DDFB Question Of The Day: Global Entry Or TSA PreCheck?
In 2008 the DansDeals Forums (DDF) was launched for people to be able to discuss deals, miles, and destinations at length and the DansDeals...
A Comparison Of AA, Delta, And United Saver Award Space: Is AAdvantage The New SkyPesos?
Last Tuesday I showed in 23 bullet points just how far American has fallen as the USAir merger has dragged down their airline operations...
What Exactly Is American’s AAdvantage?
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Roundup Of Routes Where Kosher Meals Are Served By North American Airlines
Kosher meals, or KSMLs in airline speak, can be a hit or miss, though the latter is more common. In this post I wrote...
British Airways Claims To Have Fixed Kosher Meal Snafu For Business Class Passengers
Related: On The Topic Of KSMLs; Not Having A Reserved Kosher Meal Costs Lufthansa How Much?!?
British Airways offers a number of routes with "sleeper...
Have You Purchased An El Al Flight And Wound Up On A Privilege Style Airplane?
Update: Commenters below share their experiences on Privilege Style, which range from mediocre to horrific. The most worrying one is from this commenter who...
United Rehauls Their Business Class Experience
Continental eliminated first class in the 90s and leapfrogged their domestic competition by improving their business class and renaming it BusinessFirst.
United kept that moniker after the merger,...
United Adds Flights, Delta Reduces Flights To Israel
Earlier this year American abruptly cancelled service to Tel Aviv shortly after their USAirways merger amidst contradictory statements from their president about whether the Philadelphia-Tel...
Alaska Buys Virgin America For A Massive Premium, Though Nobody Can Explain Why
Alaska is buying Virgin America for $2.6B in cash, or about $4B including assumed debt.
That's nearly double what Virgin America's market cap was before negotiations...
On The Topic Of KSMLs; Not Having A Reserved Kosher Meal Costs Lufthansa How Much?!?
I always preorder a kosher meal when it's available. More often than not it seems like KSMLs (that's airline speak for kosher meals) are...
Trip Notes: 4 Consecutive Transoceanic Itineraries With IRROPS, Here’s How We Handled Them
-Find dozens of trip reports by clicking on the “Trip Notes” tab on top of the DansDeals banner at the top of this site.
-Follow my travels...
Roundup Of Travel Weather Waivers For This Weekend
Update, 1/24: Delta has extended the waiver for flights through tomorrow while American, Frontier, and United have extended the waiver for flights through Tuesday....
East Coast Travel Weather Waivers Will Be Issued Soon, Here’s What You Might Want To Do Beforehand
This is usually a topic that I discuss at DansDeals Seminars, but I haven't done one of those in a while, so here goes.
Most...
Frontier To Add 9 Nonstop Routes From Cleveland In April
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Aeroflot Eliminates 2nd Free Checked Bag; 3 Remaining Airlines With 2 Free Checked Bags To Israel
Not long ago if you flew to Europe or Israel you got 2 free checked bags.
Then most of the major airlines started charging $100...
Transaero Filing For Bankruptcy, Will Cease Operations
Update: It now appears that Aeroflot will only be honoring people holding Transaero tickets for travel before 12/15/15. If you have a ticket on...
Delta Increasing Nonstop Service Between JFK And Tel Aviv
Update: The correct days of the week that the new flight will operate have been added below:
I wrote on DDF several hours ago that Delta...
Here’s What United Really Meant To Say Regarding United Club Access Changes
Several people have emailed me, posted on DDF, and posted on DDFB with an incorrect interpretation of an admittedly confusing email that United sent...
United: Goodbye International First Class; Goodbye Guam Hub?
United CEO Jeff Smisek makes it official that United's 3 cabin first class is on the way out,
"One aircraft he won’t be buying is...
Have A United Flight Today? Reschedule For Free!
United made the news this morning when their SHARES system went down yet again, grounding their entire mainline fleet.
If you have a ticket to...
Has The ZOA Jumped The Shark With Their Lufthansa Boycott?
The ZOA put out an action alert on July 1st "Don’t Fly Lufthansa German Airlines: It Discriminates Against Travelers to Israel"
The Zionist Organization of...
JetBlue Adds Checked Bag Fee
Effective for tickets purchased today, JetBlue is adding a checked baggage fee. If you purchased a ticket before today you will still get a...
United Will End All Flights From JFK Later This Year; Grab Lie-Flat Award Seats Now…
Amid heavy competition from American, Delta, JetBlue, and Virgin America on transcontinental flights from JFK, United is raising the white flag.
Effective 10/25 there will no...
New Amazon Prime Benefit: Free Video Streaming On JetBlue Flights
JetBlue currently offers basic internet browsing for free and they sell a premium level that allows streaming for $9/hour.
Amazon Prime members will soon be...
“Hacking” United’s Mobile Site To Find Out If Your Plane Will Have Wi-Fi, DirecTV, And Other Amenities
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A Peek At The New United.com
United is redesigning their website. Until now they've been using Continental's circa-2006 site, which is functional if not a bit dated.
See a sneak peek...
Massive El Al Matmid Devaluation Effective 02/10/15
Update: Today is the final day to transfer points from AMEX to El Al that won't expire. Effective tomorrow transferred points will expire after...
JetBlue: Cleveland-Boston For $38 Round-Trip!
Yes, Clevelanders you read that right. JetBlue is finally making its way to C-Town.
JetBlue is joining the low-cost carrier parade that arrived in Cleveland...
United Continues To Slash Focus City Operations In Cleveland; American Reinstating LaGuardia Service!
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Roundup Of New American, Delta, JetBlue, And United 2015 Downgrades
American:
As of 02/01/15 American will no longer check luggage through to non-OneWorld airlines if the connecting travel is on another ticket.
A huge hassle if...
El Al Announces New Service Between Boston And Tel Aviv
El Al has announced that Boston will be their first new North American city to be launched in years.
There will be 3 weekly flights...
JetBlue And El Al Announce Codeshare Relationship, Will It Lead To A Mileage Partnership?
On November 19th I made several predictions about the American-USAirways merger.
Several have already come true:
-The American OneWorld round-the-world award chart was killed
-USAirways started collecting...
With Frontier And Spirit Launching Focus City Operations In Cleveland How Long Will United’s Focus City Operations Last?
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Aegean Gold Changes Are Coming And They Won’t Be Pretty
Update: Here are the changes and they're not pretty indeed.
In short:
-The new program starts 11/24/14.
-If you currently have Aegean Gold you'll need to fly...
Delta, United, And USAirways Flights To Israel Cancelled Indefinitely?
Update: Delta, United, and USAirways flights to and from Israel today have all been cancelled due to an FAA NOTAM.
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The AP is reporting that...
TSA 9/11 Fee And British Airways Avios Cancellation Fees Go Up Tomorrow
Effective for all tickets purchased 07/21 the TSA's 9/11 fee for flights within the US48 will go up as follows:
Notes:
-The fee goes into effect...
Israel Flight Change Fee Waiver Roundup
Update: Air Canada and USAirways now have fee waivers as well.
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Several airlines have announced relaxed change fees for people traveling to or from Tel...
Azul Flights Now Bookable on United.com (And A List Of Other Partners Not Yet Bookable Online); USAirways Domestic First Award Going Up As Program...
Azul awards now bookable on United.com:
United partnered with Brazilian carrier Azul as they lost TAM to Oneworld. Azul's CEO and founder is David Neeleman...
3 Weeks Until United Closes Cleveland Hub; Roundup Of New CLE Flight Options
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El Al To Add “Bed-Like” Seat In Business Class, Reupholster First Class Seats In “Prestigious” Plastic
Disclaimer: I have absolutely nothing against El Al. I have everything against El Al's incompetent management, which seemingly has not a clue about how...
