Air Travel
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This Tool Finds Cheapest Destinations from Any City on a Given Date
This tool lets you pick the location you’re flying from and a date when you plan to travel. Then it shows you the cheapest flights to different spots around the world.
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WOW Air Has Ceased Operations, Many Passengers Stranded
Iceland’s low cost carrier Wow Air has canceled all flights and told passengers to book with other airlines. A travel alert has been posted on their website.
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ATL is Once Again World’s Busiest Airport
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International took the crown once again, for the 21st year in a row. The Atlanta airport welcomed more than 107 million passengers last year, a 3.3 percent increase in traffic over 2017.
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The Best Airport Lounge in the World is in Ecuador
Priority Pass has one of the largest networks with over 1,200 such lounges all over the world. 52,000 Priority Pass members have rated its lounges and the winner for 2019 is in Ecuador.
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Major US Airlines Hit by Computer Outages, Expect Delays
A widespread computer outage is affecting passengers on American, Alaska and JetBlue airlines today. The outage started in the morning, around 11:40AM. The issues are due to problems related to the Sabre computer reservations system, as per their tweet. We are aware of the issues facing some of our customers. Recovery is in progress. We…
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JetBlue Extends Schedule Through Early 2020
JetBlue has extended its flight schedule through early 2020. You can now book JetBlue flights as far out as 1/8/2020. This opens up the schedule for some major holidays, so if you live near JetBlue hub, then take a look and start planning early . The old schedule had flight up to October 26th, so…
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American Airlines and China Southern Announce Frequent Flyer Partnership
American Airlines and Asia’s largest carrier China Southern announced this week a new frequent flyer partnership. The new arrangement will allow American’s AAdvantage and China Southern’s Sky Pearl Club members the ability to earn and redeem miles on each other’s flights.
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Southwest Lets You Change all March Flights For Free
The FAA ordered all Boeing 737 Max 8 planes grounded last week after the Ethiopia Airlines crash. The US was one of the lone holdouts after many other countries had already grounded them. New details emerged, showing that the crash was similar to another incident months ago on the same model. Southwest was initially letting…
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Thomas Cook Airlines Unveils Economy Lie-Flat Beds
Thomas Cook Airlines has unveiled a new lie flat option… in economy class. You can buy a row of three economy seats that can be converted into a bed.
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Southwest Airlines Extends Schedule Through November 2019
Southwest Airlines or supposed to extend their schedule yesterday. Then they said that they we would extend it on March 18th. But instead they did so today. They are currently accepting air reservations through November 2, 2019. On May 23, 2019 they will open the schedule for sale through January 5, 2020. Guru’s Wrap-up It’s…
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Southwest Airlines Postpones Schedule Extension to March 18th
Update: Southwest schedule had been actually updated today. They are currently accepting air reservations through November 2, 2019. On May 23, 2019 we will open our schedule for sale through January 5, 2020. HT: Lenny in comments Southwest flights are currently bookable through October 1, 2019. A new schedule extension was due to come out…
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Delta’s Lack Of An Award Chart Strikes Again! Europe Is 19,000 Miles More Expensive
Delta doesn’t have an award chart. They treat both their paid and award tickets the same way, so you are not guaranteed a fixed price. There’s also no way to tell really if their usual sales are really sales as there’s no chart to compare those prices to. The no chart system also allows Delta…
