Why hello there, Eva award alert emails
With Taiwan-based Eva having joined Star Alliance earlier this week it is no surprise that they are now available for award redemptions with other alliance...
Star Alliance
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What would you do with 5 million award search data points?
I love good data. Taking huge chunks of information and trying to distill trends, patterns and links has always been interesting to me. And so...
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Mileage earning coming to Norway
For nearly the past decade earning points for flights within Norway was not possible thanks to laws designed to encourage competition and prevent one airline...
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Finding an award seat from here to anywhere
Ever find yourself thinking about a trip and not really caring about where you’re going, so long as you can get somewhere across the ocean?...
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A collection of Star Alliance transatlantic routes
Seems to me that, in the interest of being able to more easily find awards, having a listing of all the long-haul routes, by alliance...
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TAM’s join to oneworld is confirmed. Again.
The only surprise in today’s announcement from TAM that they will officially be moving from Star Alliance to oneworld in 2014 is that there is...
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Virgin America, Singapore Air announce frequent flyer reciprocity
The partnership between Virgin America and Singapore Air has deepened with the announcement this week of frequent flyer reciprocity between the two programs. Members in...
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Hey, look, US Airways and American Airlines are merging!
If you’re surprised about the impending announcement expected Thursday morning of a merger between US Airways and American Airlines then perhaps you should get out...
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There is never award inventory out of GRU, and other untrue tales
I woke up this past Sunday morning and was perusing my Twitter feed (you are following me there, right??) when I came across an interesting...
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Air Canada goes Rouge with new leisure destination service
It isn’t quite a new carrier and it isn’t quite a discount carrier. It won’t involve service to new destinations and it won’t really alter...