We took an Uber to the airport at 6AM, and thanks to virtually non-existent traffic made it to Tom Bradley International by 6:25AM, plenty early for our 8:55AM flight to New York.
I was especially excited about this flight, because I don't think there's a more intriguing way to fly between Los Angeles and New York than on Qantas' 747 tag flight.
TBIT is dead this early in the morning, given that the first "rush hour" in the terminal is around noon.
Qantas check-in is located in the B Pier, and they just have two small queues set up for this flight. That's because a vast majority of passengers on this sector are connecting same day from Australia, so only a couple of dozen passengers are checking in at this counter, really.
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Skift reported yesterday on the renewal of the Delta-American Express co-brand arrangement that’s worth $2 billion a year to Delta. The renewal is for 6 years. The last renewal was in 2008. American Express has also renewed their Starwood relationship. While Skift suggests the renewal “amounts to a 15 percent improvement in terms for Delta” […]
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In late October of last year we found out the future of American AAdvantage and US Airways Dividend Miles. The news was overwhelmingly positive, given all the negative changes we've seen from other airlines lately.
Perhaps the most interesting detail to members is that US Airways Dividend Miles will be merged into American AAdvantage sometime in the second quarter of 2015. While we don't have an exact date yet, this is when status between the two airlines will be fully reciprocal, when mileage totals will be combined, etc.
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With that in mind, I've received a ton of questions as to what happens to US Airways Dividend Miles awards when the program ceases to exist.
It was just last year when US Airways transitioned from Star Alliance to oneworld, and that presented a challenge for award tickets. Basically, previously issued Star Alliance award tickets couldn't be changed to include oneworld segments. Instead you had to redeposit them entirely and rebook if you wanted any segments on oneworld.
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News and notes from around the interweb: Double Virgin America points through March 31. Registration required. Some commenters are reporting being told that Chase points transfers to Korean will return on January 25. I reached out again to Chase and got simply, “We anticipate the functionality returning soon.” Supreme Court rules air marshall didn’t violate […]
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