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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Hotels.com “enhances” the Welcome Rewards program. Again.
As far as non-brand hotel loyalty programs go, the Hotels.com Welcome Rewards program is my favorite. That’s based mostly on the RoI level it presents...
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Earn miles for supporting Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts
The wind and rain may have stopped but that doesn’t mean the disaster is over. Far from it, really. As the recovery process in the...
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Updates to my Star Alliance Award Search tool
Since I’ve been forced into exile due to no power at home I finally found a bit of time to make some much needed and...
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Is it possible to take the quest for points too far??
How much is too much when it comes to the searching for more points for less money? Is there even such a thing? It seems...
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PointsHound offers up airline points for hotel bookings
There are plenty of online booking sites for hotel rooms. So how do you launch a new one and expect to attract customers? For upstart...
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JetBlue’s Mosaic program now live
JetBlue‘s new "elite" recognition program is now up and running. Logging in to my TrueBlue account today I see my progress towards earning the Mosaic...
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Virgin Atlantic in “fairly advanced talks” to join an alliance
It looks like the days of independence for London-based carrier Virgin Atlantic may be coming to an end. Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg in...
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World’s longest flights coming in for a landing
Singapore Airlines announced this morning an order for 25 new widebody aircraft from Airbus with delivery expected starting in 2017. That’s not huge news, really,...
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Air Canada limits long-haul earning rates and upgrade options
For Air Canada customers the split between Tango and Tango Plus fares has often made navigating their frequent flyer program a bit of a challenge....