One Mile at a Time
Wow: Lufthansa Permanently Shuts Down CityLine Subsidiary Overnight
Airlines around the globe are in a tough spot right now, given the impact of high oil prices on airline economics. It’s arguably even worse in Europe (than the United States), where oil prices are even higher, and there’s also more of a risk of an imminent jet fuel shortage.
Frequent Miler
Chase World of Hyatt Business Card: Increased 80k welcome offer (ending soon)
Update 4/16: We’ve received word that this increased offer for the World of Hyatt Business card will end at 9 am Eastern on 4/30/26. ~~~ There’s an increased welcome offer out for the Chase World of Hyatt Business card, but it comes with a fairly sizeable spend requirement: you’ll get 80k...
Live and Let’s Fly
United Slashes Polaris Lounge Access For Most Star Alliance Business Class Passengers, Further Splintering The Alliance
Without warning, United Airlines has dramatically tightened access rules to its network of upscale Polaris Lounges. While I don’t celebrate these changes, they strike me as pragmatic and logical to address overcrowding, which can make even the nicest lounges unpleasant. United Cuts Polaris Lounge Access For Most Star Alliance Business...
View from the Wing
Do Business Class Seats Need Doors — Or Are They Just A Gimmick?
Business class doors have quickly become the next must-have feature after flat beds and direct aisle access, but that does not mean they always make the seat better. On some aircraft, especially narrowbodies, the space used for doors may be better spent on a longer bed, a wider aisle, or...
Monkey Miles
How much does a Lap Infant cost? We built a calculator and full spreadsheet featuring every alliance airline
It can be super confusing trying to figure out how much it’s going to cost you to fly with a child under 2 years old. I built this calculator to make it straight forward with 59 alliance airlines. The top of the page is the calculator and the bottom is...
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
Lufthansa Shutters Short-Haul Airline Where Flight Attendants Have Been On Strike With Immediate Effect
German flag carrier Lufthansa said on Thursday that it was shuttering its Lufthansa CityLine short-haul subsidiary airline after its flight attendants and pilots went on strike, and as part of a broader plan of action to respond to surging jet fuel costs. Although Lufthansa will officially close CityLine on Saturday,...
Frequent Miler
What are Wyndham points worth?
Yesterday, we wrote about the news that Wyndham is now a transfer partner of Wells Fargo rewards. What was most surprising, however, was that the transfer ratio would be 1 Wells Fargo point to 2 Wyndham points, double the 1:1 ratio offered by all of Wyndham’s other partners. Wyndham charges...
View from the Wing
Federal Court Upholds No Fly List: You Have A Right To Travel, But Not To Fly [Roundup]
News and notes from around the interweb: D.C. Circuit upholds TSA No Fly List the fundamental right to travel does not mean the travel to fly on an airplane. That’s such a strange argument, because forbidding the use of a plane fundamentally burdens the right to travel to the point...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
Pay For Two Nights and Get the Third Night Free at IHG Resort Properties Across Asia and the Pacific Region
Pay for two consecutive nights and get the third night free for stays at your choice of 69 participating select resort properties of IHG Hotels & Resorts in eleven countries and territories across Asia and the Pacific Region through Thursday, December 31, 2026 — this rate includes breakfast — and...
Altitude Yes
Spirit Airlines Could Liquidate This Week as Fuel Costs Hit Chapter 11 Exit
Rising fuel costs amid geopolitical tensions have put a dent in the airline's hopes to exit bankruptcy this summer.
The post Spirit Airlines Could Liquidate This Week as Fuel Costs Hit Chapter 11 Exit first appeared on Altitude Yes.
Economy Class & Beyond
flyadeal signs with Gevan and Jiratchi Seating for their A330neo seating
flyadeal – the Saudia low-cost airline, has chosen European and Asian seat manufacturers to equip its brand new two-class widebody fleet of Airbus A330-900neo aircraft. Just a year before the first of the airline’s 10 A330s is scheduled to enter service, flyadeal has confirmed a dual cabin configuration featuring 406...
Travel Codex
Deal Alert: Virgin Voyages $89 Sale
Virgin Voyages isn’t exactly known for running fire‑sale pricing. Their model tends to be more all‑inclusive and lifestyle‑driven, where adults go to play and relax without children. Virgin steals the headlines through fun ships ment for adults, not sales. Yet a couple of times a year, they quietly roll out...
