DLD 328: The thrill of the hunt
A mistake fare brought back some excitement we haven't felt in a long time, even if it eventually cancelled. Plus Iceland to Antarctica and much...
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Egyptair clips Virgin Atlantic at JFK
Two planes bumping into each other is never a good thing. Egyptair and Virgin Atlantic are the latest to experience such, with an incident Monday...
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Egyptair takes CSeries, focuses on super-regional growth
Bombardier scored another customer for its CSeries at the Dubai Air Show last week. Egyptair could use the planes to help reshape the regional market...
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GCC isolates Qatar; many flights affected
Major diplomatic instability is rapidly descending on the GCC region and Qatar finds itself and Qatar Airways increasingly isolated.
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In Flight: EgyptAir Business Class New York to Asia
EgyptAir catches plenty of flak from some travelers for its product. But award availability was wide open and the layover gave us time to see...
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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...
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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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Reading the tea leaves for MileagePlus partner earning rates
With just a week to go before the new MileagePlus program launches for United Airlines and the OnePas program of merger partner Continental officially disappears,...
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The many different prices of a flight
I like to think that I have a pretty solid grasp of how revenue and inventory management work together within the airlines to control the...
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Buying a ticket shouldn’t be this hard
I’ve been working lately on cobbling together a rather ridiculous series of flights for our winter vacation this year. The plan is mostly South Asia,...