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Delta Air Lines is a member of the SkyTeam alliance which has several Europe base airlines. These include Air France, KLM, Alitalia, Aeroflot, Czech Airlines, and Air Europa, and Tarom. With so many partners based on the continent, Delta SkyMiles offer a lot of redemption options. While Delta no longer publishes an award chart, partner…
Ever Googled something? They have an autocomplete results, which shows what is most searched for what you’re looking for. We decided to play around with this with some U.S. airlines, and here’s what we found. Here’s a look at the first result that comes up for the following airlines. How autocomplete works: Google makes…
Are you jealous when you go on to social media and see all your friends posting photos of their vacations. Well, thanks to the Nevada based company, Fake a Vacation, you can now get photos of a “fake vacation” that you can also post and show your friends. Photo packages for your fake vacation start…
16 American Airlines passengers were hospitalized after arriving in to Boston Logan International Airport yesterday morning. The passengers consisted of a school group coming back from Ecuador, with a layover in Miami. It’s unclear what caused their illness, but it’s likely it was related to while they were in Ecuador vs. on the flight itself.…
Martini Review of the Week: It’s Saturday and it’s time for the Martini Review of the Week. Take a look at this week’s top news, deals, and reviews below. United Airlines announced plans to offer service between Newark and Cape Town, South Africa starting in December 2019. This route will be operated three times a week…
World of Hyatt has a new offer at a few of their new Hyatt Place properties near National Parks for summer travel. You can celebrate National Park and Recreation Month this July at Hyatt Place by earning 2,000 Bonus Points for eligible stays If you’re looking to explore the national parks around Utah’s Grand Circle, while…
United Airlines announced plans to offer service between Newark and Cape Town, South Africa starting in December 2019. This route will be operated three times a week onboard one of their 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. This is great news for those looking to go to Cape Town, South Africa as it will be the only nonstop…
World of Hyatt has launched their latest promotion, this time with their partner M Life, which is the loyalty program of MGM resorts. In this new promotion, you’ll earn double World of Hyatt points when you stay between April 15 and July 31, 2019, at participating MLife properties in Vegas. Double World of Hyatt Points…
Martini Review of the Week: It’s Saturday and it’s time for the Martini Review of the Week. Take a look at this week’s top news, deals, and reviews below. Delta has officially revealed that its 767-400s will instead receive a non-suite Delta One seats instead. The seat will have similar aesthetics to the Delta One Suite…
Delta offers SkyMiles Experiences where SkyMiles members can redeem their SkyMiles for unique experiences. Delta loyalists will want to check out their latest auction, where starts at 40,000 SkyMiles for a behind the scenes tour of in Atlanta. This Delta Days experience includes: Access for two (2) to a complimentary catered breakfast with a Delta…
United Airlines announced several new and returning international summer routes, including new service between Newark and Prague, as well as between Newark and Naples, Italy. Other route highlights include Austin to Cancun (CUN), Houston (IAH) to Providenciales, Turks & Caicos, Newark to Reykjavik, Iceland(KEF), and New Orleans (MSY) and San Antonio (SAT) to Cancun (CUN). Per…
Delta has launched a SkyMiles award sale, where you can book discounted award tickets, starting at just 38,000 SkyMiles roundtrip to Hawaii, when you book by April 11, 2019, and travel between July 4 – October 31, 2019. When actually searching, you may even find some flights for less than these advertised prices, so be sure to check…
American Airlines has continued the cancellation of their 737 MAX flights through June 5th. As a result, about 90 American Airlines flights are being canceled each day. When it comes to flight cancellations, not every flight that was operated by a 737 MAX was canceled, as the airline is swapping out aircraft on certain routes. As…
The airline industry is constantly evolving with new products and services to stay competitive. In late 2016, Delta Air Lines introduced a new business class product called, Delta One Suite. The seat features a sliding door for privacy along with large HD inflight entertainment screen, mood lighting, and several other improvements. This innovative product was…
For those not familiar, CLEAR uses fingerprint and iris I.D. technology to expedite the document check portion of the TSA security process. CLEAR members verify their identity in the dedicated CLEAR lane and then enter either TSA PreCheck or general screening depending on their status, reducing the overall amount of time spent at security. CLEAR announced they’ll…
Martini Review of the Week: It’s Saturday and it’s time for the Martini Review of the Week. Take a look at this week’s top news, deals, and reviews below. United Airlines has announced that for flights on or after November 15th, 2019 there will be no award chart pricing. See full details of: United Airlines Removes Award…
Loyalty and award programs are a big component of the travel industry. Airlines have used them in various ways to create competitive advantages and incentive passenger behavior. There have been several approaches taken by the industry for redeeming award points including; distance based redemptions, fixed award charts, and dynamic pricing. The use of dynamic pricing…
For those traveling to/from/through New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, get ready for longer taxi times and potential ATC delays, as the airport will be closing one of their four runways starting this week. This is due to reconstruction which will widen the runway as well as convert it to concrete which lasts longer…
When it comes to airlines, usually airlines are pretty good when it comes to compensation for issues that are their fault such as mechanical delays and cancellations, however as you’ll see here that isn’t always the case. A Points, Miles, and Martinis reader shared their account: I’m primarily a Delta flier based in Los Angeles,…
Delta competes head to head with JetBlue in Boston, however as JetBlue doesn’t have any transatlantic flights, Delta is the clear winner and it’s clear as they continue to grow in Boston. Between Delta and their partners KLM, Virgin Atlantic, and Korean Air, you’ll be able to head to some new destinations this spring/summer as…