Earlier this year we learned of Air Senegal's plans to add flights to the USA, and it looks like that's now officially happening, with flights having just been put on sale. It's a fascinating and rather strange route as well. As of September 22, 2021,…
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Qatar Airways will soon start flying Boeing 787-9s, which will feature an all new business class product that's different than the popular Qsuites product. There has been a lot of speculation about what kind of product will be offered, and it looks like…
Australia's international borders have largely been closed since March 2020, and the country has by all accounts done a great job minimizing coronavirus cases and deaths. Now the big question is when Australia plans to reopen international travel. There's…
Lufthansa will be sending quite a few planes through Dubai in the coming weeks... For the time being, all Lufthansa flights to & from India are being routed through Dubai Airport. As of now this shows as being scheduled through the end of May, though…
In late 2020, Air Canada launched the new Aeroplan program, which included a bunch of changes. One of the new aspects of the program -- the ability to earn status without flying -- has now gone live. In this post I wanted to take a look at how that works.…
Avelo Airlines is the newest airline in the USA. The airline launched operations last week, initially flying from Burbank to 11 destinations on the West Coast, while offering incredibly low fares. The airline has now announced its first East Coast base.…
Delta is now threatening to ban SkyMiles members who threaten and/or insult Delta employees, and much more. The Delta SkyMiles program rules have just been updated in a noteworthy way. SkyMiles members can now be banned from the frequent flyer program…
Something strange is going on, and I'm not quite sure what to make of it yet. For now we'll have to mark this as "developing." It would appear that sometime in the past few days, Lufthansa has pulled a vast majority of its long haul business class award…
Aloha from Hawaii! Hawaii has been an extremely popular destination for people to travel to in recent months, though traveling there without having to quarantine requires pre-travel testing, as part of the Hawaii Safe Travels program. This isn't as easy…
Lufthansa will be introducing a new business class on upcoming 787s, but it won't be the carrier's new business class that was announced back in 2017. In this post I wanted to talk about what we know about the new business class product, and then share…
The new Le Meridien Maldives will be opening in a few months, and there's an intriguing opportunity to redeem points here. I'm not sure I'd be rushing to take advantage of this, though. The Le Meridien Maldives is accepting reservations for stays as…
The major hotel chains sometimes sell discounted gift cards, which is a great way to lower the cost of hotel stays. For the past several years Fairmont has been offering bonuses on gift card purchases at least twice a year. Fairmont typically offers…
IHG Rewards has today officially opened registration for its major global promotion for the summer of 2021, which has the potential to be pretty lucrative (we had learned the details of the promo a few days back, but registration wasn't officially open…
All American adults have had access to coronavirus vaccines for a couple of weeks now. A lot of people were waiting for the vaccine before they felt comfortable traveling again, so hopefully anyone who is eligible is choosing to get vaccinated. Everyone…
Chase and United Airlines have a co-brand credit card agreement for both personal and small business cards. The New United Quest℠ Card was launched several weeks ago, and I'm extremely impressed by the value proposition of this card. In this post I wanted…
Delta Air Lines will be reconfiguring some of its existing long haul aircraft, though I'm rather disappointed by the details of this. Delta has revealed plans to reconfigure more wide body aircraft this spring. Specifically, Delta will be installing…
The world's best first class lounge has reopened as of today. During the pandemic we've seen airlines close quite a few lounges due to lack of demand. We're slowly seeing airlines reopen lounges, though that's happening at different paces around the…
If you've flown through a US airport recently, you may have noticed that security wait times are in some cases getting long. Some TSA checkpoints simply aren't staffed to handle the influx of travelers, though the TSA is working on hiring thousands of…
The pandemic has caused the acceleration of Airbus A380 retirements. Air France, Etihad Airways, Lufthansa, and Thai Airways have retired (or plan to retire) their A380 fleets, while Qatar Airways seems highly likely to retire its A380 fleet. There's…
While Hilton Honors doesn't have an award chart, the program has historically charged no more than 120,000 points for a free night in a standard room. It looks like that maximum has now been increased by up to 25%. As noted by View from the Wing, the…
LifeMiles has just launched its latest promotion on purchased miles, which potentially represents an excellent deal if you're planning any Star Alliance travel in the coming months. There's even an exclusive offer for OMAAT readers, which is significantly…
In March 2019, Lufthansa Group placed an order for 20 Airbus A350-900s and 20 Boeing 787-9s. Well, Lufthansa has just announced that each of these orders has been increased by 25%, and some of these planes will even be delivered in the coming months.…
If you don't yet have the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card or Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card, this is a fantastic time to apply. Several weeks ago we saw the introduction of a couple of exciting new welcome bonuses, and I wanted to post a reminder of these…
It goes without saying that the pandemic has been absolutely catastrophic for the airline industry. Most airlines are in a rather fragile position, and at best they hope that in a few years they'll be back to where they were pre-pandemic. I'd say there's…
