If you are a frequent traveler and read about travel on blogs and message boards, you’ll read quite a few rants of disappointed elite members over the betrayal by their loyalty program of choice. And there are plenty of reasons to be upset about loyalty programs: From massive devaluation of your hard-earned points to the […]
Usually, airlines either run a fare sale or they offer some bonus miles to entice customers! Airberlin has been in the press a lot for their reorganization, fleet and route reduction (read the news here and here), but they are fighting back: They are now offering you discount fares starting at EUR39 and bonus miles
AirAsia announced that they have received FAA approval to start flights to the United States. That makes them the second Asian low-cost carrier, after Cebu Pacific, based in Manila, Philippines, to get approval to fly. Low-cost carriers like Wow and Norwegian Air have brought increased competition and low fares to North-Atlantic routes – can these
This week’s Deal Dispatch features hot deals across the North Atlantic, both ways, but not on discount carriers, but full-service airlines for the summer season. You can go to Paris or Lisbon for $500 or less and from Germany to California from EUR298! Check out the details and how to book them below!
Low cost carriers have been giving passengers what they want – low prices. And the legacy carriers have struggled to respond. The Big 3 US carriers have now all decided to offer a Basic Economy fare with even less features and amenities than before to compete with budget carriers on price. American Airlines is the
We loved the sea plane transfer on our visit to the Conrad Rangali Maledives – the non-stop service created an end-to-end luxury experience that’s hard to match. The Philippines has many islands and beaches even more beautiful than the Maledives and there is a growing number of upscale resorts, but so far the commercial flights
While Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas Sales are behind us, the time for good flight deals isn’t over and the bonanza of good fares continues unabated! This week’s Deal Dispatch has great offers with a Global Sale at Emirates and Qatar, ongoing sales at airberlin and a secret business class sale at Thai Airways!
Norwegian Air is a European discount carrier how started flying across the North Atlantic, bringing fares as low as $149 one-way and an intense fare war with the legacy carriers on those routes! Flights between the US and Europe have never been this cheap – and they are about to get even cheaper! Norwegian Air
Qantas announced their first non-stop flight from Australia to the UK, with flights between Perth and London starting in 2018. And Sydney, after years of haggling, approved a new airport in the suburbs to supplement Kingsford International, which has been operating at capacity, giving new choices to travelers to down under!
A great way to make travel better and spend less on it is to leverage reward credit cards. I have reviewed a few cards and one big differentiator is the sign-up bonus banks offer to get you on board. Because earning the bonus usually involves a minimum spend during the first 3 months of opening
United launched it’s new Polaris Business Class in June this year, with new pod-like seats, new Polaris lounges and new inflight amenities (read all the details here). On December 1, they opened the first Polaris lounge in Chicago’s O’Hare airport and started offering the in-flight amenities and food as PolarisFirst and PolarisBusiness class, replacing the
airberlin recently renounced a major restructuring of its business after years of financial losses, including the wet-lease of planes to competitor Lufthansa, the focus on business-travel to North America, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Italy and changes to the leisure business. Now, the changes for the leisure travel arm have been announced: airberlin is selling its