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After Failed Merger Effort, JetBlue Slashes Route Network
After a costly failed merger effort with Spirit, the end of the Northeast Alliance with American, and corporate activist/raider Carl Icahn gaining board seats,...
[JetBlue And Spirit Terminate Merger Agreement] JetBlue Makes Offer To Buy Spirit And Create An Airline That Will Never Get You To Your Destination...
Update 3/4/24: JetBlue and Spirit came to an agreement to drop their antitrust appeal and terminate their merger agreement.
JetBlue will pay Spirit $69...
BREAKING: Alaska And Hawaiian Airlines Announce Merger Plans!
With the US government successfully suing to break up American and JetBlue's partnership and currently suing to stop Spirit and JetBlue's merger, not many...
[Update: Spirit Shareholders Reject Frontier Merger] Frontier And Spirit Plan To Merge And Create An Even Larger Terrible Airline
Update: After nearly 6 months of back and forth offers as Frontier and JetBlue improved their bids to acquire Spirit, Frontier refused to improve...
Will The Shutterfly-Snapfish Merger Mean Higher Prices And/Or Lower Quality Photo Books?
Apollo Global Management is buying Shutterfly and Snapfish, with plans to merge the photo printing companies.
I haven't had great experiences with Snapfish, I find...
The Marriott-Starwood Merger Has Been One Fiasco After Another
Mergers are never good for consumers and there are always pain points, but the Marriott-Starwood merger has crossed over into the absurd.
We knew that...
Last Chance! Book Hotel Awards Now Before The Starwood-Marriott Merger!
Update: Marriott's systems will be intermittently down starting tomorrow and will be down on 8/18 for the merger of the Marriott and SPG programs....
A Timeline Of Upcoming Critical Dates For The Starwood AMEX Bloodbath And The Starwood-Marriott Merger!
Update: Marriott has confirmed that they will stop selling their lucrative travel packages on 8/17/18
Marriott Announces The Launch Date For Marriott-Starwood Program Merger!
Marriott has updated their website and it now says that the merged Marriott-Starwood program will launch on August 18th. Previously it had only said "Coming...
My Thoughts On The Sprint-T-Mobile Merger
Sprint and T-Mobile announced today that they will merge, pending regulatory approval.
Mergers rarely benefit consumers. Just take a look at the airline industry, where...
A Week Later, But No Solid Answers To 3 Contradictory Marriott-Starwood Merger Details That Everyone Wants To Know
Last week was a busy one in the points world thanks to the Marriott-Starwood merger info released on Monday.
I'm not going to rehash all...
AMEX: 3 Starwood Cards Will Be Available For New Applications After The SPG-Marriott Program Merger In August
AMEX reached out to me to officially confirm that they will continue to offer the Starwood Consumer AMEX card to new customers after Marriott...
Starwood-Marriott Merger FAQs: Answers To Your Questions About Anniversary Nights, Status From Existing Cards, And More
Readers have been asking some good questions that aren't clearly addressed by Marriott. There's a lot to unpack with this merger, but here is...
Live Blog: Follow The Marriott-Starwood Program Merger Announcement!
Marriott is hosting a program merger announcements here. The program should start at about 4:40pm.
Mergers rarely work out well for consumers, but here's hoping for...
United’s April 2015 Elite Devaluation Made Even Worse By Overcharging Their Elites For Award Redeposits; Emblematic Of Larger Problems That United Has Suffered Since...
Last November I covered the news of several downgrades that AA, Delta, JetBlue, and United were going to implement in 2015.
United matched Delta in...
American-USAirways Merger Takes Another Step: Reciprocal Anytime Awards, Waived Phone Fees For Awards Not Bookable Online; Flying Coast To Coast For 8,750 Miles With...
The American and USAirways mileage programs will combine in the 2nd quarter of this year. Until then expect to see more news like this...
CLE Is Dehubbed; The Continental-United Merger Has Brought Nothing But Misery To All
In perhaps the worst CLE news since LeBron's decision, United will officially announce tomorrow that it is de-hubbing Cleveland.
It's no surprise. I said 4...
American-USAirways Merger Finalized
Update 12/09/13: The merger has been finalized.
Estimated key dates (subject to change):
01/07/14: Earn and redeem miles between both airlines. Lounge and elite status...
Thoughts On The American-USAirways Merger
Update: 02/13, It's on folks.
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This was originally posted on 02/06:
It seems that American and USAirways are all but certain to announce merger plans next...
WSJ: Continental-United Merger Coming Monday.
WSJ Article Linky
Monday will be a sad day for Continental fans. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Continental and United will announce that...
Delta Signs Tentative Agreement With Pilots To Clear Way For Northwest Merger…
I haven't reported on all the merger stuff for a while because honestly without the backing of the pilots I felt there was little...
Exactly One Year Later, Delta Is Back In Merger Rumor Talks…
Post from November 16th, 2006's Merger Rumor de jour Linky
I predicted then that USAirways' $8,000,000,000 buyout would fall through. I don't recall, but seemingly...
Neat Interactive Graph Of Possible Airline Mergers…
It's always good to keep on top of M&A activity in a sector in which I have so much invested. (In miles, of course...)USAToday...
JetBlue Continues To Slash And Reconfigure Route Network
2 months ago, JetBlue announced the end of service to Baltimore, Kansas City, 5 routes from Fort Lauderdale, 8 routes from Los Angeles, and...
OUCH! United Is Blocking Most Award Space From Partner Airlines
Before United merged with Continental, they used Starnet Blocking to limit the program's liabilities by blocking members from booking some Star Alliance partner award...
Mileage Bargains With Alaska’s New Partner Award Charts
Alaska's New Partner Award Charts
Alaska's new awards charts are in effect and are a game changer for folks with Alaska miles.
You can get 60,000...
[Israeli Media Reporting United Will Return] Why Is United Still Selling Flights To Tel Aviv Next Week?
Update, 2/21: United will indeed resume flying to Israel on 3/2, initially via Munich and then nonstop. See here for the full details.
Below is...
Capital One Will Buy Discover
Capital One has come to terms to purchase Discover Financial in a deal that will be worth north of $28 billion. The exact terms...
[Alaska’s COO Sits Next To Door Plug As 737 MAX9 Returns To The Skies] A Rough, Yet Miraculous Week For Aviation; Travel Waivers Issued...
Update, 1/27: Alaska Airlines COO Constance von Muehlen sat in the window seat next to the door plug on the first 737 MAX9 that returned...
Alaska Airlines Launched Its Most Random Flight Route This Week
Alaska Airlines' latest route is surely its most random.
Yes, the airline operates the Milk Run, but that's not all that random. Besides, I'll take...
Earn 60K Bonus Points With The Chase World Of Hyatt Business Card; Should You Be Spending On This Card With The 2024 Milestone Improvements?
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United Will Massively Hike PassPlus Requirements For Global Services Status
United’s Global Services status is one of the top elite status levels in the world. I've written about some of its perks here. The...
[Ends Today!] United 30% Hotel Transfer Bonus; Transfer 60K Marriott Points Into 39,000 United Miles!
Update: This offer ends tonight!
Originally posted on 10/2:
You can register here for 30% bonus when you transfer hotel points to United miles.
The promotion...
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[Ends Tomorrow!] Existing Marriott Cardholders: Register To Receive 10,000 Bonus Points For Spending $7,000
Update, 9/29: If you already registered for this offer, the spending period ends tomorrow!
Originally posted on 7/27:
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[American Moves Doha Flight From JFK To Philadelphia] Judge Orders American And JetBlue To End Northeast Alliance, Is This The End Of The Road,...
Update, 8/4: American announced today that they will move their JFK-Doha flight to Philadelphia-Doha on 10/29. There's no word if they will still utilize...
Norwegian Air Will Buy Widerøe, Airline Infamous For Leaking Their Own Price Mistake Fare
Some 10 years ago, Widerøe Airlines sold thousands of tickets on United for just $127 round-trip to Europe and $287 round-trip to Israel.
But what...
Marriott Improves Points Transfer Ratio To United!
Marriott improving something isn't what I had on my Bingo card for 2023. The hotel chain has been so steadily downgrading former SPG benefits...
Battle Of The Hyatt Cards: Should You Have The Consumer And/Or Business Card?
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