I wish I knew where Gary gets all his good info from. We knew there was another announcement coming from Hyatt (and likely a good one) after they announced their devaluation recently. I wouldn’t call the good stuff a home run, but it’s a…
The Middle East carriers are pumping up the order books early for Boeing’s new 777X. First, there was the news of an order from Etihad for 25 777X aircraft. And, for good measure they tacked on another 30 787s. The retail value on that…
Now that Qatar has been an official part of the oneworld alliance for a whopping two weeks, American has it’s first promo with their new partner. They’re offering double miles on all Qatar flights through the end of January, with a brief blackout around…
American Airlines is giving away bonus miles for specific spending thresholds on their shopping portal for the Christmas season. Through December 2, you can earn bonus miles in 3 tiers: This essentially breaks down to an extra 10 points/dollar as long as you…
I guess Virgin America is having trouble filling seats around Thanksgiving. They’ve got a reasonable fare sale in the market today covering November 23rd-30th. $179 one-way from IAD to LAX, $149 one-way from Chicago to the West coast. Maybe not rock bottom prices,…
At least a bit to my surprise, Southwest Airlines has decided to offer TSA PreCheck access to it’s customers. This shouldn’t really be a big announcement since so many other airlines have been offering PreCheck for quite some time. But, Southwest doesn’t exactly have…
For those that haven’t heard, Hyatt announced an update to their award chart a few days ago. Now, updates to award charts are rarely positive. And, with the recent castration of the United award chart, it’s easy to be on edge about announcements of…
A bit quicker than I anticipated, American and US Airways has come to a settlement agreement with DOJ. Here’s the meat of what they agreed to. I say “meat” because on the face it looks significant. More analysis later: Under the terms of the…
American Airlines has traditionally allowed people to purchase status at the end of each year if you missed the qualifications by some narrow or wide margin. But, they’ve never allowed the straight purchase of EQMs. Despite this recent announcement about additional options to earn…
I missed a bunch of stories while I was away at Disney this past week and then headed right back out on the road for work, so I’m still trying to get my faithful readers caught up on the world of travel. But, we…