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
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France: Air France Teams Up With the American Red Cross
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
Europe: BA/Iberia Link Approved
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: Sky Pearl Club Has a Birthday Party
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: Traveling MPs Hoard Frequent Flyer Points
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
Intelligence – December, 22 2003
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
ANA/US Airways Team Up
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
Rumor Has It… – December, 22 2003
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
Busy Times at Alaska
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
Starwood Preferred Business
Starwood Preferred Guest has introduced a new rewards program for small to mid-sized businesses called Starwood Preferred Business. The program essentially allows businesses to accrue points from employee… Continue Reading