[United Now Allowing Rebooking Onto Lufthansa Group] United Refuses To Rebook Canceled Israel Flights On Other Airlines While Delta Rebooks Passengers Onto El Al
Update, 9/7: United is now allowing rebooking onto Lufthansa Group airlines to Tel Aviv, including Austrian (via Vienna), Brussels (via Brussels), Eurowings (via Dusseldorf),...
[Free Carry-Ons Are Back On JetBlue Basic Fares] Bag Fees Are Going Up Again, Roundup Of Domestic Checked Bag Fees
Update, 9/6: As of today, JetBlue basic fares come with a free large carry-on bag and small personal item.
Update, 8/16: Frontier Mastercard primary cardmembers...
JetBlue Responds To Israel Map Criticism
Several JetBlue passengers noticed that JetBlue prominently features the "Palestinian Territories" on their map, at times instead of Israel and quite literally, from the...
[ITA Resumes 9/5, LOT Now Flying To Tel Aviv] Roundup Of The Current Next Available Israel Flights For More Than 40 Airlines
Update, 9/3: ITA Airways announced they will resume Rome-Tel Aviv flights 806/807 on September 5th. Flights 809/810 will resume on October 1st.
LOT Polish also resumed...
[Final Hours, Here’s What I Did] Will You Transfer Miles To Hawaiian Before The Bonus Ends Tonight?
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[Co-Brand Card Now Offer 2 Free Checked Bags] With Major Carriers Eating ULCC’s Lunch, Frontier Overhauls Fare Structure And Customer Service
Update: Barclays shares with DansDeals that their co-brand Frontier Airlines card now includes 2 free checked bags for the primary cardholder:
"The FRONTIER Airlines...
With Passengers Scrambling To Book Seats On El Al In Q2, Israel’s Flag Carrier Notches Record Profits
At the end of Q1, many airlines finally started returning to Israel. But it would be short-lived, as Iran directly attacked Israel for the...
[737MAX Order Confirmed] The Inside Story Of How El Al Decided To Remain An All-Boeing Carrier With Its Largest Ever Aircraft Order
Update: El Al has now finalized this agreement, with a firm order for 20 737MAXs that will be delivered between 2028-2031 and an option...
Virgin Atlantic Pushes Back Return To Tel Aviv
Virgin Atlantic hasn't flown to Israel since October 7th.
The airline had planned to return on September 5th, but will push the return back again.
The...
[Spirit Now Selling New Fare Bundles And Benefits] Spirit Changes Mark The End Of The ULCC Model In The US
Update, 8/14: The new fare bundles are now available:
For Newark to Fort Lauderdale on 9/10, the base Go fare is $27.
Go Savvy...
[Contact Delta Or United In Israel For Rebookings] Delta Cancels Israel Flights For The Month Of August, United Suspends Israel Flights Indefinitely
Update, 8/12: Several readers have had better success calling Delta or United's customer service lines in Israel for flight reaccomodations on other airlines.
You can...
[United Confirms Indefinite Suspension, Expands Rebooking Policy] Is United Thinking About Suspending Israel Service Through July 2025?
Update, 8/8 at 10pm: United has provided DansDeals with the following statement,
"Our flights to Tel Aviv remain suspended – we look forward to resuming...
Starting Tomorrow, United Will Remove The Most Onerous Part Of Basic Economy Travel
United's basic economy is the worst of any airline. You can't bring a full size carry-on bag, something which used to be the case...
Lufthansa Crew Allegedly Refused To Fly To Israel And Spent Over 9 Hours Returning To Munich; Lufthansa Group Cancels Flights To Israel For At...
Yesterday's Lufthansa flight 682 from Munich to Tel Aviv departed at 11:45pm and made a scheduled technical stop in Larnaca.
Reports from Israel's Channel 12...
JetBlue Abandons Burbank, Charlotte, Minneapolis, San Antonio, Palm Springs, Tallahassee, And More In 3rd Major Round Of Cuts This Year
4 months ago, JetBlue announced the end of service to Baltimore, Kansas City, 5 routes from Fort Lauderdale, 8 routes from Los Angeles, and several...
Final Cattle Call: Southwest Continues Its Transformation Into A Traditional Carrier
Southwest has long been a unique airline.
It has resisted assigned seating, preferring open seating which helps board and turn around planes more quickly. Over...
After Days Of Meltdown, Delta Allows Refunds And Waives All Bag Fees (Travel With 300lbs For Free!) Through Sunday
Friday's CrowdStrike/Windows outage wreaked havoc on IT systems worldwide. Airlines were hit particularly hard, but nobody performed worse than Delta.
Other airlines mostly recovered by...
[ETA Requirement Delayed To 2025] Despite Tourism To Israel Being Down 80%, It Will Soon Be More Difficult To Visit
Update: The ETA requirement has been postponed to 1/1/25. You will now be able to obtain a free ETA through 12/31/24, but won't need...
Were You Affected By Today’s CrowdStrike/Microsoft Windows Outages?
Phased updates? Who needs 'em!
CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity company founded in 2011 that now protects most major companies worldwide from cyberattacks.
A systemwide software update...
[Matched By American!] Delta’s Lotus Biscoff Cookies Are Now Certified Kosher Parve!
Update 7/14/24: American Airlines is now also offering Biscoff cookies that are certified kosher parve on the packaging:
Share what other airlines you have seen...
Following Palestinian Pin Incidents, Delta Bans Crew From Wearing Foreign Flag Pins
Earlier this week, people complained on social media about Delta flight attendants wearing Palestinian pins.
I had reached out to American, Delta, and United after...
[Air Canada Further Postpones Return To Israel] Israel Flight Change Policies And Next Bookable Flights For Major Airlines
Update, 7/11:
Air Canada has further postponed their return to Israel. The next Toronto-Tel Aviv flight is now scheduled for 10/15/24 and the...
After Newark-Tel Aviv Mechanical Issue Forces Aircraft Downgauge, United Pays Out About $75,000 To 30 Passengers Volunteering To Get Bumped
Miki Spitzer writes to DansDeals that he was booked on United flight 90 from Newark to Tel Aviv last night and shared his experience...
Is United Changing Its Airport Checkin Cutoff Time?
United currently requires:
Domestic checkin without bags at least 30 minutes before departure.
Domestic checkin with bags at least 45 minutes before departure.
International...
ITA Airways Will Join Lufthansa Group, Star Alliance
ITA Airways launched service in October 2021 after former Italian flag carrier Alitalia imploded.
I status matched to top-tier ITA elite status 2 years ago,...
Air Canada Will Suspend Many US Flights This Winter
Air Canada's flights between many US cities and Canada have been down since the pandemic. They provide a good way of flying to Europe...
El Al Sets The Stage For Potential Matmid Status Devaluations And Removes Soft Landings, But Will Add Choice Benefit And Expanded Lifetime Status Program
This post was updated with information on the new lifetime status qualification program.
El Al did a major overhaul of their Matmid frequent flyer program...
Turkey To Diverted El Al Flight: No Fuel For You!
El Al flight 5102 from Warsaw to Tel Aviv was flying over Turkey today when a passenger got sick and the flight declared a...
Fiji Airways Will Adopt AAdvantage As Mileage Currency, Join OneWorld
American announced today that Fiji Airways will adopt AAdvantage as their loyalty currency.
While several airlines use Avios as their currency, they each maintain their...
JetBlue Descending: MINT Suite Doors Will Soon Be Disabled On The A321neo
JetBlue made a big splash a few years ago when it announced new MINT suites with doors on its A321neo and A321LR aircraft for...
Last But Not Least: Delta One Lounge Opens In JFK Today
American has long had Flagship lounges and United has had Polaris lounges for business class passengers since 2016.
American's Flagship lounges can be found in...
After NAACP Action And Lawsuit, American Responds To Kicking All Black Men Off Flight; Still No Response To Kicking All Visible Jews Off Flights
American is on a roll. And not in a good way.
The airline is being sued for kicking off 8 unrelated Black men who were...
El Al Takes Another Step Closer To SkyTeam With Virgin Atlantic Codeshare Agreement
DansDeals reported last year that Delta committed to making efforts to help El Al join the SkyTeam Alliance.
The Delta agreement has opened the door to...
With North American Carriers Sitting On The Sidelines, El Al Reports Record Profits And Flight Loads
The war between Israel and Hamas has limited the flights options available for North Americans to fly to Israel. American, Delta, and Air Canada...
[CCO Out, Brutal Miles Plan Canceled, Lower Fares Returning To Portals] American: Bag Fees Going Up And You May Have To Book Direct To...
Update, 5/29: AA CCO Vasu Raja, who has been with the airline since 2004, is no longer with the airline. He made an ill-fated...
Lifemiles Launches Lifemiles+ Subscription And Credit Cards, Will You Bite?
Lifemiles Background
There's a lot to love and a lot to hate about Avianca Lifemiles.
They generally charge reasonable amounts of miles. However, they no longer...
Stop Falling For This Increasingly Common Google Scam!
Update: Since sharing this article last year, we have been receiving several stories from readers of scammers getting the top paid, AI, or organic...
While JetBlue Took Ownership And Compensated For Failures, American Continues To Ignore Alleged Anti-Semitic Incident
I wrote about 2 unfortunate in-flight incidents last week.
A JetBlue flight attendant falsely reported that Paul Faust created an in-flight disturbance, triggering a...
American Still Hasn’t Responded To Accusations Of Anti-Semitism; Think You See A Safety Issue On A Plane? Here Is What I Would Do
Earlier this week, 2 unrelated Orthodox Jews, aged 17 and 21, were unceremoniously tossed off of their flight from Cleveland to Reagan National Airport.
American...
