Delta updates upgrades, but are they the best??
Delta introduced a significant change to their SkyMiles Medallion program on Tuesday, announcing that as of March 2014 they’ll be getting rid of their existing...
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Virgin America to establish east coast operations
With the closure of the American Airlines/US Airways merger now complete many of the final pieces are falling in to place. Among them, the landing...
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Merger media madness: American Airlines edition
Did you know that American Airlines and US Airways completed their merger today? If not, you should probably start reading other sources for industry news...
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oneworld Route List: Transpacific
A while back I started compiling collections of long-haul routes flown by carriers in the different alliances. The main goal was to make it a...
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American launches bid-for-upgrade program
Forget those old lists of top 10 ways to get an upgrade, most of which haven’t worked in years. If you want to sit up...
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The biggest surprise from the DoJ settlement with American/US Airways
There isn’t one. Those who are claiming surprise that the merger was approved or that, at the end of the day, the objection was about...
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Ignorance on the airline industry from TIME magazine
Is it wrong to thing think that someone who is the assistant managing editor of TIME and directs the magazine’s coverage of business, the economy, personal...
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Gate-to-gate wifi: Coming soon, but someone has to pay for it
Now that personal electronic device use is permitted gate-to-gate on the bulk of flights in the USA (and most of the rest should be on...
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Qatar Airways coming to Miami
Join an alliance and then start service to partner hubs. That’s the way the industry generally works these days and Qatar Airways is playing their...
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Philadelphia to China for under $500
Update (3pm 4 Oct 2013): Fare is gone; planning/logic remains valid for future similar deals. I don’t post airfare deals too often here, but this...