American Adds Online Booking For JAL Awards, Roundup Of AA Awards Bookable Online And Links For AA’s Old And New Search Engines
American continues to add partner airlines on the AA.com award search. That's great as American's operational performance is just abysmal these days. I'm either...
El Al Waiving Cancellation And Change Fees
El Al has been rocked with labor issues over the past week. Many flights have been moved to their wet lease operators, while others...
Continental’s New Mobile Portal: Empowering You.
With all of the bad news in the aviation industry I'd like to talk about something positive. Continental recently launched one of the most...
Starting May 5th There’s One United Flight From Newark To Tel Aviv You’ll Want To Avoid In Coach And Another You’ll Want To Avoid...
Effective May 5th United will start flying their new Boeing 777-300ER (77W) aircraft between Newark and Tel Aviv.
The 77W will be operated by subsidiary...
Just A Month After Bookings Open, American Announces They Will Fly To Tel Aviv Daily!
Related post: HOT! Fly From The US To Tel Aviv For Just 20K AA Miles!
American announced in August that they would return to Israel...
Ouch: Delta Is Making Major Changes To Lounge Access
Last week I wrote about Delta introducing priority lanes for SkyClub access due to massive overcrowding and long lines to enter their lounges.
Today, Delta...
United’s Flight To Israel Spent 8 Hours Flying To Nowhere
United flight 90 on Saturday, April 22nd was scheduled to depart Newark at 10:55pm.
The flight wound up leaving the gate at 12:48am and then...
Canada Grounds The 737 MAX, Leaving Only American, Southwest, And United Flying The Plane; Which Airlines Will Let You Change Your Flight For Free
Previous posts:
The 737 MAX Is Being Grounded Around The World, Except For North America; Here’s What You Need To Know
Thoughts On Today’s...
United’s Super Bowl Ad Campaign “Believing Changes Everything” Is Pretty Awesome
In August 2020, United kicked off the elimination of change fees on non-basic economy tickets. Other carriers had no choice but to match it.
United...
[United Declines To Comment On Pilot’s Current Status] United Pilot Maintains A Social Media Page Justifying The Hamas Massacre, Kidnapping Babies, And Lies About...
Update, 12/12: United has failed to respond to multiple requests from DansDeals over the past 3 weeks on whether Mr. Mossallam is currently flying...
United Backtracks, Reinstates Free Hot Meal Service On International Flights!
It's not often that we see an airline reversing a bad decision with it's tail between it's legs, but it's refreshing that they did! ...
WOW! Will The Cheapest Flight Option Between The US And Israel End In October?
WOW started flying from North America last September and they have had sale fares to Tel Aviv for as little as $220 round-trip.
As an...
JetBlue Doubles Down With 24 More Leisure Routes From Newark, Los Angeles, And More; Change Fee Waiver Extended But Not Eliminated
In June, JetBlue announced 30 new routes, with a focus from Newark and on leisure routes.
With COVID-19 decimating business travel, refocusing their network on...
Award Fees Roundup
Notes:
-Fees are per passenger and apply for one-way and round-trip awards (Delta and USAirways do not have one-way awards).
-Airlines charge a phone fee for...
Continental To Join Star Alliance In Q4 2009!
Related: The key to being able to use your miles: Alliances!
Continental has announced that its transition from Skyteam to Star will take place in...
JetBlue Egregiously Kicks Mother And 6 Kids Off Flight Due To 2 Year Old’s Mask Refusal, Retroactively Amends Policy On Website After The Incident
I reported on 8/5 that JetBlue would change their policy on 8/10 to require all kids 2 and up to wear masks, but that...
Despite DOJ Lawsuit, American And JetBlue Move Forward With Reciprocal Elite Benefits
The DOJ is suing American and JetBlue to stop their Northeast Alliance, but despite that, the airlines continue to push forward.
Previously, the airlines announced...
Roundup Of JetBlue And Delta Changes For The Worse This Week
JetBlue is the most civilized of the US carriers. They have excellent legroom, free DirecTV, free WiFi, a wide variety of free snacks at...
Goodbye To Singapore Suites From The US
Singapore Airlines was the launch customer for the A380 in 2007, introducing the first suites (SQuites in DDF parlance, thanks to the airline's SQ...
3 Weeks Until United Closes Cleveland Hub; Roundup Of New CLE Flight Options
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-CLE News I Like To Cover And You Don’t Like Reading About: Ohio Attorney General Will Audit United, Regional Carriers Dropping United, Airlines...
El Al’s Impressive New Ad Hits Home
Boy, what a difference a few years can make.
During COVID, El Al shut down, leaving United as the lifeline to the outside world. The...
ANA’s New Business And First Class Looks Amazing, It’s Also The Biggest Mileage Bargain Around
Update: DEAD! Don’t miss it if this becomes alive again. Sign up for deal notification alerts here!
Southwest.com Now Selling Airtran Flights In 39 Markets
Effective today, Southwest is expanding their Airtran integration and you can now book travel for Airtran flights on Southwest.com as a Southwest codeshare between...
Let’s Rewind: Chatting With United At KWFE NYC About Their New Kosher Meals And Wines
Related post: United Adding New Kosher Food And Wine To Tel Aviv Flights And Newark Polaris Lounge, Plus Kosher Snacks In NYC United Clubs
Dan's...
[Final Hours To Lock In Transferable Voucher Flexibility, But Free Changes Will Continue] El Al’s Awesome Ticket Voucher Exchange Program: Will You Lock In...
Update, 12/30: El Al tells me that all tickets that have a 12/31/22 or earlier purchase date based on the location of the purchase...
Cathay Pacific Will Kill Off Their JFK-Vancouver Route In 2 Weeks
Update: Cathay Pacific has revised the final date for this route to February 23rd.
Related post: Cathay Pacific Suspends Flights To Newark, Washington DC, Maldives,...
US DoT To Airlines And Travel Agents: Stop The Shenanigans Or Else!
The DoT has issued new guidance clarification regarding flights cancelled due to COVID-19.
This comes after they reaffirmed that airlines must provide refunds for cancelled...
My Thoughts On The United Devaluation
I rushed to break the news and compile a chart of the pain in the wee-hours this morning about the United devaluation. Here are...
Updated: The Ultimate Airline Checked Baggage Fees Chart.
Worth noting: USAirways is the last airline flying from North America to Israel that still gives 2 free bags.
This chart can be accessed at...
Updated: The Ultimate Airline Checked Baggage Fees Chart.
The baggage fee chart has been totally redone to make it more readable!
The new chart includes all of the latest prices changes for 21...
Frivolous Electronics Rule Finally Going Away
So the shocking aviation news today is that your iPad doesn't actually interfere with pilot communications or pose a safety issue :roll:
Take that, guy...
Delta’s Nightmare Week Has Been Made Worse By Their Own Greed
I'm currently on a United flight to Vancouver for Pesach.
Over the past few days I've had several friends reach out to me for help dealing...
After Iran Attack On Israel, El Al And United Cancel Flights, Announce Flight Waivers
Update, 4/14: United has now canceled their Newark-Tel Aviv flight on Monday and their Tel Aviv-Newark flight on Tuesday.
For the first time in history,...
OUTRAGEOUS: German Airline Bans Jews From Flying; Lufthansa Supervisor: It’s “Jewish People Who Were The Mess, Who Made The Problems, Everyone Has To Pay...
Background and a DansDeals special investigation
On Wednesday, I heard about an incident on Lufthansa flight 401, a Boeing 747-8 that flew from JFK to...
WOW It’s All Over: WOW Air Shuts Down Overnight Leaving Thousands Stranded, Icelandair Makes A Special Offer To Fly Them Home
WOW Air took the ultra low-cost carrier market by storm with round-trip fares between North America and Europe via Iceland for as low as...
INCREDIBLE! Alaska Air Permanently Kills All Change Fees And Award Cancellation Fees Worldwide!
Update: Alaska writes to me that the previous Alaska agent that wrote the information below to me was misinformed about the changes going forward...
Is "A La Carte" Airline Pricing Inevitable?
Spirit announced today that effective 06/20 there will be no more free checked luggage or even free soda on a flight. (Apparently last month's...
After Feedback And Lack Of Competitor Matching, Delta Walks Back Harshest Club Access Changes
With air travel numbers skyrocketing and planes filling up despite record high airfares, airport resources are once again being strained.
Last week, Delta announced major...
What Happened Aboard Spirit Flight 138? Family With Special Needs Child Deboarded Then Reboarded, Deleted Statement, Was A Flight Attendant Led Away By Police?
Another day, another odd case of mask enforcement on an ultra low-cost carrier. Last month it was Frontier that had some explaining to do....
