Sentences with phrase «about airline change»

There's big news out there about airlines changing loyalty programs to award frequent flyer miles based on how much your ticket costs, not how far you travel... and that's going to... Read More...

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JOE DENARDI, STIFEL AIRLINE ANALYST: There are going to be some people who saw that and cancel flights, or changed the way they think about traveling on Allegiant in the future.

When we talk about consumer or employee activism, we tend to focus on firms like United Airlines, which quickly apologized and changed its policies after a video emerged of a passenger being dragged off a plane.

See our checklist of questions to ask the airline before you go, which includes information about standard airline practices, discount fares for infants, children's meals, diaper - changing facilities, and more.

If you have given advance notice to the airline about the seating accommodation you need and have received a seat assignment, and there is an aircraft change, your request for accommodation should be transferred to the new seating map for the replacement airplane.

Certain card programs, such as MasterCard's Price Assure, can let you know about airline price changes after you book, so you can turn price breaks into airline credits.

Airlines are changing their frequent flier programs in other ways as well: American Airlines AAL, -0.57 % changed its rewards structure in April (for travel beginning in June) so that for about half the year it will increase its redemption rate to 30,000 miles, up from the previous 25,000 miles, and on the busiest days will charge 50,000 miles; however, during less busy times, it will lower the rate to 20,000 miles.

There is hope that as the American Airlines merger continues to bring about changes, EMV will make its way to the US Airways card.

Terry Maxon, Staff Writer for The Dallas Morning News, talks about changes in the consumer groups airlines are vying for: business travelers.

At this time, neither United nor American Airlines have made an announcement about waiving change fees or fare differences.

Even if it's just a small change or a change that won't affect many people, I appreciate it when the airline is transparent with their actions and informs their members about upcoming changes.

Matthew Upchurch, Virtuoso Travel CEO, talks about the need for airline transparency and the growing world (and changing definitions) of luxury travel.

If we're talking about unannounced changes, we're usually dealing with airlines such as Delta devaluing award charts without notice.

The changes are intended to impact all stages of the customer journey... [Read more...] about Alaska Airlines Unveils New First Class Enhancements

The airlines haven't made that change just yet since their commissions to OTA's aren't usually as significant as hotels, but you can bet they've thought about it.

To make this process a little bit easier for you, we're going to outline some vital info about changing or canceling flights with some of the most popular airlines for tickets purchased with cash.

There have been obviously many changes among these routes, such as the cancellation of Singapore Airlines»... [Read more...] about The World's Longest Flights in 2018

Last month, I wrote about the changes to the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program wherein you'd soon be able to book Star Alliance awards on the Singapore Airlines website, but in exchange, they raised the pricing on their Star Alliance awards and added phone booking fees for those that, well, want to use the phone to book.

As things stand, flights on American Airlines can only be upgraded using AAdvantage miles and Qantas flights can only be upgraded using Qantas Points but, according to Australian Business Traveller (ABT), this could be about to change.

Any change of this magnitude will require coordination from SkyTeam airline partners as well as American Express, so if it does indeed occur, we'll be writing all about it here on The TICKET.

Last month, I wrote about the changes to the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program wherein you'd soon be able to book Star Alliance awards on the Singapore Airlines website, but in exchange, they raised the pricing on their Star Alliance awards...

American Airlines said its AAdvantage program, which has about 100 million members, will change beginning August 1.

More about award level changes on American» More about award level changes on partner airlines»

Overall a bit of a mixed bag, and you can find more about the changes on the Singapore Airlines website

I sent British Airways a tweet earlier today asking when the airline planned on emailing its Executive Club members about the sudden and wholly unwelcome change......

UPDATE: Alaska Airlines published a statement on their corporate blog this afternoon with more information about the reasoning behind these sudden changes.

I'm not the first to break the news about the most recent devaluation (of many) for United Airlines» MileagePlus, nor am I the first to remark that United is simply copying Delta's changes to its own Sky Miles program.

This week saw a massive devaluation to the American Airlines AAdvantage program and, with the changes to the award charts being as welcome as a bout of botulism, you may be wondering why I'm writing a post about purchasing AAdvantage Miles.

Since we found out American Airlines» plans for its Premium Economy product there has been a lot of talk about what changes this is going to bring about.

The ability to... [Read more...] about Alaska Airlines Relaxes Same Day Change Rules

The biggest change passengers will see is that the airline has squeezed an extra seat into each row of Economy Class meaning that the already cramped seating conditions are about to get worse.....

They all know it's a shady business practice and any airline that wants to be trusted by consumers should take the opportunity to set themselves apart by being upfront about changes.

There isn't an airline in the world that can feign ignorance to how travelers feel about unannounced changes.

However, I firmly believe that it is poor practice for an airline to changes prices to its loyalty program with no notice, as it goes against everything that a loyalty program is about.

A lot of digital ink has been spilled about whether individuals will earn more miles before or after the changes, but I think that's a relatively unimportant question — not just because I earn the overwhelming majority of my airline miles through manufactured spend, rather than flying, but also because it's irrelevant: the changes are coming, on January 1 in Delta's case and March 1 for United.

Rather a seatmate on a recent American Airlines flight brought up... [Read more...] about Is American Airlines lounge access via American Express Platinum card changing?

See related: Tips to keep frequent flier miles from expiring, Tracking reward program changes before they happen, How to find the best airline rewards bonus miles deal, Debunking myths about frequent flier programs

There's been a lot of discussion in the blogosphere lately about a possible change to Citi's ThankYou Points program, a benefit of the Citi ThankYou Premier card, namely the addition of British Airways and Singapore Airlines as transfer partners.

Airlines now are very good about allowing you to make free changes to your flights in the event of forecasted severe weather.

While the online airline reservation systems have become much better about letting you change your plans without making a phone call, not everything can be done online.

Over the weekend, American Express Platinum members lost lounge access to American Airlines Admirals Clubs and US Airways Clubs.This policy change was announced in the beginning of December... [Read more...] about AmEx Platinum Statement Credit for Losing AA / US Lounges

Delta billed some of these changes as remedies to the (many) criticisms the airline has received about the SkyMiles program over the years.

When Air New Zealand came out with changes to its frequent flyer program from points to dollars in 2004, I worried about what it would mean for the future of frequent flyer program value, although they kept both a points as money idea and a traditional award chart (with saver awards also continuing to be made available to partner airlines).

The agent was able to book the award but when I went to check - in the next day I had some issues... The United agent didn't book it correctly but the new agent fixed it but it was after a long wait and after being hung up by one agent... Oh and they transferred me to an American Airlines agent... Wasn't too happy about that but it got resolved and even got a $ 75 voucher which also covered $ 100 change fee for changing the class of service.

Last month when my grandmother passed a different airline did waive part of my change fee (about $ 80 out of $ 200) in order to do an «even exchange» when I rebooked to... Read More

Last month when my grandmother passed a different airline did waive part of my change fee (about $ 80 out of $ 200) in order to do an «even exchange» when I rebooked to attend the funeral.

American Express Platinum Delta SkyMiles: Cancel — When I was concerned about maintaining Delta elite status, I liked this card's ability to earn Medallion Qualifying Miles based on spending and to help me circumvent the new Medallion Qualifying Dollar system by spending $ 25,000 annually on it instead, but given Delta's recent devaluations and negative award program changes, I'm dumping the airline.

Besides the end of access to the American Airlines Admirals Club lounges, there are other changes in the works that could influence your decision about getting or continuing to carry this card:

Whatever airline's miles you used to book the flight is the airline you'd need to call and ask about changing the date.

Yesterday Alex wrote about some changes that Alaska Airlines announced to their mileage earnings structure for the 2015 Mileage Plan program.