IndiGo is an Indian low-cost airline. They are already the largest Indian carrier and now they are expanding their fleet with 300 new Airbus A320neo. This will be one of the largest orders from a single carrier. IndiGo’s Airbus A320neo Order This has been a good year for Airbus. The Airbus A320neo already had more […]
InterContinental Hotels Group is partnering with travel club Mr. and Mrs. Smith to more than double the number of luxury and boutique properties available to IHG customers. Treehotel, Sweeden The new partnership IHG announced the exclusive arrangement during International Luxury Travel Market North America, being held in Mexico’s Riviera Maya. Starting next year, IHG Rewards […]
– battered Osaka’s Kansai airport has partially re-opened with transport links still mostly cut and just one Terminal operational – I actually thought they will make that work – but now Norwegian is dropping their (still relatively new) Singapore route Norwegians fleet plans seem a bit more in touch with reality lately: Norwegian is also […]
– Barclays is out with an improved offer for the JetBlue Business card worth 40,000 points The points are worth about $600 in airfare (to be used on JetBlue only). Good deal! Keep in mind that annual fee of $99 is not waived! – Go Air is suing IndiGo COO Prock-Schauer who has a colorful […]
– many United Mileage Plus members are being targeted with a United MileagePlus Club Credit card (it also worked for me) where the annual fee is waived for the first year The regular offer for this card comes with 50,000 miles after spending $3,000 (annual fee not waived). I don’t think the United Clubs are […]
– the Dubai Air Show samplifies the boom times in the airline industry – Indigo partners (WizzAir, Frontier, Volaris) just signed the biggest aircraft order ever for $50b – all narrow-body aircraft from Airbus – flyDubai is now realizing the growth Emirates used to see and gives a massive $27B narrow-body aircraft from Boeing over […]
– my favorite Indian LCC – Indigo – is having a huge milestone this week – 1,000 flights operated in a day! – Lufthansa is secretly giving Brussels Airlines a makeover and is now using the planes for their new Dusseldorf Eurowings branded Low Cost service (replacing many Air Berlin routes) – Avis is running […]
– American Express made the announced changes for Platinum cards live today – here’s what you need to know Personal Platinum cards now universally come with a 60,000 Membership Rewards sign-up bonus after $5,000 spend and a $550 annual fee. The Mercedes Benz Platinum Card was also changed to the same regime (the card comes […]
– American Express has two 75,000 Bonus points Business Gold card sign-up links right now These links may or may not work for you but are worth a shot if you haven’t had this card before. (HT DoC) – American Express has a new (targeted) offer that gives you $60 off a $200 Hyatt spend […]
What’s the deal with IHG Hotel? You can now earn double miles when you stay at an InterContinental hotel, starting with your next stay. Double miles will be awarded on all qualifying stays after completing your first qualifying stay between now and December 31st, 2015. We recently posted IHG’s Accelerate promotion, where if your earning preference is points, you […]