American Airlines switches to one-way rewards; drops free stopovers
Big news out of the American Airlines AAdvantage program over the weekend – rewards can now be issued as one-way tickets rather than round trips. ...
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Some news from the Freddie Awards
Freddie Awards emcee and all-around frequent traveler guru Randy Petersen prepares to take the stage at the 21st annual awards ceremony The purpose of...
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Continental bets long on the 737-900ER planes
Look for big changes in service this summer with Continental and their 737-900ER aircraft. The 737-900ER is the newest addition to the Continental fleet and...
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Time to have an Easter Ham, in HAMburg, Germany
I’m not particularly a huge fan of the various ham options. Honey glazed, spiral cut, boneless or bone-in, none of them are really quite my...
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Delta completes the bonus elite mile party – with a catch
Not willing to be outdone by the other major carriers, Delta announce today that they too will offer bonus elite miles for their customers. They...
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United raises fees; Qantas cuts them
A couple bits of news on the “fee” front from over the weekend. Good news out of Oz as Qantas has cut one of the...
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Continental joins the Spring 2009 double EQM party
Continental Airlines has joined American Airlines and United Airlines in offering double elite miles for travel this spring. Continental’s promotion is actually a bit more...
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jetBlue ups the ante in the Boston transcon fight
Airlines seem to be paying scant attention to the economic downturn these days, with fare wars breaking out all over the place. Since Virgin America...
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Double your pleasure, double your fun, double your EQMs
Business travel is down this year. There is no one arguing that fact. The carriers are all looking for ways to boost their numbers –...
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Details emerging on TrueBlue 2
JetBlue’s loyalty program, TrueBlue, is due for a revision. As far back as last June during the JFK T5 tour that I arranged they were...