I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far, and happy new year! I've been at home with family over the holidays -- I have one more trip report series to publish, before I get back on the road and do more flying.
On the points & travel front, this week JetBlue was fined for chronic flight delays, Silver Airways filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, British Airways announced massive changes to its loyalty program, Etihad opened a US Preclearance lounge in Abu Dhabi, a Jeju Air 737 crashed in South Korea, and more.
With that out of the way, here's a recap of this week on the blog:
