Alaska Lounge Portland will be leaving the Priority Pass network as of November 1, 2019. Unfortunately, this is not the first Alaska lounge to leave Priority Pass. Alaska lounges and priority pass Once Alaska and Priority pass started their partnership all Alaska lounges were a part of the Priority pass program. On September 1, 2018, […]
EL AL Israel Airlines launched daily nonstop flights between San Francisco and Tel Aviv. The Israeli airline is already connecting several cities in North America, including Los Angeles, New York, Boston, and Miami. To celebrate the new connection between the two cities Alaska Airlines came out with a new offer! Earn double Alaska miles on […]
Alaska and Singapore Airlines started their partnership in 2017 but until now you could not book Alaska miles on Singapore Airlines. Now, they have announced an upgrade to their partnership. Alaska miles on Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines award chart is now live on Alaska’s website. You will need the following mileage amounts: Within Asia Southeast […]
Starting March 1, 2020, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines are cutting most of their mileage program ties. As part of the new agreement, flyers will no longer be able to use their Alaska Mileage Plan miles for American Airlines flights, nor will they be able to earn Mileage Plan miles on international American Airlines flights. […]
– Qantas is telling Boeing and Airbus in stark terms what they want – more range – TAP is planning an Azores service to the US (as Air Acores does) It is short enough to fly on a narrow-body plane (with good ETOPS certification). – Lufthansa is kicking out the Brussels Airlines management after their […]
– Ctrip wasted no time and after buying trip.com the company has now made this URL their English language frontpage, it looks gorgeous and best of all it will now be easily accepted for BRGs as it prices in Dollars by default – Alaska Airlines and points.com offer a 40% bonus when you buy miles […]
– flyDubai’s new 737MAX are getting the cool JetBlue Mint seat configuration – yeah! – Emirates has started the Dubai Air show with a bang – showing off their new First Class Suites AND ordering Boeing 787 en mass (instead of the much expected A380 orders) – LATAM is planning to add Tel Aviv as […]
Virgin Atlantic has long been present with its own lounge at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). It was time for me to try out the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse, to see how the food, lounge location and the staff are shaping up. The Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse is before security at SFO – just above the security […]
– American Express is running a 30% transfer bonus from Membership Rewards to Virgin Atlantic Flight redemptions using Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles can be great value BUT you need to book a Round Trip on partners (where the best value is) and pay fuel surcharges. Now that will make you think of Delta immediately […]
This week I undertook several award booking adventures… Unable to book Japan Airlines (JAL) with Alaska miles First, I set out to book Japan Airlines using my Alaska miles. It all seems easy enough and Japan Airlines shows up in the award booking search on the Alaska Airlines website. Alaska can book into U and D class […]