I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far! I'm at home spending time with my family, and am looking forward to the extra hour of sleep tonight (or more accurately, getting up even earlier, which on second thought, is the last thing I need). I'm heading to Europe this week, though am still deciding between different flight options, so I'll report back once I've finalized everything. After all, I want to do something new (at least to me).
On the points & travel front, this week American added some new routes to Europe, there was a positive update regarding the Boeing machinists strike, Lufthansa announced plans to launch its Allegris first class, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club adopted dynamic award pricing, Iberia took delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR, and more.
With that out of the way, here's a recap of this week on the blog: