Historically Hyatt hasn't exactly been known for great IT. But then Marriott came along and was like "hold my beer," and now by comparison I'd say Hyatt does much better in that department than Marriott does. Many people may not even notice this, but…
A Lufthansa executive has revealed that the Miles & More program will be moving to a dynamic award pricing model sometime soon. While no timeline has yet been given for the change, Lufthansa's VP of Sales for the Americas says that "certainly that's…
Radisson Rewards has just announced their latest promotion for summer hotel stays. Up until last spring Radisson Rewards was known as Club Carlson, but it was rebranded at that point, in order to better leverage the name of their flagship brand. Radisson…
Yesterday I wrote about how American Airlines filed an injunction against TWU-IAM, the union representing their mechanics. According to American's management, the union has tried to “illegally gain leverage in contract negotiations by directing a coordinated…
Oh Garuda Indonesia... Before I get into the actual substance of what's happening here, let me acknowledge that Garuda Indonesia doesn't have it easy: -- Ultra low cost carriers are gaining a ton of market share in Indonesia, making it tough for airlines…
The Boeing 737 MAX has been grounded since mid-March, and there have been a lot of questions about when the plane will be back in the air. Last week we learned that Boeing completed the software update we've been waiting for on the plane. The next step…
Aegean's Miles+Bonus program is one of the most lucrative Star Alliance award programs in terms of the ease with which you can earn elite status, and also in terms of their redemption costs. The catch is that the program can be complicated, though that…
When it comes to global aviation, I don’t think there’s a region in the world with worse seats than what you’ll generally find on intra-Europe flights. While a few airlines use their cabins as a point of differentiation on short haul…
In late March, Icelandic low cost carrier WOW Air ceased operations. While I feel bad for the people who lost their jobs as a result of this, the company was badly mismanaged. Like all too many companies nowadays, the focus was on market share rather…
Amazingly this fare has been around for a couple of days, and is still available. Iberia has sub-1,000EUR business class fares for travel from various points in Spain to various points in Mexico. This fare is pretty readily available, though you'll find…
This February we learned that production of the Airbus A380 will end in 2021. As of February, Airbus only planned on building another 17 A380s, including three that are going to ANA, and 14 that are going to Emirates. With the huge global increase in…
Things just got serious... As I noted at the beginning of the year, this is going to be a tough year for contract negotiations between American management and their employees. American's flight attendant contracts become amendable as of December 2019,…
I've gotta be honest -- while I love airline and hotel loyalty programs, I don't really get into car rental loyalty programs. I probably should, because there's value to be had, but I just have a hard time getting excited about them. I also don't rent…
Every month Air France-KLM Flying Blue publishes Promo Awards, offering discounted redemptions in select markets. These are typically released at the beginning of each month, and I write about them when they go live. Lately Flying Blue has occasionally…
LifeMiles is one of the most useful frequent flyer programs out there, in my opinion, given that they frequently sell miles at a discount, and have great award redemption rates. So they're often my go-to program for booking premium cabin Star Alliance…
Choice Privileges has just launched their latest promotion on purchased points. Through May 27, 2019, Choice Privileges is offering up to a 30% discount on the purchase of points. That discount applies as long as you purchase at least 5,000 points in…
Last week American and Hyatt launched an exciting new partnership. With this new cooperation: -- Hyatt elite members can earn bonus points for American flights, and American elite members can earn bonus miles for Hyatt stays -- American Concierge Key…
A few days ago I wrote about how Air Italy rebranded their loyalty program. They changed the name of their program from Air Italy Club to @MyAirItalyClub. Not much changed in terms of the program benefits, though they did add customer support via a dedicated…
Occasionally we see airlines offer award sales, where they discount the number of miles required for a redemption. However, in my experience these types of sales almost always apply to saver level award availability, which are the highly capacity controlled…
For the past couple of weeks, the LifeMiles program has been offering a bonus on purchased miles. Their publicly available promotion offers up to a 125% bonus when you buy miles.There's some good news that can get you an even better deal on purchased…
American Airlines has gotten a lot of flak for the way in which they've been configuring their narrow body aircraft. This started with the Boeing 737 MAX, as American configured these with more seats than the 737-800. As a result, American's cabins are…
