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Limited Time: Earn Extra Elite-Qualifying Miles on Alaska Airlines
As everyone knows, the COVID-19 outbreak had already spread widely across the United States, greatly reducing demand for both business and leisure travel. In response, Alaska Airli...
HNA Group Officially Taken Over!
What had to happen has happened: HNA Group announced today (Feb. 29) that it was formally taken over, with a joint task force made up of the Hainan provincial government and banks...
UA Mile Play Promotion: Earn Bonus Miles for Completing Flights
United is currently offering a Mile Play promotion. After registering, you can earn bonus miles by completing the tasks United gives you. Keep in mind that this is a targeted offer...
Summary of U.S. Airlines’ Change/Cancellation Policies During COVID-19 "B6/AS/DL/AA/UA/F9/HA"
[Updated 3/5] AS and DL have relaxed their policies. AS extended the eligible period, and DL now applies to all routes. JetBlue was the first airline to announce a Change & Cancel...
China Eastern Launches OTT Airlines Focused on Domestic Aircraft (J21, C919, etc.)
On February 26, 2020, China Eastern’s OTT Airlines (OTT Airlines), under China Eastern, was officially unveiled and established, with plans to commercially operate domestic aircraf...
Alaska Airlines Announces It Has Joined OneWorld and Re-entered a Relationship With AA
Alaska Airlines announced today that it has joined OneWorld and resumed cooperation with AA. For such a strong Alaska mileage program, this is a bolt from the blue. A phased devalu...
Alaska Airlines Buy One, Get One Airfare Sale for Travel February 29–March 3
To celebrate Leap Day, Alaska Airlines (AS) is offering a buy-one-get-one sale for today only. How do you use it? Go to the Alaska Airlines website, search for flights, select two...
Air China Seeks Approval to Operate PEK-LAX-SFO and PEK-JFK-IAD, and Cancel Existing U.S.-China Routes
Air China Limited yesterday (February 2) submitted an emergency application to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT), asking the DoT to approve the cancellation of all of its...
Civilian Airliner Crashes in Afghanistan with 83 People on Board (Update: Suspected Taliban Attack, Aircraft Belonged to the U.S. Air Force)
Xinhua Breaking News report: A Taliban spokesperson in Afghanistan claimed via social media that on the afternoon of the 27th, local time, the Taliban shot down a passenger aircraf...
Many BA Accounts Have Recently Been Reviewed, and Some Have Even Been Shut Down
Some time ago, American Airlines (AA) reviewed and shut down a large number of accounts associated with Churn Citi AA credit cards. See here for reference (by the time I finished w...