A commenter who appears to work for Copa suggests that the new program will add fuel surcharges to awards. Miguel writes, Gary, my comments dont reflect COPA Holdings, or my superiors or companywide opinions or statements. All tickets currently purchased from any venue are broken down with a fuel surcharge, future awards and tickets will […]
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IHG Rewards Club’s PointBreaks is traditionally one of the best promotions in the hotel industry. Through this promotion, select hotels are available for just 5,000 points per night. Since IHG Rewards Club points can be indirectly purchased for 0.7 cents each, that’s like booking stays at certain hotels for just $35 per night.
The hotels on the list will be available for booking starting Monday, November 24th, 2014, and will be valid for stays through Saturday, February 28, 2015.
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This month China has started issuing visas valid for multiple entry over 10 years to US passport holders for tourism and short-term business visits. Your passport must be valid for at least a year, and you can continue to use your 10 year visa even when your passport expires and you get a new one. […]
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Last week Emirates uploaded a pretty snazzy video to their YouTube channel of an A380 3-C maintenance check, which took about two months to complete.
I think a lot of people don't realize just how extensive maintenance checks on airplanes are. They're not just "checking" to see if anything is wrong, but rather basically taking apart most of the plane and then putting it back together. That's why you shouldn't feel unsafe when you're flying an older plane -- it still undergoes the same maintenance checks of newer planes, as it's basically taken apart and put back together every few years.
So it's pretty cool that Emirates created a sub-two minute video giving an overview of the process:
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There's no doubt that the "hottest" new aircraft entering the commercial aviation market this year is Etihad Airways' A380 (sorry Your Excellency, your plane might be a distant number two, unless we count the amount of drama, in which case you win by a landslide).
I think any of us airline product "nuts" would love to try The Residence or First Apartment on the Etihad A380. Unfortunately unless you're super wealthy (or can run a slightly more successful Kickstarter campaign than I can), The Residence is more or less off limits, at ~$40,000 one-way between London and Sydney.
That leaves the First Apartment.
Is there any way to speculatively book a flight now in hopes of it eventually being operated by an A380? Often when an airline announces an equipment change they don't immediately update it in the GDS, so you have a short period where you can "beat" the airline before they have a chance to update inventory.
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News and notes from around the interweb: When taxis protest Uber and Lyft by clogging traffic that means you can’t get a cab as easily and.. have no choice but to use Uber or Lyft. #ThinkAboutIt Terminals 1 and 2 are now connected at San Francisco airport An airport first and fourth amendment claim moves […]
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I had a commitment in New York City until around 5:30PM, so only made it to JFK at around 6:30PM, less than two hours before departure.
Singapore Airlines flies out of Terminal 4, and by the time I checked in I seemed to be the only person at the counter, as everyone else had already checked in.
The agent was friendly and issued my boarding pass in less than a minute, and also issued me an invitation to the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse, which is the lounge that Singapore Airlines uses for Suites Class passengers at JFK (they use the Wingtips Lounge for business class passengers).
The worst part about Kennedy has to be the security lines. As a Suites Class passenger I could just use the "standard" priority security line, where there was about a 20 minute queue. Add in the fact that I couldn't use Pre-Check, and it wasn't my most enjoyable security experience of the year.
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