Well, it's official. The award for the world's craziest airline loyalty program award chart goes to... Air India! And that doesn't even have anything to do with their redemption rates. You have to see Air India's award chart to believe it: Like, I actually…
My fourth transatlantic crossing of the week would be on Brussels Airlines, as I'd fly them from London to New York via Brussels. The motivation for this was to fly Brussels Airlines' new A330-300 business class, which is consistently being offered on…
There's a letter making the rounds that Delta customer care allegedly sent to a frequent flyer. And the way it's written is kind of surprising. Here's the letter, in its entirety: Mr. Litt, This letter is being issued to express our concerns regarding…
We frequently see loyalty programs sell points at a discount, and for many this is an opportunity to buy points at a cost that makes sense, especially for aspirational redemptions. At the moment we're seeing several loyalty programs offering great deals…
The Dubai Airshow is going on at the moment, and for the most part we haven't seen too many exciting aircraft orders, even though these are otherwise quite common at the shows. There's one major exception -- Emirates has just placed a huge order, which…
Singapore Airlines currently operates the world's longest range plane, the A350-900ULR (with the "ULR" standing for "ultra long range"). Currently they exclusively fly these planes from Singapore to Los Angeles, Newark, and San Francisco. You can read…
In September American Express revealed some significant changes to the travel & purchase protection offered on some premium cards. This came just two days after Citi made massive cuts to the purchase and travel protection offered by their cards. These…
With the end of the year just over a month away, I know a lot of people are trying to finalize their elite status strategy for 2019. Does it make sense to do a last minute mileage or mattress run to earn status, or what? Marriott Bonvoy is sending out…
It looks like what's potentially one of the best new oneworld lounges is now open. About a year ago we learned that Qantas planned on opening a first class lounge at Singapore Changi Airport. Qantas has had serious crowding issues with their Singapore…
Obviously there are bigger issues going on at Cathay Pacific right now than the progress of their wifi installation. However, I wrote a post a while back about their progress installing wifi on their 777s, and wanted to update that post, since several…
On Friday I flew from London to Brussels to New York on Brussels Airlines... or so I thought. While I'll have a full review of these flights shortly, I wanted to first talk about something I found to be strange. I flew from London to Brussels on an A320,…
Saturday Night Live has airline-themed skits with some frequency, and they had their latest such skit yesterday. On last night's SNL there was a skit called "Airline Pilots," starring Harry Styles and Mikey Day. The nearly five minute skit is about two…
I had a 6:50AM Brussels Airlines flight from London Heathrow Terminal 2, so I got to the terminal at around 4:45AM. Terminal 2 is used primarily by Star Alliance airlines, though I've reviewed all the Star Alliance lounge options, including the lounges…
Citi ThankYou has just announced their latest transfer bonus. Through December 11, 2019, the US Citi ThankYou program is offering a 25% bonus when you transfer points to Avianca LifeMiles. The transfer ratio is usually 1,000:1,000, so during the promotion…
I had a quick overnight at Heathrow Airport, as I arrived shortly before 9PM, while my flight the next morning was before 7AM. I was lucky in the sense that both my arriving and departing flights were out of Terminal 2, so this presented a great opportunity…
I spent the night at the Marriott Newark Airport (which I've reviewed before, so I won't be reviewing it this time around), and early the next morning I headed to Newark Airport bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (or something like that) for my daytime United…
And the award for the most improved airline goes to... La Compagnie is an all business class airline that began flying between Paris and Newark in the summer of 2014. I flew the airline shortly after they launched, and had a "meh" experience. However,…
There are quite a few loyalty programs that frequently run promotions on purchased points, which can represent a great deal, especially for aspirational redemptions. Back in the day Starwood Preferred Guest would often have promotions on purchased points,…
This has been a heck of a week of travel for me, as I crossed the Atlantic four times, experiencing four new business class products. I'm continuing to roll out that trip report at a quick pace, and was so surprised (in different ways) by my four experiences.…
I got to Paris Orly Airport at around 12PM, plenty early for my 2:30PM La Compagnie flight to Newark. I initially struggled to find La Compagnie's check-in counter. Orly Airport has four check-in "sections" (I don't think they're actually necessarily…
Singapore Airlines has just rolled out their latest monthly promo, which can be a great deal for anyone looking to redeem miles on Singapore Airlines. Singapore Airlines' KrisFlyer program offers monthly "Spontaneous Escapes" deals, where they constantly…
