Emirates Skywards has just rolled out a potentially generous promotion for travel on Emirates and FlyDubai. Skywards members who register and book flights by March 31, 2019, can receive a bonus on the base miles earned. The promotion is valid for travel…
In December 2018 Capital One introduced a transferrable points currency, and today they've launched their first-ever transfer bonus with it. Through 11:59PM EST on Sunday, March 24, 2019, Capital One is offering a 100% bonus when you transfer Capital…
In June 2018, Emirates launched daily flights between Dubai and London Stansted. This represented their 10th daily flight to London (between Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted). I guess it's safe to assume this route has been a success, as Emirates will…
As far as I'm concerned, Emirates' new first class is the best first class product in the world. Emirates truly took first class to a whole new level with their new 777-300ER first class. There are a couple of catches, though: -- Historically Emirates…
There are some airlines that offer a complimentary chauffeur service to premium cabin passengers. The exact policies vary by airline, with some airlines restricting this only to full fare passengers, and others making it available to all premium passengers,…
My gosh, this is tragic. It looks like a horrible incident occurred earlier today at Emirates headquarters. For those of you not familiar, Emirates' headquarters is right across from Dubai Airport, and it's where all crew report at the start and end…
Here's something that has been a long time coming, unfortunately, and it's not a happy Valentine's Day for us aviation geeks. Airbus has announced today that they'll be ending A380 production in 2021. Airbus will be building another 17 A380s, and then…
The A380 has had a really tough run. The first A380 started flying just about 12 years ago, and at the time many of us thought it was the plane of the future, given that the number of people traveling globally is increasing significantly. But unfortunately…
Christoph Mueller is a well respected veteran airline executive. In the past he has acted as a "crisis CEO" for a couple of airlines. Mueller has been in the airline industry for almost three decades, and in 2009 became CEO of Aer Lingus. He turned the…
Nowadays we see airlines forge partnerships more freely than ever before, and we just saw the introduction of one that I'd consider to be pretty amusing. Airline partnerships have evolved over the years. Back in the day airlines largely formed partnerships…
The A380 may be in even more jeopardy than it was before. At the beginning of 2018 Emirates gave the A380 a new lifeline. For years it had looked like production of the A380 would end, given that the plane hadn’t worked out the way Airbus had hoped,…
In 2006, Emirates began operating a daily fifth freedom flight from Hamburg to New York, using a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Unfortunately the route has since been discontinued, though Emirates does operate some other fifth freedom flights to the US,…
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…
Historically the Gulf carriers have been known for their full service offerings. While other airlines largely nickel-and-dime passengers, that's not something the Gulf carriers used to do. However, over time these airlines have been under increased financial…
As much as I love Emirates as an airline (especially their A380 first class and new 777 first class), up until now I haven't actually ever redeemed Emirates Skywards miles for my own travels. So in this post I wanted to share my experience doing so for…
So far I'd say it has been a pretty spectacular year for first class mistake fares. Cathay Pacific published $800 roundtrip first class fares from Vietnam to North America. They honored them. Cathay Pacific published $1,500 one-way first class fares…
Emirates has just loaded their schedule change for the summer of 2019, and there's only one major change to their US route network. Emirates has announced that they'll fly an A380 daily between Dubai and Boston from June 1 through September 30, 2019.…
Emirates has a number of fifth freedom routes around the world, such as Milan to New York and Male to Colombo. They also have a number of these special flights to and from Australia (in addition to their nonstop service between Australia and Dubai).…
Some airlines will offer complimentary luxury chauffeur rides to and from airports for their premium passengers. It was a godsend when I moved from Melbourne to London a few years ago to be picked up at both ends by an Etihad private chauffeur, especially…
Well this has been a crazy week when it comes to airfare deals. At the moment there are some incredible Emirates first class fares for travel from Kuala Lumpur to Dubai. You can fly roundtrip first class from Kuala Lumpur to Dubai for just $1,300, which…
I love a good marriage proposal story, especially on a plane. Some of them go to plan in terms of the other party saying 'yes,' though some airlines unfairly punish cabin crew for becoming engaged during a flight, as this very unfortunate China Eastern…
