Airlines’ new strategy: Auctions for Upgrades
July 14, 2016
Airlines which have traditionally offered better-seat upgrades to their best customers as a perk of loyalty are now increasingly using auctions to make money from
Airlines which have traditionally offered better-seat upgrades to their best customers as a perk of loyalty are now increasingly using auctions to make money from
Delta extends its shuttle concept to Seattle-LA and Seattle-SF flights as part of its continuing competition with Alaska Airlines for West Coast traffic.
Strikes by ground-staff unions may delay and cancel flights across Germany Wednesday. Frankfurt is the focus, but other major cities will be affected.
As a security measure, European airlines will now be required to collect and share more passenger information, matching U.S. and Canada.
Norwegian Air will finally get its U.S. foreign-carrier certificate, after waiting through over 2 years of opposition and inaction.
Allegiant refunds airfares for 6 flights in Tax Day surprise, and Delta eliminates a fee for tickets by phone. When’s the last time a fee was cancelled?
Get ready for another possible round of airline seat-space shrinkage, as the major airlines and the ultra-low-costs have a race to the bottom to squeeze
Virgin America takes top spot in the latest annual quality ratings. For all airlines, 3 categories showed improvement, but complaints rose anyway.
Today was the deadline for U.S. airlines to put in their bids for rights to fly regular air service to Cuba, and they’re jumping in with both feet.
After over 50 years, scheduled air service between the U.S. and Cuba will resume, as early as this fall, under an agreement signed yesterday.
Airlines which have traditionally offered better-seat upgrades to their best customers as a perk of loyalty are now increasingly using
Delta extends its shuttle concept to Seattle-LA and Seattle-SF flights as part of its continuing competition with Alaska Airlines for West Coast traffic.
Strikes by ground-staff unions may delay and cancel flights across Germany Wednesday. Frankfurt is the focus, but other major cities will be affected.
As a security measure, European airlines will now be required to collect and share more passenger information, matching U.S. and Canada.
Norwegian Air will finally get its U.S. foreign-carrier certificate, after waiting through over 2 years of opposition and inaction.
Allegiant refunds airfares for 6 flights in Tax Day surprise, and Delta eliminates a fee for tickets by phone. When’s the last time a fee was cancelled?
Get ready for another possible round of airline seat-space shrinkage, as the major airlines and the ultra-low-costs have a race
Virgin America takes top spot in the latest annual quality ratings. For all airlines, 3 categories showed improvement, but complaints rose anyway.
Today was the deadline for U.S. airlines to put in their bids for rights to fly regular air service to Cuba, and they’re jumping in with both feet.
After over 50 years, scheduled air service between the U.S. and Cuba will resume, as early as this fall, under an agreement signed yesterday.