Author Archives for "Randy Petersen".
Members of Middle East Airlines Cedar Miles program will be pleased to note that the airline’s Web site has recently been improved to allow online account monitoring. Members logging in to http://www.mea.com.lb/cedarmiles… Continue Reading
Lufthansa’s Miles & More has been busy of late, particularly in the partnership department. Though the proposed partnership with Shanghai Airlines has been postponed to March, German domestic… Continue Reading
Air France has signed a three-year agreement with the American Red Cross to form a partnership helping the U.S.-based agency carry out its Measles Initiative, a five-year program to vaccinate 200 million… Continue Reading
A commercial alliance between British Airways and Iberia has won antitrust immunity from the European Commission, and a Brussels regulator told the Financial Times that a similar agreement between Alitalia… Continue Reading
China Southern celebrated the fifth anniversary of its Sky Pearl Club with an anniversary party in Guangzhou on Dec. 1. Held at Harmony Bay — the airline’s master planned community in Hudau… Continue Reading
Australia’s Courier-Mail newspaper has reported that despite an unofficial policy encouraging government workers to use frequent flyer points for official travel, only six of the 226 Australian… Continue Reading
Alitalia and Air France merging? As early as next year, says one executive. We can't help but think that the food served onboard those flights would be just one fantastic result. Continue Reading
Kyodo News International has reported that All Nippon Airways (ANA) and US Airways have concluded a comprehensive business tie-up agreement. The agreement marks the start of joint studies by ANA and US… Continue Reading
An unconfirmed story is floating around that as of Jan. 15, American AAdvantage will reintroduce its elite-purchase offer. If the rumor is true, current Gold members who flew at least 15,000 elite miles… Continue Reading
As the year wound down, the folks at Seattle-based Alaska Airlines were just warming up. A quick roundup of what’s going on at Mileage Plan: Mileage Plan members can redeem miles for award travel… Continue Reading