TunisAir has found itself between a rock and hard place with its main routes to Europe being ordered by mostly French discount airlines and the aggressive modernization of Royal Air Maroc to the West. However, it has a reputation as one of Africa’s safest. For the 200 miles from Tunis to Malta, I had eyed […]
My Favorite Things To Do Tunis – Introduction Tunis is the capital city of Tunisia. Tunisia – easy to confuse! Even before the ‘Arab Spring’ Tunisia has been one of the more open Islamic societies and can be described as the Turkey of Northern Africa (with a heavy French accent). In fact, French is widely […]
Something happened yesterday – it started with Skyteam’s sub-$400 fares to Europe from OneWorld hubs. Than it spread to more and more airports and Oneworld matched. We also saw those amazing $400 fares to Europe from Hawaii later yesterday. This morning United and Star Alliance are coming up with similar fares now. Now Air France […]
Earlier this week I watched ’13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi’ and found it fascinating and intimidating at the same time. The movie plays out in Benghazi (it was filmed in Malta) and covers the attack on the American embassy/ outpost there in 2012. During the course of the Benghazi attack the American ambassador […]
Airline Name: Alitalia Frequent-flyer program: MilleMiglia MilleMiglia is the primary loyalty program of Alitalia and these subsidiaries: – Air One – Alitalia CityLiner Alliance: SkyTeam Award Chart Award Chart for redemptions with Alitalia Award Chart for redemptions with SkyTeam partners Partners Alitalia MilleMiglia also partners with these airlines: – Etihad Airways (a 49% shareholder of […]
Airline Name: Air France Frequent-flyer program: Flying Blue Hubs: -Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport -Paris Orly Airport Alliance: SkyTeam Award Chart Flying Blue does not really publish an award chart. But you can use the mileage calculator to look up the miles required. Fuel surcharges applied? Flying Blue applies fuel surcharges on all redemptions. Few […]
Airline Name: EgyptAir Frequent-flyer program: EgyptAir Plus Hub: Cairo International Airport Alliance: Star Alliance EgyptAir Award Chart Fuel surcharges applied? I could not find out so far if fuel surcharges are applied. I'd assume so. Can you guys help me out? I found out that cancellations will cost you 5% of all miles used (but […]
Airline Name: Turkish Airlines Frequent-flyer program: Miles&Smiles Hub: Istanbul Atatürk Airport Alliance: Star Alliance Turkish Airlines Capacity Controlled Award Ticket Table Star Alliance Member Carriers Award Ticket Chart Fuel surcharges applied? Earning miles used to be easy with Miles&Smiles with very cheap W fares that Turkish Airlines would publish. These would earn 100% on Miles&Smiles […]
Airline Name: Qatar Airways Frequent-flyer program: Qatar Airways Privilege Club (Qmiles) Hubs: Hamad International Airport Alliance: Oneworld Qatar Airways Privilege Club Award Chart Fuel surcharges applied? Qatar applies fuel surcharges. You can look up fuel surcharges using ITA Matrix and click through to the fare information. It will show 'YQ' or 'YQ Fuel surcharges on […]