American Express steps up travel benefits for Platinum card
There was a time that the American Express Platinum Charge Card was a tremendous value for road warriors. The list of benefits was impressive, from...
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How the NY Times got it so wrong on airline pricing
Yesterday had a bit of a buzz on the internet regarding a piece about airfare pricing from Nate Silver that was published on his NY...
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New destinations–and bonus miles–from American Airlines
American Airlines launched 10 new destinations from Los Angeles yesterday. The new routes, mostly served but their American Eagle regional subsidiary, are all offering double...
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Two great offers from US Airways, sortof
The bounty from US Airways in my email inbox this week has been great. OK, so it really was only two emails, but they are...
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Let’s talk airfare and distribution
Given today’s announcement that American Airlines and Expedia have reached a deal putting AA’s inventory back online I figured it was finally time to finish...
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Continental announces in-flight WiFi plans. Again.
When Continental Airlines announced their deal with LiveTV to provide in-flight television service a couple years ago there was an additional piece to the deal....
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JetBlue adds Virgin Atlantic as interline partner
JetBlue continues to add international interline partners, expanding the number of destinations accessible on a single ticket. Today’s addition of Virgin Atlantic brings connectivity between...
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Lufthansa pulls Tokyo off the market
Interesting report from Damien over at upgrd noting that Lufthansa has pulled Tokyo off the market. The change is in effect for flights through 28...
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Breaking down the new United/Continental award chart
Yesterday it was announced that Continental and United Airlines are aligning their award charts for flight redemption. Initial reviews were mixed (Lucky didn’t think it...
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No more Emirates partnership for the new United
Both halves of the new United, Continental and United Airlines, have had frequent flyer partnerships with Emirates for some time now. The level of the...