Airlines
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Ryanair Goes Offline for the Weekend
If you need to book a ticket, change your ticket, or view your reservation on Ryanair in the next few days, you…
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Virgin America Tries a New Tactic: Mexico
It’s been awhile since we’ve heard about any new routes from Virgin America, so when I saw a press release saying that…
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Lufthansa’s Subway-Style Boarding
Anyone else out there seen Lufthansa’s Quick Boarding? I saw it on TravelPost’s blog and I’m not sure how I missed it…
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US Airways Devalues Dividend Miles
There’s really nothing surprising in the announcement that US Airways has taken a couple steps to devalue its Dividend Miles program. I…
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Frontier Heads for the Hills, er, Mountains
Frontier really is putting a lot of effort into Denver these days. Its new startup regional airline Lynx came out with its…
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JetBlue Expanding in Southern California, Coming to LAX
As I briefly mentioned in yesterday’s post, JetBlue has decided to expand their presence in Southern California mostly starting May 21. This…
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Things Get Worse for Alitalia, If You Can Believe It
It’s been a month and a half since we last checked in on Alitalia, and I feel bad. I try not to…
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Across the Aisle from Alaska’s Hot Virtual Assistant
Yesterday, Alaska rolled out a “virtual assistant” named Jenn for its website, and you know what? She’s kind of hot. The idea…
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Delta’s BizElite Seat Lottery – Which One Will You Get?
It’s been in the planning stages for awhile, and now Delta has finally started to firm up details for the new BusinessElite…
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US Airways’ On-Time Performance Benefits From the Industry’s Freefall
The DOT Air Travel Consumer Report is out with December numbers, and US Airways landed the best on-time performance of all mainland…
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United to Charge for Your Second Checked Bag
Time and time again, United has proven over the last few years that they really don’t want your business unless you fly…
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Family Airlines – They’re Baaaack
You may have a vague memory in the back of your head about Family Airlines. Not ringing a bell? Think back to…