AirAsia X has long talked about flights to California. They intended on using their Airbus A330. The first aircraft has finally been delivered so the airline has hinted at the California route yet again. AirAsia X has been interested in flying to the US for some time now. They began flights to Honolulu several days […]
– the new Rapid Rewards Priority Card from Chase comes with a 65,000 sign up bonus (after a massive $16,00 spend) and $149 annual fee but also $75 in credit towards any Southwest purchase – Cathay Pacific Business Class award space is now back to normal and their newly launched route to Seattle (with an […]
VietJet is Vietnam’s incarnation of a low-cost airline. VietJet is a publicly listed company and has been enjoying a competition-free environment in its sector as AirAsia hasn’t decisively moved in yet. The VietJet website was a bit clunky to work with and it took some back and forth to get the ticket I wanted. The […]
AirAsia has been busy building its second biggest base after Kuala Lumpur with its Thai affiliate at Don Mueang, the old Bangkok Airport. From a small number of flights – originally just domestic Thai flights and connecting to the other AirAsia bases – business has been growing quickly. The number of destinations from Bangkok now competes […]
– British Airways was ‘all systems down’ on Saturday and has slowly recovered since then Such a massive IT outage is a nightmare scenario but BA unions have fueled the fire with a direct blame for IT outsourcing. I find it hard to believe that a power outage in the Central London server rooms can […]
– Alitalia has now entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy There is still a chance the airline will survive but it’s not good. If you have Alitalia MilleMiglia points (like me) in your account balance – I would start find a redemption soon. – Air Asia had a solid 2016 and reports good numbers in their core […]
– SAS Eurobonus and Hertz have a great offer to earn 5,000 miles per rental (just one day minimum) Eurobonus has a good award chart in many regions where redemptions are often expensive with other Star Alliance programs. Now ‘the race’ is on for finding the cheapest places to rent – Panama and the Azores […]
– Viet Jet is back with 22 cents tickets for domestic flights between March 1 to December 31 – AirAsia will now start Honolulu service on Jun 28, 2017 AirAsia has formally announced it will begin flights to the United States later this summer. The AirAsia (AK, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) longhaul unit said in a […]
– Emirates has gotten permission to fly Athens to Newark as a ‘tag-on’ flight from the European authorities – US airlines do all they can to not let Emirates have another fifth freedom route – major news is James Hogan will retire as Etihad CEO soon – is that a sign that the Lufthansa deal […]
Spirit has started flights in the Bay Area recently – they now fly Oakland (OAK) to Los Angeles (LAX) and fares are usually just $38. That’s just about half what most airlines charge for the Bay Area to Los Angeles flight. Since I’m always happy to try out I felt I’ll give it a try […]