Video of the Week: Sneak Peek at Delta’s T4 at JFK

JFK T4: Going the Extra Mile

Delta recently released a new video of a sneak peek at New York-JFK’s Terminal 4. It opens on May 24 and the new terminal is supposed to be catering to frequent fliers and has a giant 23,000 square foot Sky Club (See 1:40 in the video). For a better preview, Delta has opened a new [...]

Los Angeles to Europe for under $798 this Summer

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Wow! Everyone keeps talking about high airfares this summer but I just found a great deal (thanks to a tip from Airfarewatchdog) from Los Angeles to Dusseldorf, Germany on Delta (via Atlanta) for under $800! That’s roundtrip and including all taxes and fees. There are tons of dates available May through August. I entered July [...]

Why Delta’s Frequent Flier Program Just Got Worse

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Delta already had the worst frequent flier program (here’s why) but they just made it even worse today with their long awaited announcement about Medallion qualification levels. Beginning January 1, 2014, members will now earn Medallion status through a combination of miles or segments flown AND your annual spending on Delta flights, which will be measured by [...]

Delta and Virgin Atlantic Make Major Announcement

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Today’s big travel news was another major shake-up in the airline industry: Virgin Atlantic and Delta have announced a joint venture with Delta investing $360 million in Virgin Atlantic to acquire a 49% stake in the airline. The merger is expected to be completed by the end of 2013 and should offer some great opportunities that [...]

Air New Zealand and Delta’s new in-flight safety videos

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Delta This week two airlines with past popular in-flight safety videos released new versions. Delta’s was popular because they had the beautiful “Deltalina” as the lead and her “no smoking” finger shake was the talk of aviation geek websites. Deltalina makes a cameo in the new one but sadly she’s not the lead. New Delta [...]

Delta Adjusts SkyMiles Mileage Accrual for Select Special Fares

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   One of my travel agent friends just forwarded this Delta Airlines email from there sales office to me. It might cause some concern for mileage junkies as they are going to start reducing credit on select “special fares” and accrual rates towards SkyMiles Medallion status. In my opinion Delta already has the worst mileage [...]

How to get bumped into first class on Delta Air Lines

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My alarm went off at 4:12 am. After jumping in the shower I remembered I still hadn’t checked-in for my 5:45 am flight since I couldn’t get any good seats the day before.

Needles on a Plane?!

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I just read this CNN Breaking News story about sewing needles found in four turkey sandwiches on separate Delta Airlines flights from Amsterdam to the United States.  I find this scary as hell, don’t you? Just a couple of months ago I got an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of an airline catering company at Charles de [...]