Two great offers from US Airways, sortof
The bounty from US Airways in my email inbox this week has been great. OK, so it really was only two emails, but they are...
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Continental announces in-flight WiFi plans. Again.
When Continental Airlines announced their deal with LiveTV to provide in-flight television service a couple years ago there was an additional piece to the deal....
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Lufthansa pulls Tokyo off the market
Interesting report from Damien over at upgrd noting that Lufthansa has pulled Tokyo off the market. The change is in effect for flights through 28...
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Breaking down the new United/Continental award chart
Yesterday it was announced that Continental and United Airlines are aligning their award charts for flight redemption. Initial reviews were mixed (Lucky didn’t think it...
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No more Emirates partnership for the new United
Both halves of the new United, Continental and United Airlines, have had frequent flyer partnerships with Emirates for some time now. The level of the...
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Miles now fungible between Continental and United
Continental Airlines and United Airlines will not fully merge their loyalty programs until the end of the year but they are taking steps to ease...
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United commits to keeping EconomyPlus in the new fleet
One of the many outstanding questions related to the Continental/United Airlines merger was that of the EconomyPlus product. United has offered it for many years...
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Delta drops SkyMiles expiration policy, upgrades Gold status
Delta Air Lines announced on Tuesday that they have removed the point expiration policy from their SKyMiles frequent flyer program. The change apparently went into...
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Code-sharing coming to Central American competitors
When arch-rivals agree to start cooperating in the airline industry that’s a pretty good indication that strange things are afoot. The announcements by Copa Airlines...
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Continental further expands Buy-on-Board food service
Continental Airlines made a bit of news in October when they finally discontinued their offering of complimentary "meals at meal times" on most domestic flights....