Last week airberlin declared bankcruptcy, after their largest shareholder Etihad suddenly stopped their financial contributions that had been confirmed in June to keep airberlin running for the next 18 months, while it’s going through a restructuring. Now, they have also stopped the accrual or redemption of topbonus miles, the rewards program of airberlin that is […]
Cebu Pacific Airlines has eliminated the change fees for tickets within 24 hours of purchase. If you book a flight and notice an issue within 24h of buying the ticket, you can rebook your flight, changing the dates or times of your flight as well as the flight sequence. You still have to pay any
After years of financial losses, recent restructuring and talk with part-owner Etihad, Lufthansa, the German government and other stakeholders to mount a rescue or at least an orderly transition, the attempts have failed. Etihad (somewhat surprisingly) pulled the plug and declined to provide further financing, resulting in airberlin declaring bankruptcy because they can’t see a viable
It seems like at least once a year there are news from Europe about strikes crippling air transportation on the old continent – Air France, Alitalia and Lufthansa all had their share of problems, causing flight cancellations and delays, inconveniencing travelers. This year, the (private) security workers at Barcelona’s International Airport have been staging work-stoppages
US News & World Travel Report reviews the best hotel rewards programs every year and when all the points were tallied, Marriott Rewards won, pushing last years surprise winner Wyndham Rewards off the pedestal! They are followed by the other budget program, Choice Privileges, revamped World of Hyatt and Best Western Rewards!
Singapore’s Changi Airport has been voted as the best airport in the world year after year and, having lived in Singapore and flown regularly, I couldn’t agree more. Now, the new Terminal 4, replacing the former budget terminal, has been unveiled and is expected to start operations later this year. It’s the first fully automated airport,
airberlin announced a new partnership with JetBlue, offering code-shares to 31 destinations across the US from the JetBlue hubs in New York, Boston and Orlando. The News Release also promises that members of airberlin’s topbonus rewards program will also be able to earn miles on JetBlue flights in the future. This is great news for
Scoot Air, the long-haul low-cost carrier owned by Singapore Airlines (SQ), just completed their merger with the short-haul LCC TigerAir, also owned by SQ. To celebrate the occasion, they announced 5 new routes, including flights to Honolulu, Hawaii! They will also start serving Harbin, Kuantan, Palembang and Kuching!
IHG has six hotels on Bali, several Holiday Inn and HI Express Hotels, as well as an InterContinental. The latest addition is the Indigo Seminyak – it’s in a great location, looks amazing – but comes at a very high price. Find out if it is worth booking (yet).
The winner of the SkyTrax Award for the best airline in 2017 goes to Qatar Airways. They also win the awards for the best business class and best first class lounge. They beat out my favorite Singapore Airlines and ANA! AirAsia is the again voted the best low-cost carrier and Lufthansa is the most-improved in
After acquiring three hotel brands in the last two years, Wyndham Hotels is now launching its 19th hotel brand, the Trademark Hotel Collection! Similar to other “collections”, Wyndham is trying to bring independent hotels in major urban centers into the company and rewards program under the Trademark brand. While Hilton‘s Curio collection and Marriott‘s Luxury
Airberlin started a major restructuring this year, focusing on becoming a network airline for Europe and transatlantic traffic, wet leasing a number of planes to Lufthansa and spinning of leisure flights to subsidiary Nikki Air (I reported about it here and here). And that reorganization did not go smoothly: with the introduction of the summer