and at first I was confused about where I could enter the terminal. I asked several people…
Hello from Muscat! The new airport here is incredible and is possibly my new favourite airport (and so far I've only experienced it as an arriving passenger). A few days ago I flew in from Amman, Jordan via Doha, on Qatar Airways. A few months ago I…
This week American Airlines has rolled out new menus on their flights within North America. There are eight lunch choices and eight dinner choices, and you should expect to see them cycled throughout the coming year, with different routes getting different…
Like many of you, I manage the miles & points accounts for my entire family. I rely on them to use the right credit cards for their spend, but the rest is on me, including making sure that their points don't expire, helping them redeem their points,…
I boarded through the second set of doors, where I was greeted by an exceptionally friendly cabin manager and flight attendant who pointed me left into the business class cabin. The A330 is the backbone of Singapore Airlines' shorthaul fleet. The plane…
I got to Ahmedabad Airport at around 8:30PM for my 10:50PM flight to Singapore. The outside of the airport was packed with people waiting for arriving passengers, and at first I was confused about where I could enter the terminal. I asked several people…
I was in Ahmedabad from around 4AM until 11PM, and my plan was to mostly sleep, since I was coming off two overnight flights. While Marriott/Starwood and Hyatt have a fair number of hotels in Ahmedabad, none of the Marriott/Starwood options seemed particularly…
At the forward door I was greeted by the cabin manager and pointed towards my seat, 4F. Etihad's business class cabin on the A320 consists of a total of 16 seats, spread across four rows in a 2-2 configuration. For aircraft mostly operating regional…
I had a roughly four hour layover in Abu Dhabi, as my flight from Washington arrived around 7PM, while my connecting flight to Ahmedabad was departing at 11PM. As usually seems to be the case, our flight arrived at a remote stand. I didn't mind this…
I landed at Washington Dulles Airport from my connection around 6PM, so I had over four hours until my flight to Abu Dhabi. Upon arrival I headed to the Etihad Lounge, which only opened around 6:30PM. There my passport was checked and I was issued boarding…
I was in Ahmedabad from around 4AM until 11PM, and my plan was to mostly sleep, since I was coming off two overnight flights. While Marriott/Starwood and Hyatt have a fair number of hotels in Ahmedabad, none of the Marriott/Starwood options seemed particularly…
While this promotion isn't a reason to switch any stays to Choice, it's certainly an offer to take advantage of if you have any upcoming stays. Choice Privileges is offering 1,000 bonus points per night for bookings made and consumed by January 31, 2019.…
Air France operates a daily service from Paris to Shanghai as flight AF116, using either a Boeing 777-300ER or Airbus A380 (depending on the day of the week). Last Sunday evening, the flight departed with 282 passengers on board a Boeing 777. The plane…
It's that time of year. Chase is changing up the welcome bonus offers on a number of cards. We already covered the increased welcome bonuses on all of the personal Southwest cards, but the United℠ Explorer Card is also getting a bump. We often see the…
It used to be that for the most part business credit cards weren't competitive with personal credit cards. However, over the past few years I'd say that trend has changed significantly. Presumably this is because card issuers finally see the amount of…
For years JetBlue has been talking about potentially launching transatlantic flights. Their existing A321s should already have the range to operate some transatlantic flights, though they'll soon take delivery of A321neos, which have even more range,…
Pistols at dawn! Qatar's (in)famous CEO Akbar Al Baker is known for saying all sorts of things on behalf of his airline that he doesn't mean (how's that new route to Las Vegas going?), but recently he has insisted that Qatar Airways is considering leaving…
Yesterday it was announced that China Southern will be leaving SkyTeam as of January 1, 2019. This is something that has been rumored for a long while, though many wondered if it would ever happen. What's interesting here is that China Southern is leaving…
La Compagnie is the all business class transatlantic airline that started flying in mid-2014. They operate flights between Newark and Paris using Boeing 757 aircraft. I reviewed La Compagnie back when they first launched operations a few years ago. They…
Emirates has just revealed their half-year results for 2018-2019, and there are some interesting notes in there. While the financial results differ for the overall Emirates Group, what I'm most interested in are the results of Emirates Airline directly:
