Stock swap: Delta, Virgin Atlantic, Air France/KLM making moves on each other
Competition takes a hit across the Atlantic as Delta brings its partners tighter together. Lots of money and ownership shuffling around and could the Virgin...
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AMS-AUS: The Delta Dartboard heads to SXSW
Austin's international service is growing but I didn't expect Delta to fly in from Amsterdam. Turns out this one makes a lot of sense thanks...
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Some Assembly Required: How I book a simple trip to China
My travel planning is not normal. Far from it, in fact. A simple trip to China turned in to five bookings - a mix of...
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Quick Take: KLM brings back Miami service for the winter
Miami is coming back to the KLM route map this winter, taking advantage of seasonal operations to offer holiday makers more options. Summer seasonal service...
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The Almost Open Skies of Mexico
US and Mexican regulators agreed on a nearly Open Skies arrangement last week setting up the framework for many routes to see increased frequencies and...
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Delta invests in China Eastern
Delta's sphere of influence over other global airlines continues to grow. The latest move is a 3.55% stake in China Eastern. It provides Delta a...
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SkyTeam Transatlantic Routes: 2015 Edition
A couple of years ago I produced a list of all the Transatlantic routes by alliance to help with searching for award trips and generally...
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Rumblings in SkyTeam; Alitalia leaving JV partnership
Alitalia is leaving the trans-Atlantic joint venture partnership it has with Delta, Air France and KLM unless it gets a better deal. Not too surprising...
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Delta’s new partner MQD earning rates: Better than nothing
The new earning rules from Delta are mostly good news for travelers: Most partner flights will now earn MQDs, though one partner is losing that...
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Cross-checking airline award availability
Just because the award flight isn't available online doesn't mean it isn't available. Such is the pain of planning reward trips these days. Especially in...