– Emirates seems to be inclined to take the deal and buy Etihad according to these recent reports – will Lufthansa swoop in as a white knight? – there will be a new Pointbreaks list on Monday morning (US Eastern Time – mark your calendars!) – Frontier gets a bed rep but is a well […]
– while Jetblue has a great product it does not have (as) extensive codesharing with other airlines and has trouble competing with ULCCs – now the company is getting into a major cost cutting effort – Delta is running an interesting promotion that gives you 50% more miles on all partner activities Registration is required […]
– Accor is buying up the orginally Swiss Moevenpick chain of hotels for $585 million, the company boasts 16,000 employees and has landmark properties in the Middle East and South East Asia – it is entirely possible that 2018 will be the year of the demise of South African Airways and Alitalia, South African for […]
– Point Breaks is back and the list is huge this time (200 hotels) and there are a lot of Intercontinentals on this list I like the new ‘higher categories’ as this seemed to have enabled higher quality hotels to green light a participation. I just redeemed 100,000 IHG points for Pointbreaks – haven’t done […]
– I went over to Fiji Airways Tabua Club yesterday and register for a loyalty account Loyalty program membership is typically free but some airline (liek Qantas) charge a small fee (usually waived if you have a coupon code). However Tabua Club charges FJD 499 (roughly US$233) for the privilege to be a member! That’s […]
– Qatar has been announcing 12 new destinations (most are 2018) including – finally – San Francisco Qatar Airways on Monday announced 12 new destinations for 2017-18, including San Francisco. Other destinations include Cardiff, Malaga, Mykonos, Accra, Kiev, Prague, Mombasa and Abidjan. The airline also said that the launch of flights to Las Vegas had […]
– this morning we shared a wonderful fare from Brazil in Business Class to Dallas for $654 Round Trip with Delta with our Premium subscribers The data we used has been on our servers for 16 hours and we just read through the results at 9.30 AM Pacific Time and sent alerts right away. Within […]
– Etihad and Lufthansa already agreed ‘mini-merger‘ goes much further than people think – Etihad will relocate into the sacred halls of Lufthansa in Munich and Frankfurt and the companies will work together in a number of areas – if that’s no preparation for a merger – what is? – RwandAir’s First Airbus A330-200 is […]
What’s the deal with bonus IHG Rewards? With the current targeted flash sale from IHG Rewards Club, you can earn a bonus of up to 80% when you buy at least 1,000 points. You’ll need to get your skates on, though, as this offer ends in just a few days on December 16th, 2016. You can buy […]
– Philippine Airlines has an amazing $173 RT fare from New York to Cebu, it seems to go away but try cheapoair.com for dates next year – it’s still showing it as of the time of writing – the new PointBreaks list went live earlier today – since many properties book out quickly – check […]