The pandemic has yielded plenty of unexpected decisions by airlines and hotel chains over the past year. Recent moves by United Airlines aren’t all that surprising in general, but the depth of the cuts did surprise me. It’s clear from these cuts that United doesn’t think international travel will come roaring back as more vaccines find their ways into people’s arms. United Cuts International Flights At Dulles Airport The Points Guy reported on a deep number of cuts on international flights at Dulles Airport. Dulles Airport, located outside of Washington, […]
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More Crazy Cheap Fares To Both Asia And Europe
Another day, another chunk of awesome fares, with a bunch of cheap Asia fares coming into the mix with cheap European fares.
SPG Hot Escapes Through July 4th, 2015
SPG Hot Escapes are discounts for travel over the next 6 weeks at Starwood Preferred Guest properties worldwide. They’re released every Wednesday at 6am Eastern time. You have until Saturday to book them. The discounts generally range from 15% to 35%, with some rare discounts as high as 50% or 60%. SPG Members get an additional 5% discount (listed in orange under the advertised rate). This is probably one of the thinner weeks, with a few values in Asia. There are some luxury properties on the list this week that […]
SPG Hot Escapes For Wednesday, May 27th, 2015
SPG Hot Escapes are discounts off of bargain and luxury hotels around the world, a minimum 20% discount for travel over the next 6 weeks. Read on for this week’s list.
Mistake Fares Happen The Other Way, Too
Mistake fares still happen and they garner much more media attention nowadays. But, I’ve got to wonder where the uproar is on this one…
Up to 6,000 Miles For A New Hotel Booking And Plenty Of Cheap Fares To Europe And Asia. The Best of the Rest on Monday, May 25, 2015
Up to 6,000 miles for a new hotel booking, tons of cheap fares to Europe and Asia and the Best of the Rest for Monday….
American Airlines Announces Their First 787 Routes
It’s finally time to fly an American Airlines 787. Ever since I took off on the inaugural 787 Dreamliner flight from the US to Tokyo, I’ve been excited for the day my favorite airline starts flying the 787. American has officially announced their initial routes, all of which go on sale tomorrow, February 14th: Similar to United, American plans to fly their 787s between domestic hubs for a month or so to work out the kinks. In this instance, American Airlines will begin twice daily service between DFW and ORD […]
American Airlines and US Airways To Combine Loyalty Programs In First Half of 2015
Doug Parker was interviewed recently by Business Travel News. There were a couple of nuggets for people trying to get a sense of what’s coming up as the merger progresses. The loyalty programs will be combined in the first 6 months of 2015. From the customer standpoint, what’s the next major milestone to be reached in the merger? There are a series of them, but the next major one will be the integration of the frequent-flyer programs. They’re separate today, and we’re planning to integrate those [in the first half […]
