At the beginning of the year I wrote about how Emirates eliminated chauffeur service for those booking through partner airlines.
Emirates has always been among the most generous airlines with chauffeur service, and has offered it free of charge to first and business class passengers regardless of the type of ticket or where they booked. In other words, even award tickets booked through partner airlines qualified for a complimentary chauffeur service.
However, as of 2015, only tickets issued through Emirates and Qantas qualify for chauffeur service. It's an unfortunate though justifiable change.
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Alaska Airlines gave free checked bags to everyone with a Mileage Plan number in their reservation in January. Now they’re running a limited-time offer of a free checked bag for their co-brand credit card holders from February 1 through April 30. Checked bag fees are one of the pain points of flying that irritate passengers […]
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Yesterday I posted about the devaluation to British Airways’ Executive Club program, which kicks in for bookings made as of April 28, 2015. There’s another Avios program What makes Avios quirky is that they’re not just issued by British Airways, but also by Iberia. Except Iberia has a separate loyalty program, Iberia Plus. The British…
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Yesterday I posted about the changes that British Airways will be making to the Executive Club program as of April 28, 2015. We're seeing changes on both the earnings and redemption side, and not surprisingly, the changes mostly suck. But that's kind of to be expected given the landscape of the industry in 2015.
The cuts on the Avios earnings side are in some cases huge. As a reminder, here's a comparison of the old and new earnings rates for travel on British Airways.
However, how do the earnings rates change for travel on partner airlines? In other words, if you fly American and credit to British Airways Executive Club, will the number of Avios you earn per trip change?
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With British Airways gutting their program — eliminating the principle that one mile flown earns one mile, reducing mid-tier elite mileage bonuses, and substantially increasing the cost of premium cabin award travel — I’ve had several questions about what this means for American AAdvantage frequent flyers since the two airlines aren’t just alliance members but […]
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