United Airlines MileagePlus has just launched its latest promotion on purchased miles. Through 11:59PM CT on Thursday, July 16, 2020, United is offering a bonus on purchased miles. Different accounts may be eligible for different bonuses, but the accounts…
United Airlines has this week issued a shocking warning to employees. The big question is whether this is just an honest assessment of the situation, or whether there's an ulterior motive in the way that this is presented. The funding that US airlines…
Airlines are facing so many challenges when it comes to operating international flights, from lack of demand to constantly changing government restrictions. Well, it looks like US airlines now have a major new issue with operating Hong Kong flights.…
United Airlines will soon be resuming flights from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia... though the flights will be at most 20% full. Airlines around the globe have cut most long haul routes due to both increased travel restrictions and a decrease in demand.…
United Airlines has just announced two long haul routes out of Chicago -- there's a new route that makes sense, while there's a route reinstatement that does surprise me. United Airlines has historically been by far the largest US airline in Israel,…
United Airlines has today officially announced that it will be resuming China flights soon. United Airlines will resume twice weekly nonstop flights between San Francisco and Shanghai as of July 8, 2020. The route will be operated with Boeing 777-300ER…
This week United Airlines secured $5 billion in financing thanks to the MileagePlus loyalty program. But at least to me there's something much more interesting than that... All major airlines are looking to build up cash reserves given the uncertainty…
United Airlines has today become the first of the "big three" US airlines to require passengers to complete a health self-assessment during the check-in process. As of today, United Airlines customers will have to complete a health self-assessment during…
At long last United Airlines is implementing a reasonable refund policy in the event of schedule changes. Since yesterday (June 6, 2020), United Airlines is offering passengers cash refunds in the event that there's a schedule change of at least two…
Virtually all US airlines are planning significant job cuts this year due to the reduction in demand, and United Airlines has perhaps been most vocal about needing to reduce staffing levels. Unfortunately there's bad news today for some flight attendants...…
Several weeks ago we learned that US airlines would be allowed to drop service to dozens of cities, and that list of cities has now been approved and finalized. Let's take a look at the details. US airlines received billions of dollars in aid through…
Unfortunately we hear of cases of sexual harassment on planes more often than we should. When flying, people are often "trapped" next to strangers for extended periods of time, there's alcohol, and people often act in ways that they shouldn't. However,…
In mid-March, Chase and United introduced a new premium co-branded credit card. The timing of this introduction wasn't exactly great, especially given that lounge access is one of the primary benefits of the card, and this is a time where many of us…
Can elite status and frequent flyer miles be an incentive for airline employees to accept a voluntary separation package? United Airlines seems to think so. United Airlines has been by far the most aggressive of the "big three" US airlines when it comes…
Within the past week major US airlines have introduced a policy requiring all passengers to wear face masks or some sort of face coverings on flights. While the messaging seems strong, flight attendants and pilots are being told that they shouldn't actually…
I've gotta give United Airlines credit for this one... well played. Airlines have been doing an awful job when it comes to managing expectations regarding how full flights will be. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about United Airlines' social distancing…
United Airlines has just named Brett J. Hart as the new President of the company, as he'll be taking over the role as of next week. In late 2019 it was announced that as of May 20, 2020, Scott Kirby would take over as CEO of United Airlines, replacing…
Online shopping portals can be a great way to pick up additional miles & points for purchases you’d make anyway. Just for following a specific link you can earn bonus points in addition to the ones you’d earn for credit card spending. The number of bonus…
Mad respect to Doug Parker... I think? According to Forbes, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said that United Airlines is violating the CARES Act due to the way in which they're cutting employee hours. This is according to at least two sources who listened…
United Airlines plans to shrink like never before, but also managed to order seven Boeing 787-10s in the first quarter of 2020. Per a new SEC filing, United Airlines placed an order for seven Boeing 787-10s in the first quarter of 2020, and these planes…
United Airlines has just become the first major US airline to concretely lay out how they plan on laying off pilots... and it's not pretty. While United can't lay off any pilots until October 1 (as a condition of accepting CARES Act funding), the airline…
There has been a lot of frustration among people regarding the ways that airlines have handled refunds. Even in countries where the government is requiring airlines to provide cash refunds for flight cancellations, we've seen airlines take a few different…
Over the past couple of weeks some major US airlines have reported their first quarter results, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and Southwest Airlines. While we got a hint of what United Airlines' first quarter results would look like last…
Unbelievable. At a time when loyalty programs should be trying to woo customers, United Airlines is instead trying to push them away. A couple of days ago United MileagePlus quietly revealed plans to make it harder to earn status on partner airlines.…
