I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far, and that those in the United States had a good July 4th! I'm just starting my journey home from Europe to the United States, with a rather roundabout routing, so I'll have lots of content about that in the coming days.
On the points & travel front, this week Lufthansa's takeover of ITA Airways was approved, Emirates released its new safety video, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club devalued Delta awards, British Airways Executive Club devalued awards on Alaska and American, Qatar Airways reported a record profit, Emirates began the process of retrofitting its Boeing 777s, and more.
With that out of the way, here's a recap of this week on the blog:
