US Airways rewards increase, still don’t suck
It was somewhat inevitable that the Star Alliance partner award chart would change once US Airways announced the changes to their own metal rewards a...
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US Airways announces significant cuts
Calling it a “Strategic Plan to Strengthen Core Network,” US Airways announced a series of cuts today that will significantly change the way the airline...
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Continental Airlines – A Star Alliance Member
As expected, lots of updates hit Continental’s website at midnight CDT this morning, and the Star Alliance details are all over the place. From the...
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A serious upgrade in US Air’s business class
It isn’t all that hard to make a huge leap in quality when you’re towards the bottom to begin with. Still, the move that US...
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Good and bad cuts from US Airways
US Airways is a lesson in how not to run an airline. They’re hemorrhaging money and doing their best to drive away passengers. That doesn’t...
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In defense of airline elite status
There have been a couple columns over the past few weeks which called into question the value of elite status on airlines. Actually they do...
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Random notes from the Star Alliance/Continental press conference
The show is over now and it was, for the most part, a show. It was fun to see representatives from all the airlines –...
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Meeting a Medal of Honor recipient
I’ve run into a lot of random people in my flying adventures. Whether meeting my parents for a drink in Rome or heading to Portland...
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A great day on the road
Forgetting for a minute that travel today was dictated by work (only the second time this year!) and that I was actually busy the entire...
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Are capacity cuts really the key?
For the past couple years now, as airlines have teetered on the brink of bankruptcy with more than a couple tipping over, the common refrain...