One of the most fun aspects of this year was trying out several airlines to evaluate which airline I will choose as my primary carrier in 2017. I thought I had it all figured out until Alaska Airlines announced several exciting changes to its Mileage Plan program after the Virgin America merger closed this week,…
One of the interesting results of the American Airlines and US Airways merger from 2015 was the variety co-branded AAdvantage credit cards because American partnered with Citi Bank and US Airways partnered with Barclaycard. Shortly after the merger was finalized, existing Barclaycard US Airways Dividend Miles credit cards were automatically converted to the AAdvantage Aviator…
Since the Alaska Airlines and Virgin American merger was officially approved today, the new Alaska Airlines is celebrating by giving away 1,200 round trip tickets (2 per winner / 600 winners) to celebrate the nearly 1,200 daily flights now offered by Alaska Airlines (1,187…). In order to win, contestants must visit the #Twogether website and enter…
In early 2016, Virgin American let the world know the airline was open to a sale much to the dismay of Richard Branson. Shortly thereafter Alaska Airlines and Virgin American announced an agreement for Virgin America to join the Alaska Air Group. For several months it became unclear if the acquisition was going to be approved…
First let me start off by saying that what I am about to share is by no means the worst travel experience, but I believe it highlights an issue with how Airlines communicate to passengers. Fog at Chicago O’hare International Earlier this morning I flew from Chicago to Dallas via American airlines (trip report soon)…
