Air Travel
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JetBlue Increases Baggage Fees
The 1st bag will cost $35 and the 2nd one will cost $45. But if customers choose to pay in advance – prior to the online check-in window opening – they pay $5 less.
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United Restricts Access to Partner Lounges
Beginning January 1, 2020, you’ll only be able to visit most of our partner lounges if you’re traveling in United Polaris® business class. Use the tool below to see where these lounges are located and if you can visit them on an upcoming trip.
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Spirit Airlines Introduces Automated Self Bag Drop at LaGuardia in NYC
Once the bag is tagged, Guests go to the machine and scan their boarding pass to initiate the process. The bag is measured, weighed, scanned to ensure that it’s the correct size and weight, and Guests watch as the bag is automatically fed into the baggage handling system.
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American Airlines Gets Rid of Close-in Booking Fees for All
The fee was waived for those with AAdvantage Gold, Platinum, Platinum Pro and Executive Platinum status. Now that seems to have changed, effective immediately. American Airlines has eliminated AAdvantage close-in booking fees altogether.
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Allegiant Air Adds 3 New Cities And 44 Nonstop Routes, Plus Fares from $33
Low-cost carrier Allegiant Air has announced 44 new nonstop routes including its first Chicago, Boston and Houston flights. The Las Vegas-based airline has called this its largest expansion in company history. Allegiant added 15 Airbus jets to its fleet last year and plans to add more this year.
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New Centurion Lounge and Escape Lounge Now Open at PHX
Today, American Express and MAG USA announced the opening of The Centurion Lounge and Escape Lounge at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX).
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US Customs Extends Global Entry Membership for Pending Renewals
US Customs extends Global Entry membership. If you’ve submitted your application and its status continues to say “pending,” you get an extra year.
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Japan Airlines Giving Away 50,000 Free Round-Trip Tickets for Olympics
Japan Airlines has announced the launch of a special ‘Win a Trip with JAL’ campaign for international visitors to Japan in summer 2020 to enable them to experience regional attractions using JAL domestic flights.
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United Airlines Halts Boeing 737 MAX Flights till June
United Airlines said today it is extending cancellations of Boeing 737 MAX flights from early March until June 4. That’s the longest that any U.S. carrier is scheduling without the grounded aircraft. U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has said that Boeing still has nearly a dozen steps to complete before jets are approved for flight. That…
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Wear an Ugly Sweater Today to Get Alaska Airlines Priority Boarding
Alaska Airlines is spreading holiday cheer by offering guests wearing any kind of holiday sweater priority boarding on Dec. 20, National Ugly Sweater Day. The one-day promotion will be celebrated by guests and employees alike and includes all Alaska and Horizon Air flights. A fun day to fly for sure. So if you are flying with Alaska…
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More Shutdown Emails from American Airlines Today
“All membership benefits associated with this account, including all remaining miles and issued award tickets, are forfeited, effective December 18, 2019.”
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American Airlines Email Explains Reasons for Shutdowns
This email is from December 5th, some days before this all started. Might be related to some different activities, or he was just one of the first one to suffer a shutdown for abusing credit card rewards.
