It’s Time to Match Your US Airways Dividend Miles with Your American AAdvantage Account Like every mileage junkie I was checking my American Airlines AAdvantage account balance before going to bed last night when I couldn’t help but notice the pop-up (below) alerting me that… Johnny Jet , January 7, 2015
Travel Tip of the Day: First Bag Free with Alaska Airlines in January First Bag Free with Alaska Airlines in January Great news! Alaska Airlines has announced that they are waiving their $25 first bag fee for the month of January. Here’s the… Johnny Jet , January 6, 2015
Breaking: British Airways reveals Santa’s flight plan Today’s big Christmas-themed news comes from British Airways, which delighted children who read travel blogs everywhere this morning by revealing the details of Santa’s official flight plan. According to the airline,… Ian Livingston , December 23, 2014
LOT hanging mistletoe on planes, encouraging world to #KISSaLOT LOT Polish Airlines, Poland’s national carrier, is bringing an old tradition to new heights this holiday season. The airline announced today that it will be hanging mistletoe twigs in every one of its aircraft… Ian Livingston , December 22, 2014
Travel Tip of the Day: Free Entertainment with Personal Devices on United Free Entertainment with Personal Devices on United Flying United over the holidays? The airline announced last Thursday an upgrade to their entertainment service, which will now allow passengers to stream complimentary… Johnny Jet , December 22, 2014
Travel Tip of the Day: American Offering Bonus Miles in 2015 American Offering Bonus Miles in 2015 The big airline news today comes from American Airlines, which announced the terms of huge, great promotion that will run all of 2015. Here’s how it will… Johnny Jet , December 15, 2014
American Airlines’ Lucrative Bonus Mile Promotion for Premium Passengers I love how American Airlines isn’t following Delta‘s and United‘s revenue-based plans (at least, not yet) in which fliers earn miles based on ticket price instead of miles flown. And now, they’re… Johnny Jet , December 15, 2014
JetBlue to Charge Baggage Fees and Pack More Seats In I’ve been telling people that if American Airlines follows Delta’s and United Airlines‘ unpopular move of changing their frequent flier program of earning miles based on ticket price rather than distance… Johnny Jet , November 19, 2014
Celebrate Thanksgiving Aboard British Airways Are you joining the tens of thousands of travelers who will be taking to the skies next week to visit friends and family for Thanksgiving? The start of the holiday… Johnny Jet , November 17, 2014
LAX: Air New Zealand Will Move From T2 to TBIT on December 3 Great news for Air New Zealand passengers as they just announced the airline will be switching terminals at LAX come December 3, 2014. I’m happy to hear the news because… Johnny Jet , November 3, 2014
Germany’s Condor Airlines is a pleasant surprise Condor Airlines is not a company that strikes a chord with most international travelers. But, its loyal German fan base (it’s a German company) and an expanding roster of international… Ramsey Qubein , October 29, 2014
American Airlines Just Announced Their New AAdvantage Program with US Airways Dividend Miles Members Finally some great frequent flier news for those that don’t spend tens of thousands of dollars. American and US Airways just released their plans to combine their frequent flier… Johnny Jet , October 28, 2014
The Best Time to Book Domestic and International Airline Tickets My buddy Brett from CrankyFlier.com just wrote a couple of great posts tearing up The Wall Street Journal’s story “The Best Day to Buy Airline Tickets” that made every media outlet in… Johnny Jet , October 27, 2014
Travel Video of the Week: Air New Zealand’s “Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made” Air New Zealand has a history of making viral-ready safety videos (like this one), and their latest—”The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made”—is more of the same. Like others before it, it features… Johnny Jet , October 23, 2014
Travel Tip of the Day: Lufthansa Pilots Striking Again Lufthansa Pilots Striking Again As detailed in this Skift post and this BBC News post, Lufthansa pilots are striking again—for 35 hours starting today and ending tomorrow local time at… Johnny Jet , October 20, 2014