Conde Nast has been conducting their “Reader’s Choice Awards” for more than 30 years and this year more than 600,000 readers selected their favorite airlines again: Singapore Airlines won for the 30th time, followed by Air New Zealand and Qatar Airways. Air New Zealand is the only surprise here, as they haven’t made the (more […]
I have followed the airberlin insolvency closely and I was directly impacted by the ticket cancellations. The dramatic end of my airberlin travel saga was the cancellation of my award ticket for a flight on Etihad 1 hour before departure. I had already cancelled my backup flight when I received the dreaded cancellation notice, making
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
Whenever I receive an email from a US airline announcing award program changes I cringe – because they usually are bad. And when the announcement contains the word “enhancement”, I’m on full alert because it is airline double-speak for the opposite! Why the airline marketing people insist on this non-sense is beyond me, because it
Usually news around changes in US airline award programs are bad news – over the last few years, there has been one devaluation after the other and many perks have been eliminated. So, it’s great news to see that United is doing an award sale for US domestic flights at 20% off and saver award
With oil prices at historic lows, the airlines are running out of excuses for imposing fuel surcharges on their flights and exposing them as what they are: hidden increases of fares. They allowed airlines to advertise low fares, and hiding the surcharge among taxes and government fees, and also charge frequent fliers for their “free”