More craptacular news from the airlines
Wow, is it depressing to keep reading about the cuts that are being made… US Air is removing the in-flight entertainment systems from almost all...
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Welcome to the 1,000,000 point reward ticket
I know that redemption rates have been going up in various programs, especially in the “rule-buster” category where there are no inventory restrictions on the...
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The latest fee from a carrier – Delta fuel surcharge for reward seats
Delta is sticking it to their frequent fliers starting on August 15th, when they will institute a fuel surcharge for all reward redemptions. The fee...
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Continental to Join Star Alliance
The idea of Continental teaming up with United and the rest of the Star Alliance collection of airlines has been talked about off and on...
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Delta cutting international routes
Route cuts are getting more and more common these days, but the vast majority of the announced cuts to this point have been in the...
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JetBlue aborts LAX service
A couple months after huge fanfare announcement of new service from LAX, JetBlue has postponed the launch of the service from LAX indefinitely, citing high...
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More merger mania news
Most pundits (self included) had been suggesting that following the expected DL/NW merger that United and Continental would be the next pair to join up....
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The real money is in the belly of the plane
Next time you’re sitting on a plane and wondering just how much money the airline is bringing in based on the flight, remember to consider...
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Frequent Flyer Program Panic
With the merger announcement this evening there seems to be a ton of speculation on the future of the frequent flyer programs for both Delta...
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Delta/Northwest merger announced
After dancing around the situation the past several weeks in hopes that their pilots would actually have an agreement to make a merger run smoothly,...