Sentences with phrase «lower than the airline»

In many cases, partner redemption costs are lower than the airline itself.

Not exact matches

Around the turn of the millennium, Fernandes was sitting in a London bar, when he saw entrepreneur Stelios Haji - Ioannou, who is famous for creating easyJet, a low - cost airline which now flies more than 75 million passengers annually, across 31 countries.

So - called legacy carriers struggle to compete in a world filled with low - cost upstarts like Southwest and JetBlue, along with new international carriers like Emirates Airlines, which enjoy far lower labour costs than their North American rivals.

Seasoned deal - maker Walsh was much quicker than rival full - service airlines Air France - KLM and Lufthansa to embrace budget flying, buying short - haul carrier Vueling in 2015 and setting up IAG's own long - haul low - cost carrier Level last year.

Shares of Virgin America Inc, a low - cost airline partly owned by Richard Branson, soared more than 30 percent in their market debut, underscoring the buoyant mood in an industry that is emerging from a long spell of turbulence.

And since Delta had been trading at much lower multiples than its peers, the airline was a big hit with investors in 2013.

Alaska Airlines also had the lowest number of «extreme delays» (defined as delays that lasted longer than 45 minutes), two - hour - plus tarmac delays, and customer complaints.

The 3 - D - printed nozzle is also 25 percent lighter than its predecessor, which means lower fuel costs for airlines.

But there is little or no discussion in Unions Matter of current intergenerational tensions in the union movement: the movement toward two - tier workplaces, like Air Canada's Rouge Airlines, which aims to hire new, mostly younger workers at a lower pay scale and with fewer benefits than are enjoyed by older, established workers.

This pan-European low cost airline, headquartered in London, has revolutionised European air travel over the last two decades and it is now flying over 75 million passengers per year across 31 countries with a fleet of more than 260 aircraft.

Saddled with more than $ 4 billion in debt and cumulative financial losses of about $ 1.7 billion since 2011, the airline has been increasingly squeezed in recent years by competition from nimbler, low - cost rivals in the region, including AirAsia, founded by the Malaysian billionaire Tony Fernandes.

Lower fuel costs (hedging rates of 80 - 90 % for the majority of large airlines has delayed much of the benefit from low fuel prices into 2016), a faster than expected recovery of the European economy and strong performance on business travel on North Atlantic routes is benefitting the region.

So these airline workers would have risk levels proportionately lower than Stuker's.

Airlines have grounded flights because of low visibility, the government is urging residents to stay indoors, and, according to Twitter postings, Swiss - made IQAir home air purifiers are going for $ 2,300, more than twice their normal price.

All seven low - cost carriers reported more FTEs in December 2011 than in December 2010, except for Allegiant Air and Frontier Airlines, which reported a 1.2 percent decrease and a 4.9 percent decrease, respectively.

For most consumers, if an airline card has a rewards rate lower than 2 %, a cash back card is almost always the better choice.

Most of the time, the rewards rates on these credit cards tend to be lower than those of airline or hotel - specific credit cards.

While it can be argued that the annual fee for the Propel World credit card is effectively lower ($ 175 annual fee - $ 100 airline incidental benefit = $ 75) than the Sapphire Preferred's ($ 95), it has fewer and lower point opportunities.

While significantly lower than what is available through the Alaska Airlines credit card, the Capital One ® alternative allows users to simply swipe and receive statement credit on travel purchases.

Patrick Surry, chief data scientist at Hopper, says «the decreases are driven by lower fuel prices, which account for a third of expenses for a typical airline; the entrance of low cost carriers like Frontier, Southwest, and JetBlue into different markets; and the unbundling of services, which might mean you're paying more in add - ons than you were for the all - inclusive flight three years ago.»

Lisa Gerstner, contributing editor at Kiplinger's Personal Finance Favorite airline card: Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card «With an annual fee of $ 75, the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card folds in a host of enticing benefits for flyers at a lower price than similar cards from other airlines, which often charge about $ 95Airlines Visa Signature card «With an annual fee of $ 75, the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card folds in a host of enticing benefits for flyers at a lower price than similar cards from other airlines, which often charge about $ 95Airlines Visa Signature card folds in a host of enticing benefits for flyers at a lower price than similar cards from other airlines, which often charge about $ 95airlines, which often charge about $ 95.»

Maintaining a $ 100,000 minimum balance qualifies customers for the Wealthsimple Black service, which offers the same features of the Basic account at a lower management fee (0.4 % versus 0.5 %) plus a complimentary membership to VIP Priority Pass, which gives customers plus a travel companion unlimited access to more than 1,000 airline lounges in 400 cities around the world.

The introductory spending bonus for the Allegiant World Mastercard ® — worth $ 150 — is far lower than what comparable airline cards are offering.

Do some comparison to see if Costco's airline prices are lower than purchasing them elsewhere.

5 least expensive airline award redemptions — If you know where to look, airline awards can sometimes ring in at prices much, much lower than the «standard» 12,500 miles each way.

And oddly enough, the needlessly complicated 5 - tier Delta award chart (which of course doesn't actually exist, wink, wink) means that when lowest - level redemptions aren't available on any airline and you're considering a more expensive award, Delta may actually be cheaper than the others thanks to all their intermediate award tiers.

That's the only way you'll know that a «higher - than - usual» 30,000 mile Bank of America Alaska Airlines card offer is 40 % lower than the 50,000 mile offer available last December.

It is possible to find higher redemption rates for your points, but in some cases (especially with lower cost flights or hotel nights), the 1.5 cents per point value can be better than redeeming for an award directly through the airline or hotel programs.

Jet Blue offers award travel at air mile rates that are relatively lower than most other airline rates, starting at 10,000 air miles for round trip tickets.

While companies in the U.S. (JetBlue, Frontier, Horizon) offer fares that are 10 or 20 percent lower than those of their full - priced competitors, European airlines like RyanAir and EasyJet turn a profit while offering fares that are half the typical price.

As if Americans weren't already envious enough of Europe's wide selection of low cost airlines that charge less than the price of what most airlines in America tack on to check a second bag, they've now gone ahead and instituted a price war, driving fares even lower.

Lisa Gerstner, contributing editor at Kiplinger's Personal Finance Favorite airline card: Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card «With an annual fee of $ 75, the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card folds in a host of enticing benefits for flyers at a lower price than similar cards from other airlines, which often charge about $ 95Airlines Visa Signature card «With an annual fee of $ 75, the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card folds in a host of enticing benefits for flyers at a lower price than similar cards from other airlines, which often charge about $ 95Airlines Visa Signature card folds in a host of enticing benefits for flyers at a lower price than similar cards from other airlines, which often charge about $ 95airlines, which often charge about $ 95.»

5 least expensive airline award redemptions — If you know where to look, airline awards can sometimes ring in at prices much, much lower than the «standard» 12,500 miles each way.

Do note that Flying Blue's best award redemptions tend to be in economy class vs business and offer low rates to places like Hawaii, Central and South America, and even Europe at costs less than many of their partner airlines included Alaska or Delta.

For only 45,000 / 90,000 / 135,000 miles in economy / business / first, you can experience Emirates service at miles prices much lower than many airlines charge to Europe.

Alitalia charges large fuel surcharges on its own flights and partner airline flights, but, if you do some searching, you can find good values despite the surcharges and you can sometimes get a lower fuel surcharge by booking a partner airline through Alitalia than directly with that airline.

The bonus is also valued at a lower dollar amount than the Alaska Airlines and JetBlue Plus cards.

If they sell a discount or low cost airline ticket is better than no sale at all.

Sun Country is a small, low - cost airline with less than 30 aircraft in its fleet.

That puts them on par or better than AirAsia, the World's best low - cost airline.

A 2014 study ranked US Airways 24th out of 25 airlines worldwide for lowest - level award availability, and found that award flights on US Airways required more miles on average than any other major U.S. or Canadian airline.

Southwest Airlines kicked off a big sale for fall travel with fares significantly lower than what we are paying this summer.

Flying in the economy class on Singapore Airlines to Europe can be a little cheaper than the other major carriers as one - way rates can be as low as 27,500 miles which are a few thousand miles less than the major carriers like American, Delta, or United.

The internet is making travel more accessible, passenger numbers continue to rise on low cost airlines and people are now living longer than at anytime in our history — when you retire you don't go to the old people's home, you head for the airport!

Though American charges a late booking fee and relatively hefty change fees, it has pretty reliable availability booking in advance or close - in (except for big holiday seasons like Christmas) and incredibly low off - peak award rates internationally, so your American Airlines miles can be more valuable than those of other domestic carriers.

As I mentioned in the opening paragraph, Iberia charges lower taxes on Avios redemptions than its sister airline, British Airways.

More importantly I paid less than $ 1,000 for my roundtrip ticket and I don't remember seeing American or any other oneworld airline offering fares that low.

The American Airlines card's relatively low annual fee of $ 50 (first year waived) also means fewer airline perks than those offered by cards that charge more.

These fares are considerably more limited than the Vegas fares in that they only appear to be being offered on oneworld airlines (Finnair specifically) and only for the low - season months (for Business Class travel) of July and August.

Caradonna has preferred pricing with more airlines, accommodations, dive operators, tour operators and liveaboard yachts than any other dive travel company allowing us to offer the lowest available rates for dive travel packages.