Well the first day of the Paris Air Show has been and gone. Lets look at the news of the day New planes from Embraer The big headline of the day  is Embraer, who are going after Bombardier with the latest refresh of the E-Jets – the E-Jet E2. Rendering – Embraer The... Read more

United is set to become the US launch customer for expanded variants of the B787 Dreamliner and A350 long-haul jets. According, to Bloomberg, United “will modify a 2009 order to take 25 wide-body A350-1000s instead of the smaller -900 variant as once planned. United also... Read more

There are fairly simple things ways we can help reduce carbon emissions, pollution and degradation: 1.  Select a destination with good rankings in terms of environmental protection. The online site Ethical Travel rates countries based on an environmental performance, social... Read more

I just got back from Mexico yesterday, and I’m headed to Dubai, followed by the Maldives, for the first time tomorrow evening. My original plans had me flying out in coach from EWR to IST, with a 7-hour layover, before continuing on to DXB in coach again. Two overnight... Read more

I flew Onur Air and Turkish Airlines on my brief stop in Turkey. My three flights boarded from bus gates, or at northern Cyprus’ Ercan (ECN), by walk-up. All boarded and deplaned like lighting from the front and back. Very... Read more

Today there was a Club Carlson flash sale where there was a 75% bonus on all purchased Club Carlson points for 75 minutes only.  You are able to purchase up to 40,000 points per calendar year per account, and with the 75% bonus you were able to get a total of 70,000 points for... Read more

Working as of 12:57 Pacific Time June 17th 2013 There is a misfiled one-way fare (seems like they left off a digit) from Johannesburg to Geneva/Zurich via Istanbul, in business class! Book with united.com (not an affiliate link, thanks for your support!). DO NOT CALL THE... Read more

Stays at Marriott hotels can now (and again) earn miles in the American Airlines AAdvantage program. The two programs were partners in the past took a bit of time off and now are together again. For the occasional Marriott guest this means one or two points per dollar spent at... Read more

Back in April, EVA Airways announced that they’d be joining the Star Alliance as of June 18, 2013, which is tomorrow. This is pretty exciting news, not only because it strengthens Star Alliance’s Asian network even further (as if they needed that), but because they... Read more

Man, it’s so easy to get distracted online these days, and what surprises me even more is how easily entertained I apparently am. While browsing Facebook today, I came across a somewhat intriguing post in my newsfeed. It involved a game where you can win miles. The little... Read more

For the next 45 minutes (until 2:15pm EST) you can purchase Club Carlson points with a 75% bonus. This means you can purchase the amount needed a standard room at the most expensive category for $203. You can purchase up to 40,000 points per calendar year per account + the 75%... Read more

Chase offers several of the very best signup offers so if you are reading Boarding Area there is a good chance you may have or may have gone through several Chase products.  Managing lots of active and inactive credit cards is very time-consuming so I use the following two... Read more

EVA Air is an Taiwanese airline based in Taipei Taoyuan Airport, and is shortly joining Star Alliance (on the 18th, actually). Their award availability will be up shortly, but it seems like Lifemiles has jumped the gun and opened the option to book EVA Air Flights. Their results... Read more

Back in July of 2010, Marriott announced that their Marriott Rewards program would no longer offer AAdvantage miles for stays at Marriott hotels. Considering how many properties they have (3,700 properties in 70 countries), it was a big disappointment (and inconvenience) for... Read more

Reader Bryant from Hong Kong shares a list from BuzzFeed which includes “16 simple hacks to make flying suck less”. Now, if you’re a frequent flier and BoardingArea reader, I’d say most of these are pretty amateur. Additionally, I wouldn’t actually... Read more

Yesterday I did a quick post on the enhanced sign up bonus for the four Chase Ink cards: Chase Ink Bold, Chase Ink Plus, Chase Ink Cash and Chase Ink Classic credit cards! In this post I promised I’d give you some more detailed information on the in’s and out’s... Read more

American Airlines and Marriott Rewards announced a partnership today, restoring a relationship which was severed back in June 2010. Members will be able to earn AAdvantage miles for Marriott stays (rather than Marriott Rewards points) if they wish, and will be able to convert... Read more

I thought it was pretty cool when Larry Ellison bought 98% of Lanai, a smaller island off the coast of Maui. It is relatively undeveloped, with two Four Seasons hotels and a lot of pineapple plantations. And he got it for a song — only $300 million after an initial asking... Read more