What Happens When A Pilot Doodles While Flying?
You have to love the marketing genius that Boeing just pulled off.
Boeing had to fly an 18 hour endurance test for the new Rolls...
Miracles Do Happen: United Fixes Their Nonstop Saver Award Calendar!
2 weeks ago I wrote an in-depth piece about how to work around a massive United.com bug that was causing the website to hide...
TSA Announces Yet Another Reason To Have Pre-Check
The TSA announced today that they will start requiring passengers to remove all electronics larger than a cell phone from their bag and have...
The Electronics Ban Has Been Lifted For The Middle East Big 3 And Turkish Airlines
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The Electronics Ban Has Been Lifted On Flights From Abu Dhabi To The US
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El Al Will Take United Polaris Head-On With Their First 787 Route, “We Had A Dream, Now We Have A Dreamliner”
Air Canada has been operating the best business class product from North America to Tel Aviv for some time now with their all aisle...
The Expanded Electronics Ban Is On Hold…For Now
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The DoT Campaign Worked, Emirates Reverses Course And Will Honor Maldives Bookings!
Last Wednesday I noted that Emirates had tickets from the Maldives to Europe for $64 or to the US for $100 one-way or $142...
Delta: “You And Your Wife Will Be In Jail And Your Kids Will Be Put In Foster Care”
Update: Delta has put out a statement apologizing and saying that they have refunded the Schear's travel costs and provided them with additional compensation.
Unfortunately there...
American Continues To Lead The Major Airlines’ Race To The Bottom With Even Less Room Throughout Coach
Once upon a time, low cost airlines like Southwest offered no-frills service for less money.
My how times have changed.
Not only did the major network...
United’s Official Report On Flight 3411 Raises More Questions Than It Answers; Plus, The Excellent Customer Service Changes That United Will Make Going Forward
Update: In a surprise to nobody, United has settled with Dr. Dao, effectively bringing the matter to a close. The settlement amount will remain...
All About United Basic Economy And How United Determines Their Basic Economy Buyout Fee
United hasn't had enough bad press of late, so on May 9th they will launch Basic Economy class on hundreds of domestic routes. That's...
For Those On Diverted Delta Flight 468 From JFK To Tel Aviv Last Night…
Delta flight 468 from JFK to Tel Aviv last night was diverted to Paris, apparently due to some sort of leak on the plane....
If I Have To Give A Few Thoughts On The United Incident…
I'm currently on "vacation" until next Wednesday at a Pesach program at the Four Seasons in Whistler, Canada. Though my vacation consists of giving...
Delta’s Nightmare Week Has Been Made Worse By Their Own Greed
I'm currently on a United flight to Vancouver for Pesach.
Over the past few days I've had several friends reach out to me for help dealing...
Is The Electronics Ban Grounds To Cancel A Ticket Without A Fee?
The US launched a ban on large electronics a couple of weeks ago.
I still can't understand why the ban only applies on nonstop flights...
My Experience With The #ElectronicsBan
Last Sunday I flew from Washington DC to Dubai before the ban on electronics from select Middle Eastern and African airports was announced.
I wrote...
Can Anyone Explain The New Travel Electronics Ban To Me?
I'm in Dubai now and let's just say that I haven't had much luck on this trip. A flight delayed by 8 hours. A...
Starting May 5th There’s One United Flight From Newark To Tel Aviv You’ll Want To Avoid In Coach And Another You’ll Want To Avoid...
Effective May 5th United will start flying their new Boeing 777-300ER (77W) aircraft between Newark and Tel Aviv.
The 77W will be operated by subsidiary...
Air Canada Responds To Air Transat With More Nonstop Service From Montreal-Tel Aviv!
Montreal based Air Transat started selling twice weekly nonstop service from Montreal to Tel Aviv earlier this year. It will fly an A330 from Montreal...
Emirates Adding a 2nd Nonstop From NYC To Europe; Another Good Use Of Starpoints To Israel
Update: Award availability for this flight has been loaded and is wide open for travel in March, April, and May.
You can search for award...
WOW Air Plans To Launch Service To Tel Aviv In June, Will You Fly A ULCC To Israel?
WOW Air plans to fly from Iceland to Israel starting in June.
WOW serves or plans to serve 10 North American cities: Baltimore, Boston, Chicago...
American Matches Basic Economy; Now Ranked As The WSJ’s Worst US Airline For The 2nd Year Running
Delta currently sells basic economy fares. They award full redeemable miles and elite qualifying miles on those fares. But they aren't eligible for seat...
At Least 8 North American Airports Will Have Nonstop Service To Tel Aviv This Year!
After American suddenly ended their nonstop service from Philadelphia to Tel Aviv after merging with USAirways there were only 5 North American airports with nonstop...
Friends Don’t Let Friends Fly Spirit…
A few years ago I wrote a post about booking hidden city tickets (which was followed up by a post on how to do it...
Alaska Breaks Up With Delta, Lowers Award Rates; Transfer 20K Starpoints Into 32.5K Alaska Miles, 40K For Cathay Business Class To Israel!
The Alaska-Virgin America merger is complete and there's lots of news.
1. The Alaska-Delta partnership will end effective 5/1/17.
You can still earn Alaska miles on Delta...
El Al Waiving Cancellation And Change Fees
El Al has been rocked with labor issues over the past week. Many flights have been moved to their wet lease operators, while others...
United Will Mimic Delta Basic Economy, But With More Amenities Stripped Out
Before all the airlines decided to merge in order to avoid competing, the network carriers decided they needed to launch low cost carriers to compete...
Are El Al’s Wet Leasing Practices Going To Cause A Strike?
For the past couple of years El Al has been wet-leasing planes from other airlines to cover their routes. This has led to people...
Cathay Pacific Launching Hong Kong-Tel Aviv Flights In March
Cathay Pacific will finally launch nonstop service between Tel Aviv and Hong Kong in March.
This comes on the heels of Singapore Airlines announcing they...
Singapore Airlines Applies For Tel Aviv Flights
Ynet (Hebrew) reports that Singapore has applied for TLV landing permits for mid-2017.
Singapore flies a number of 5th Freedom routes such as JFK-Frankfurt, Houston-Manchester,...
El Al Miami-Tel Aviv Service Will Resume In 2017
El Al will resume service from Miami nonstop to Tel Aviv next year. They last operated that route in 2008. El Al will be receiving...
United Has 747s Masquerading As A320s
Delta and United are retiring their 747 fleet as airlines continue to move away from gas guzzling 4 engine airplanes.
My son Rafi has been on over 100 flights and...
NYC To/From Miami For $68, NYC To/From Chicago For $53 Each Way, Chicago To/From Los Angeles For $58 Each Way
American Express is a DansDeals.com advertiser.
-Earn 3 points per dollar on airfare with the AMEX Premier Rewards Gold Card, the AMEX Business Gold Rewards Card,...
DDFB Question Of The Day: Global Entry Or TSA PreCheck?
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Is AAdvantage A ScAAm? See For Yourself And Let The DoT Know
A month ago I wrote a post asking "What exactly is American's AAdvantage?
Some commenters said I was too harsh. They said that flying NYC-LAX...
A Comparison Of AA, Delta, And United Saver Award Space: Is AAdvantage The New SkyPesos?
Last Tuesday I showed in 23 bullet points just how far American has fallen as the USAir merger has dragged down their airline operations...
What Exactly Is American’s AAdvantage?
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Roundup Of Routes Where Kosher Meals Are Served By North American Airlines
Kosher meals, or KSMLs in airline speak, can be a hit or miss, though the latter is more common. In this post I wrote...
British Airways Claims To Have Fixed Kosher Meal Snafu For Business Class Passengers
Related: On The Topic Of KSMLs; Not Having A Reserved Kosher Meal Costs Lufthansa How Much?!?
British Airways offers a number of routes with "sleeper...
