Qatar Airways joins oneworld and alters the focus of the alliance
For the first time in history a Gulf carrier has become part of a global airline alliance. Qatar Airways formally joined the oneworld alliance in...
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Qatar Airways joins oneworld; double miles all around (and a reader giveaway!)
With the departure of flight QR633 from Dhaka to Doha this morning Qatar Airways began operations as a full member of the oneworld alliance. The...
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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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New feature: Tag your award alerts with W.A.T.T.
I’m usually pretty good about keeping track of my various trips. At least I like to think I am. But when it comes to setting...
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TAM sets alliance switch date: 31 March 2014
We’ve all known that the move was coming and that there would be about 180 days of advance warning. Well, today is the 180-day mark....
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Reciprocity in place for American Airlines and Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways is joining the oneworld alliance at the end of October and is shoring up the bilateral partnerships associated with that move. Today’s announcement...
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Why the lawsuit against the American/US Airways merger is no surprise
Many people are expressing surprise today that the US Department of Justice, six states and the District of Columbia have filed a suit seeking to...
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Etihad continues to add partners, facilitate connections
The expansion of Etihad Airways continues, not in direct growth of routes (though there is some of that) but in the addition of more partners...
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Qantas updated their website and why that’s a good thing
Earlier this week the Qantas website received a bit of a refresh. The functionality – at least for award searches – is pretty much the...
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Where to credit a one-off oneworld flight??
Last week I was facing a bit of a conundrum: I had an upcoming flight on an alliance I don’t bank a lot of miles...