American offering elites 500 free miles per departure from Boston
American Airlines has announced a new promotion targeting their AAdvantage elite members who are flying out of Boston. For each departure where passengers check a...
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New York/Washington slot swap approved
The deal for US Airways and Delta to trade large chunks of their operations at New York City‘s LaGuardia and Washington, DC‘s National airports has...
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Interesting new seat map for JAL’s 787 Dreamliners
JAL has updated the seat maps for their inaugural 787 Dreamliner route – Boston to Tokyo – and is showing off one of the more...
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Anyone want a 20% off code for Virgin America?
I’d love to use the 20% off any flight code I just got from Virgin America but the travel period ends a week prior to...
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UK cutting APD tax for some routes
The United Kingdom has long been known for a rather brutal tax known as the Airline Passenger Duty ("APD") assessed on departing passengers. The fee...
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JetBlue offering 20% off award redemption
JetBlue has joined the ranks of airlines offering award redemption sales this fall, offering a limited-time 20% off sale for award travel. The deal requires...
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Fewer 3-hour delays, higher cancellation rates – GAO report
The "3-hour rule" regarding flight delays was supposed to make things better for passengers by preventing them from being stuck on airplanes on the ground...
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Comparing Round-the-World (RTW) fares and options
Every now and then I find myself wondering if there isn’t a better way to get access to some nugget of data related to travel....
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Another A380 route coming to JFK
Singapore Airlines has announced that effective 15 January 2012 the Singapore-Frankfurt-JFK route will change from the Boeing 747-400 to the Airbus A380. This change has...
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Maximizing award redemption value. Sortof.
There are lots of different ways to maximize the value of award redemptions. Some folks look only at the cash value of the ticket were...