International Airlines Group or IAG is the parent of British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Vueling, and Level. Now, IAG has signed an agreement to purchase Spanish carrier Air Europa. IAG to purchase Air Europa International Airlines Group has announced an agreement to buy Madrid-based airline Air Europa for $1.1 billion. After Iberia and Vueling that […]
– Air Europa SUMA miles can now be used to book Etihad flights The award chart makes most flights pretty expensive but long-haul redemptions seem quite attractive. You can credit most Skyteam flights to Air Europa (SUMA). – The Virgin Atlantic Bank of America offer is back and you can earn 70,000 bonus miles after […]
The Canary Islands are located in the Atlantic, just 75 miles off the coast of Southern Morocco, north of the Cape Verde islands. The Canaries consists of seven islands – Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. Both Tenerife and Gran Canaria have major urban centers (Santa Cruz and Las Palmas) […]
Canaryfly does not get much press but is one of the regional airlines competing with Binter Canarias and Air Europa for flights between the Canary Islands. Canaryfly and Binter Canarias sell tickets between the islands at a dual-price system – the subsidized price for island residents and the regular price. Regular fares are about twice […]
– Quite excellent fares on IcelandAir in Business Class for Europe to the US East Coast starting at $1,229 RT – Royal Air Maroc now offers 6,000 miles if you sign up and take a flight with them (via Frequent Flyer Bonuses) – UBS is the latest to dive into the Premium Travel rewards credit […]
What’s the scoop with SkyTeam? June 22nd, 2015, marked the fifteenth anniversary of one of the world’s largest airline alliances – SkyTeam. On June 22nd, 2000, the alliance was founded by four leading airlines – Delta, AeroMexico, Air France and Korean Air. Today, there are 20 airline members and it has become the second largest global alliance, just behind StarAlliance and ahead […]
Despite much lower oil prices, summer fares from Miami to Europe are still sky-high, hovering between $1,300 and $1,500. Reader Sean recently asked me to find a better airfare and I came up with this:
Air Europa has lit up the European market and is intent on taking everyone in Western Europe to some Florida beaches this winter. Here are some of the current fares:
There are again some amazingly cheap Business Class tickets, this time from the East Coast, with fares over the Atlantic for next year. Delta/KLM/Air France have flights around $1,500 from Boston to Helsinki for many dates in 2015.
Delta Skymiles are dubbed SkyPesos because they can be so difficult to use but are rather easy to earn. I have a stack of current miles from the Suntrust promotion and a 74K + $200 AMEX credit card. I was looking for an itinerary like this SFO-JNB in business outbound and return DXB-SFO. As you […]