I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far! I'm down in frigid Florida, where the local news would have you believe you're in the Arctic Circle. To those actually dealing with bad weather, please stay safe. I'm hoping to take my first international trip of the year in the coming week or so, and am just monitoring award availability for some good opportunities.
On the points & travel front, this week changes were revealed to IHG's credit card portfolio, Icelandair officially revealed its new livery, a British Airways Boeing 777 had its door ripped off in Cape Town, Condor started leasing former Etihad A330s, Qatar Airways is on the verge of a big Boeing 777X freighter order, and more.
With that out of the way, here's a recap of this week on the blog:
