WOW! American Now Eliminates Change Fees On International Tickets For Good!
Related post: Earn up to 65K miles on Citi AA cards!
After years of devaluations and cuts, American has gone above and beyond in enhancing their...
United Closes Sales On Some Israel And South Africa Flights
United resumed flying 3 weekly nonstop flights between Washington DC and Tel Aviv in late October. That route appears to be underperforming expectations as...
JetBlue Offering Free Refunds Due To Change In Middle Seat Blocking Policy
JetBlue recently announced that they will stop blocking middle seats after 12/1. That followed Southwest's announcement that they will sell flights to capacity starting...
Skyteam’s Korean Air Will Buy Struggling Star Alliance Carrier Asiana Airlines
Korean Air's board has approved spending $2.3 billion to purchase Asiana Airlines. With the purchase of their Korean rival, they will be the dominant...
11/2/20 News Roundup: Saved By A Whale, COVID Lockdowns, NYC Quarantine Fines, Peace In The Middle East, The Return Of The 737MAX, And More
Some stories and deals don’t get their own post, but should get some coverage. Here are some quick takes on stories that caught my eye....
In Surprise To Nobody, El Al’s CEO Will Step Down
El Al CEO Gonen Usishkin announced today that he will step down by January with a goodbye letter that says it does not identify...
[Update: New Chicago/ORD And Colorado Springs Routes Now On Sale!] Southwest Will Add Service To Chicago O’Hare And Houston Intercontinental!
Update: Southwest will begin flying the following routes on 2/14:
Chicago-ORD to/from Baltimore (4 daily nonstops)
Chicago-ORD to/from Dallas-DAL (4 daily nonstops
Chicago-ORD to/from...
[Update: Flight Dates Extended!] COVID Route Wars: United Strikes Back With New Nonstop Service Between Florida And LaGuardia, Boston, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, And More!
Update: United is now selling tickets on these routes through April 5, 12, or end of scheduling as indicated below! That's excellent news for...
The TSA Screened Over 1 Million Passengers For The First Time Since March 16th, Have You Returned To The Skies?
The US may be in the midst of a fall wave of COVID-19, but passengers continue to return to the skies.
The TSA screened 1,031,505...
Israel Travel News: Flight Sales Open, Antibody Tests Accepted, El Al Status Extension, UAE Bilateral Agreement, Etihad Israel Site+Delegation, A New Era Inshallah!
A mini-roundup on Israel travel news.
In case you missed it, here is the link for the 10/9/20 News Roundup: COVID-19 Second Wave, Flights...
American Continues To Lead The Way With 2021 Elite Status Enhancements
After years of devaluations and cuts, American has gone above and beyond in enhancing their elite program this year.
In April they shocked the world...
[JetBlue Confirms No Advance Notice Devaluation] Ouch! JetBlue Massively Increases Points Requirement For Even More Space Seats In Major Mosaic Devaluation!
Update 2: JetBlue corporate communications has responded and they confirmed the no advance warning Mosaic program devaluation. They also maintain that the new upgrade...
[Update: Another Reader Success Story!] Informal DOT Complaint Not Helping? A DansDeals Reader Finally Got A Flight Refund After Filing A Formal DOT Complaint
Update: After reading about the formal complaint process here, DansDeals reader Meir Silverman filed a complaint against Azerbaijan on September 9th for refusing a...
10/9/20 News Roundup: COVID-19 Second Wave, Flights To Nowhere, Skymiles Mortgage, Airlines Banning Food, Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Home Makeover, Faked Death, And More!
Some stories and deals don’t get their own post, but should get some coverage. Here are some quick takes on stories that caught my...
[Update: New Routes Now On Sale!] Southwest Will Fly To Miami And Palm Springs, Wins All Of JetBlue’s Long Beach Slots
Update: Southwest will begin flying the following routes on 11/15:
Miami to/from Baltimore (5 daily nonstops)
Miami to/from Chicago/MDW (1 daily nonstop)
Miami to/from...
[Update: Permit Granted, Board Will Be Replaced] Goodbye Borovitz, Hello Rozenberg: El Al Will Soon Be Under New Management
Update: The state of Israel has given final approval for Eli Rozenberg to control El Al. There is a condition attached that he must...
President Trump Tests Positive For COVID-19
President Trump announced tonight that he and the first lady have tested positive for COVID-19:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1311892190680014849
COVID-19 is no joke, especially for those who are older....
JetBlue Extends Middle Seat Blocking, Will You Stick With Airlines Promising An Empty Middle Seat?
Update, 10/1: JetBlue announced they will block most middle seats through at least December 1st and continue some seat blocking through the holiday travel...
JetBlue Lands Slots At London Heathrow!
Last year, I wrote about JetBlue's intentions to fly to London in 2021 when they will be able to make the flight on their...
El Al Dirty Pool: After Eli Rozenberg Is Said To Be Replacing El Al’s Board, The Board Fights Back One Last Time
Last month I wrote about how El Al was playing dirty.
Eli Rozenberg made an offer to recapitalize the airline and the controlling Borovitz family...
Delta Expands Change Fee Waiver To Include Domestic Award Redeposits, Extends Benefits
Delta announced that they will eliminate domestic award change fees and redeposit fees for changes made anytime before departure. Previously those cost $150.
That leapfrogs...
JetBlue Doubles Down With 24 More Leisure Routes From Newark, Los Angeles, And More; Change Fee Waiver Extended But Not Eliminated
In June, JetBlue announced 30 new routes, with a focus from Newark and on leisure routes.
With COVID-19 decimating business travel, refocusing their network on...
Saudi Arabia And Bahrain Reportedly Approve All Israeli Flights To Overfly Their Airspace!
Things are moving quickly in the Middle East!
The stunning news last month was the Israel-UAE peace deal, quickly followed up with an El Al flight to...
United Teases Several New Routes: Newark To Maui Looks Strong, But What Else Is United Hiding?
United put out this video, teasing new routes that will be announced tomorrow at 11AM ET. They say there are more than 30 clues...
Israir Applies To Fly Nonstop Between Tel Aviv And Dubai Next Month!
Just a few weeks ago the United Arab Emirates wouldn't allow visitors to enter with an Israeli passport.
Now there is a peace agreement, El...
9/2/20 News Roundup: UAE Peace Deal, El Al Sale, COVID Reinfection, Flight Simulator, 737MAX Rebranding, Ransomware, Tesla Hack, #Bonvoyed, And More!
In case you missed it, bumping for your Sunday reading pleasure 🙂
Some stories and deals don’t get their own post, but should get some coverage....
Hawaiian Airlines Eliminates All Change Fees Worldwide!
Related post: Dear Airlines: Thanks For Ditching Change Fees, But Can We Rewind The Clock On Mileage Program Devaluations?
Earlier this week, United, Delta, American, and...
[Update: Now Confirmed] Saudi Arabia Reportedly Approves Israel-United Arab Emirates Flights To Overfly Their Airspace!
Update, 9/2: This report from 2 weeks ago has now been confirmed. Saudi Arabia will allow all airliners headed to or from the UAE...
American Cracking Down On Hidden City Ticketing? Just Don’t Be A Hog
I wrote back in April that American's Audit department seemed to be trying to justify their continued existence during the COVID-19 era.
Then in July...
INCREDIBLE! Alaska Air Permanently Kills All Change Fees And Award Cancellation Fees Worldwide!
Update: Alaska writes to me that the previous Alaska agent that wrote the information below to me was misinformed about the changes going forward...
AAmazing! American Goes Above And Beyond In Their Elimination Of Change Fees, With Several New Benefits Added!
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WOW! United Eliminates Domestic Change Fees For Good, Plus Free Cancellation On All Awards With 30 Days Notice!
Delta Matches United’s...
Delta Matches United’s Permanent Elimination Of Domestic Change Fees!
United shocked the world yesterday when they announced they would permanently eliminate domestic change fees.
Delta has now matched United and will also permanently eliminate...
[Update: Flight Landed!] El Al Gets Permission For Its First Flight Over Saudi Arabian Airspace To Abu Dhabi; The Shocking Reason It Will Fly...
Update: El Al's flight 971 flew over Saudi Arabia to Abu Dhabi, cutting the flight time from over 7 hours to just 3 hours...
WOW! United Eliminates Domestic Change Fees For Good, Plus Free Cancellation On All Awards With 30 Days Notice!
United announced that they will eliminate change fees on all domestic flights for good! Previously there was a $200 change fee for domestic paid...
El Al Will Reportedly Operate The First Ever Commercial Flight From Israel To The United Arab Emirates Next Week!
The AP is reporting that the first ever commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates will fly next week and it will...
The Time Has Come For Airlines To Choose: #RaiseTheMinimumAge For Masks Or Ban Young Children From Flying During The Pandemic
United started it.
On July 22nd they made a new rule requiring anyone 2 or older to wear a mask.
Until that point all airlines had...
JetBlue Egregiously Kicks Mother And 6 Kids Off Flight Due To 2 Year Old’s Mask Refusal, Retroactively Amends Policy On Website After The Incident
I reported on 8/5 that JetBlue would change their policy on 8/10 to require all kids 2 and up to wear masks, but that...
נוספים [עדי ראיה נוספים מעידים] עדת ראיה חולקת את מה ההתרחשות אליה היא היתה עדה בטיסת יונייטד מס’ 85, “לא היתה שום אפליה”.
This is a translation of this post into Hebrew thanks to DDF Member Exgingi.
עדכון: זה עתה דיברתי עם סול ואווה ח. אשר ישבו במושבים...
AMAZING! Israel And The United Arab Emirates Agree To Full Normalization Of Relations And Direct Flight Agreements!
President Trump just announced that Israel and the UAE have agreed to a full normalization of their relations!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1293922803419353088
This is amazing for better Middle East...
So You Want To Rescue El Al? Be Prepared For A Dirty Fight
El Al is broke.
Their operations have been suspended since March 27th and all flights have been wiped off the schedule until October. They're being sued...
