When Aer Lingus launches its new service between Dublin and Seattle on May 18, it won’t be going it alone. Aer Lingus has partnered with Seattle’s hometown carrier, Alaska Airlines, in an interline relationship… Continue Reading
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Earn Double Delta Miles for Some Partner Transactions
Double miles are always nice, but … Offer Details Through May 31, Delta SkyMiles members can earn double miles for transactions with program partners the member has not done business with since December… Continue Reading
Airfares Are Going Up in 2018
With strong demand in most parts of the world, the cost of travel has only one place to go: up. No big surprise there. If there’s anything surprising about the price creep, it’s how modest at least one… Continue Reading
Featured Sweepstakes: Win a 15-Day European River Cruise
Enter the Viking River Cruises “Grand European Tour” sweepstakes by April 30, 2018, for a chance to win the grand prize: a 15-day European river cruise spanning four countries, including airfare, 12 guided… Continue Reading
The BIG Stories: YCL Sucks + DL Award Devaluation + Buffett to Buy Southwest? + When to Book Flights
In case you missed something, following are the biggest travel stories and best deals covered this past week. Check ’em out! Survey Confirms That Coach Seating Sucks A new Consumer Reports survey… Continue Reading
Are These the World’s 10 Best Airports?
Airports. Can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em. But their tolerability quotients vary widely; some are more endurable, even congenial, than others. Related: Survey Confirms That Coach Seating Sucks… Continue Reading
Earn a Free Night After 2 Choice Hotels Stays
Over the past several years, Choice’s recurring promotional offer has been 8,000 points after two stays. Sometimes it’s promoted as such: 8,000 points after two stays. More often though, the headline… Continue Reading
The Best Seat on the Plane to Avoid Getting Sick
It is the recirculated air on commercial aircraft that’s responsible for travelers’ propensity to get sick when flying. True or false? False. It turns out that more germs are spread by human movement… Continue Reading
For Cheapest Tickets, Here’s When to Book Flights
I’ve always been a bit skeptical of claims that this or that is the optimal time to book flights at the lowest airfares. For one thing, that would credit the airlines with operating according to a strict… Continue Reading
Delta Imposes Newly Restrictive Award-Booking Policy
Effective immediately—or whenever it was that Delta posted the new rule to its website, with no notice to SkyMiles members—SkyMiles award tickets for travel that doesn’t begin or end in the U.S. or Canada… Continue Reading
