United’s response to the premium cabin earning rates changes: better than I expected
Well, the bad news is that United Airlines has confirmed the new earning rates for premium cabin fares on many partner airlines. In posts today...
Air New Zealand
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United guts premium fare earning rates on multiple partners
What I originally thought was just a “fixing” of an obviously overly generous set of elite status earning rules from United Airlines‘ MileagePlus program on...
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Air New Zealand, Cathay Pacific to partner on Hong Kong service
Seeking greater access for their customers into mainland China markets, Air New Zealand announced an agreement with Cathay Pacific to launch a strategic agreement in December...
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An award ticket that should never have been
A few months ago I was ecstatic after securing an award ticket to New Zealand for this coming December. It wasn’t just that I got...
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Using (and abusing) OnePass to Australia and New Zealand
Sure, Continental recently announced that they’ll be operating the 787 Dreamliner on the Houston – Auckland route next fall, but in the mean time getting...
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Continental Dreams of Kiwis
Continental Airlines has announced their first planned route for its 787 Dreamliner deliveries: Houston – Auckland, New Zealand. It will be the carrier’s first route...
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Headed to Hawai’i
For a guy who doesn’t really love Hawai’i I seem to go there an awful lot. It is hard to complain too much when the...
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Thoughts on the new Air New Zealand SkyCouch
There has been quite a bit of reporting on the new Air New Zealand economy product that will be offered on their Boeing 777-300s and...
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Like cats and dogs sleeping together
Yup, Virgin Atlantic seems to be keen on bringing about the apocalypse. They’re actually going to be removing a number of Upper Class seats from...
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Delta adds a redemption option, but not a very good one
After adding restrictions on the double miles redemption options (unrestricted for most carriers), Delta has added another redemption option for a subset of their members....