A couple of weeks ago Delta introduced a program called “Choice Seats” that allowed passengers to purchase exit rows and a handful of other seats for up to $25 (this matched a similar program from Northwest). It turns out that elite members hated that their good seats were either gone or now had to [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Delta Will Not Charge for “Choice Seats”In case you are obese and were annoyed at having to pay for two seats on a plane, you’re in luck: move to Canada. The Canadian Supreme Court ruled that Air Canada cannot charge obese passengers for two seats if they cannot fit in one. However, they will still have to buy two inflight meals.
Read the Rest of the Story: Canadian Supreme Court: Airlines Can’t Charge Obese Passengers for 2 SeatsDelta has an amazing promo right now if you have a bunch of Starwood points sitting around: Earn 10,000 miles from Delta partners and they’ll give you a 150% bonus. What does that actually mean? Transfer 20,000 Starwood points into Delta miles and you’ll get 25,000 miles (with the normall 5,000 mile bonus). Then with [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Huge 150% Bonus for Transferring Starwood Points into Delta MilesI’m not sure why I’m so fascinated with OpenSkies, but there ya go: OpenSkies’ L’Avion unit will add lie-flat seats to its aircraft in 2009 so OpenSkies can sell a business class seat on L’Avion codeshare flights to Paris. It will continue to sell L’Avion’s regular seats as Prem+ (even though the Prem+ on OpenSkies [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: OpenSkies’ L’Avion Will Add Lie-Flat Seats in 2009Overturning one of the more inexplicable moves of the past year, US Airways is reinstating the 500 mile minimum and bonus miles for Preferred members of its frequent flyer program. It is also reinstating 500 mile minimums on the Shuttle for all Dividend Miles members. Even better, the bonuses and minimums will be made retroactively [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: US Airways Reinstates Bonus Miles and 500 Mile Minimum for Preferred MembersFor whatever reason, the airline industry’s woes have gotten lots and lots of media attention, but when it comes to facing down a gigantic mess, the hotel industry has it far worse right now. How bad? Hotel occupancy for the first week in November dropped more than 14 points versus last year to a very, [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: You Think Airlines Have It Bad? The Hotel Industry Is Worse…“Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Weird Airline News SampleQ: What’s going to happen with my miles?
A: Nothing for now. There won’t be any changes until they eventually combine the two programs, but I bet we’re at least a year from that happening.
Q: Is combining the programs a good thing or a bad thing for me?
A: I think it’s somewhat bad thing for you, [...]
here’s a test aritcle. dont call it a comeback, i’ve been here for years, i like big butts and I cannot lie, you other brothers may deny
Read the Rest of the Story: Test aritcle(Thanks, View from the Wing)
It looks like Northwest is beginning to make its push away from Continental, albeit in a small way:
