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Alaska’s Deal with American Makes Its Frequent Flier Program Even More Valuable
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Alaska and American have inked a deal that will give reciprocal elite benefits to each other’s elite members. This might not sound like much, but it could make Alaska’s frequent flier program even more interesting…
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Flying Up Front on Emirates to Dubai (Trip Report)
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A couple months ago, Emirates asked if I’d like to fly out to Dubai to spend 24 hours in the airport so that we could experience all that it had to offer. Though the idea…
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British Airways Wins the Right to Buy bmi: Winners and Losers
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Last week, it was announced that British Airways parent IAG had won the lottery, so to speak. The group has now reached an “agreement in principle” with Lufthansa to buy its bmi subsidiary. This is…
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United Becomes the First US Airline to Announce Wifi Over the Water
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United fliers, rejoice. Your airline has now, finally, announced its comprehensive wifi plan. The result is . . . a little surprising, actually. I like it, to some extent, but it’s also going to create…
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Cranky on the Web (October 31 – November 4)
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I’m happy to announce that I will now be contributing to the new Conde Nast Traveler site on a weekly basis. Go to cntraveler.com to see some great contributions from around the travel world. My…
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Topic of the Week: Scoot
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Singapore Airlines announced this week that its new low cost carriers will be called . . . Scoot. The airline will start flying 777s to Australia and Asia at first and expand beyond there. Does…
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Allegiant and Spirit, Head to Head (Trip Report)
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With Allegiant deciding to flee Long Beach at the end of this month, I sensed there was a unique experience that I would regret missing out on if I didn’t jump on it. I had…
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Retroactive Refund: How Airlines Should Handle Weather Waivers
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Last week just downright sucked. I was supposed to be traveling with my family on US Airways to a wedding outside of Cancun. Yes, the same Cancun that was hit by a hurricane/tropical storm/big weather…
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Qantas Goes NBA, Locks Out Employees and Shuts Down Over the Weekend
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When you think about airline labor disputes, you probably think about strikes. After years and years of negotiating, the unions gain the right to walk out and that shuts the airline down, or it at…
