I'm not sure I really need much of an intro in terms of my travels this past week, because there have been none to speak of. Happy week four of self distancing. 😉 On the points & travel front, this week we saw several airline and hotel loyalty programs extend status, Ethiopian Airlines planes have…
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I just heard that SAS operated their A350 from Oslo to Islamabad, Pakistan today! EgyptAir is also operating their 787-9 there tommorow. Apparently Etihad put their 787-10 and 777-300ER on the Islamabad route as well before they stopped operations (that used to be on an A321)!!!
Data Point for United Call Center: Had a one way revenue ticket from Seoul back to the States a couple weeks away which flights were obviously cancelled due to travel restrictions... ect. The rep I spoke with offered the typical travel credit or a refund with potential cancellation fees. I politely said that due to the flight being cancelled by the airline, DOT regulations stated that I was entitled to refund. The rep waived the fees and I was told the refund would arrive in 7-10 days. Just wanted to post that in case anyone else is in the same situation!
I was looking at flights between London Heathrow and Atlanta on Virgin Atlantic in the middle of November and the flight was shown as being operated by an A350-1000. It seems to be on the route starting October 25th until the end of the schedule. Anyone have any word of this? I wonder how they have an extra A350 (with the existing routes they announced). Its also interesting that BA is launching their 787-10 with Club Suites to Atlanta, so perhaps related to this?