The US Citi ThankYou program has just added a new transfer partner, meaning they have a total of 15 airline transfer partners. Citi ThankYou points can now be converted into Aeromexico Club Premier points at a 1:1 ratio. The Citi ThankYou transfer page…
All things considered Delta has the best labor relations of the "big three" US carriers, though generally speaking you'll always find the most contention between management and pilots at a given airline. Along those lines, the Delta Master Executive…
If you're based in Canada or can easily position to Canada, Aeromexico has some exceptional business class fares at the moment, including out of Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver. There are some great fares available to Mexico, though perhaps the best…
Aeromexico is launching flights to Barcelona, though their motives may not be as straightforward as you'd assume... For several years now, Emirates has been wanting to launch flights to Mexico City. The problem is that there’s no way they could operate…
Aeromexico has gotten political in some of their ads recently. Aeromexico's biggest foreign market is the US, though obviously right now there's some contention between the US and Mexico, especially regarding the wall (heck, we've had our longest government…
Through November 30, 2018, you can receive a 25% bonus when you convert points from the US Amex Membership Rewards program to Aeromexico Club Premier. Amex points usually transfer to Aeromexico at a 1,000:1,600 ratio, given that Aeromexico uses kilometers…
On July 31, 2018, an Aeromexico Connect Embraer 190 had a major accident on takeoff from Durango while enroute to Mexico City. The video footage from inside the plane looked terrifying: Fortunately everyone onboard survived. It's kind of incredible that…
While details are still emerging, Aeromexico has confirmed that there was an accident involving an Embraer E190 with a capacity of roughly 100 passengers. The flight, AM2431, was scheduled to operate the short ~480 mile flight from Durango to Mexico…
This is quite a week for Aimia. Aimia is the parent company of Aeroplan, which is Air Canada's spun off loyalty program. The contract between Aeroplan and Air Canada expires in 2020, and yesterday Air Canada made an offer to acquire Aeroplan at the cost…
Yesterday when I called my dad and asked him how he was, he said "not good, not good at all, Benny." I was worried. "Is everything okay? What's wrong? You're scaring me." "Germany iz out ov zhe World Cup." So while many are pretty sad right now about…
Delta owns a bit over a third of Aeromexico, and the two airlines also have a joint venture for flights between the US and Mexico. One thing Delta does really well is offer reciprocal benefits when flying with their joint venture partners: -- Since May…
For several years we saw a feud between the "big three" US carriers and the "big three" Gulf carriers. A few weeks ago the governments of the US and UAE came to an agreement regarding this matter, which essentially allows the US carriers to save face…
Delta SkyMiles is no stranger to making program changes without notice. On the redemption side they don't publish an award chart, and on the earnings side we've frequently seen them make changes with limited or no notice. One of the things that makes…
I visited Mexico City for the first time late last year, and loved it. While I had connected at the airport before, that was my first time actually going into the city, and I was blown away. Traffic sucks, but otherwise it's on par (if not better) than…
At the moment Aeromexico has some great business class fares for travel between Mexico and Asia. The reason I'm calling these out isn't because they're that exceptional as such for someone who doesn't care about miles, but rather because they're phenomenal…
Man, I don't know what's going on at SFO, but... Last July an Air Canada flight had an incident at SFO. The A320 was flying from Toronto to San Francisco, and accidentally lined up to land on the taxiway instead of the runway. To make matters worse,…
Delta has a unique global dominance strategy. Rather than simply having codeshare and alliance partnerships with other airlines, they're instead focused on joint ventures and equity partnerships. As a result, they have a lot more influence over their…
At the moment Aeromexico has some incredible business class fares between New York and Santiago, starting at ~$1,100 roundtrip. Availability is excellent through the end of the schedule, and the flights are bookable directly through Aeromexico, or through…
This has the potential to get interesting. The Bombardier CSeries is one of the hottest new single-aisle jets, and Delta is the launch customer for the plane in the US. Or at least they were supposed to be. In mid-October we learned that due to a trade…
While there are many things that frustrate me about Delta SkyMiles, there are also areas where they make genuine improvements, where their competitors could learn a thing or two. One of those areas is how they've added fairly straightforward reciprocal…
One of the great things about Alaska Mileage Plan is how many unique airline partners they have, including airlines belonging to the major alliances, and also many independent airlines. They're working hard to add more partners as well. For example,…
