I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far! I can't believe the end of the year is almost here. I'm grateful to be spending the holidays with family, and hope everyone has very happy holidays! With Christmas and New Year's being midweek, I imagine we won't see a lot of news over the next couple of weeks, until well into January.
On the points & travel front, this week Aer Lingus took delivery of its first A321XLR, Lufthansa Group ordered more A350-1000s, Alaska Mileage Plan added award redemptions on Hawaiian, Lufthansa dealt with even more Allegris business class issues, LOT Polish Airlines opened its Chicago lounge, and more.
With that out of the way, here's a recap of this week on the blog: