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Delta Air Lines announced they’ll be retiring their entire Boeing 777 fleet the end of the year. Due to COVID-19, we can expect all 18 Boeing 777 aircraft used primarily on longhaul international routes to be retired. This news comes after Delta’s earlier announcement to retire MD-88, MD-90 fleets in June, which reduces Delta’s mainline fleet…
American Airlines has launched a new promotion where American AAdvantage members can earn bonus miles on new bookings. You’ll earn 500 bonus miles for each booking you make by May 18th for travel between July 1- December 31, 2020. To sign up, head over to American’s promotion page, which will require you first to login…
100,000 Roundtrip JetBlue Tickets For Healthcare Heroes Nominate your healthcare hero here. Nominate your #JetBlueHealthcareHero and they could receive roundtrip flights for 2 to anywhere we fly*. They’ve earned our love, our gratitude and some serious R&R. To thank healthcare heroes across the country, we’re giving away 100,000 pairs of roundtrip flights–so they can take…
American Airlines has announced their latest Buy Miles promotion, where you can earn up to 100,000 bonus American Airlines AAdvantage miles. American Airlines constantly offers promotions when purchasing miles, so I’m not the least surprised to see another one being offered. With this new offer if you wanted to buy 150,000 American AAdvantage miles, meaning you’d…
JetBlue Airways announced that they’re making face coverings mandatory for all passengers onboard their flights effective May 4. This marks the first US airline to make face masks mandatory for all passengers, however we’ll likely see others follow. For comparison, Canada requires all airline passengers to wear face coverings while traveling so it’s still undetermined…
With thousands of flights being cancelled everyday due to the COVID-19 pandemic, airlines are being forced to refund passengers for their tickets. With so many refund requests, the time it’s taking for airlines to issue these refunds have increased and are now taking several weeks depending on the carrier. If you’ve requested a refund for…
Delta has been making several changes to their onboard services offered amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Delta has announced their latest change in which they’ll now be handing out pre-package snack bags onboard with a selection of snacks, a bottled water and a sanitizer wipe. These new pre-package snack bags will be distributed to all customers…
Following Delta’s news of Delta Extending 2020 Medallion Status, United Extending Premier Status, Reducing Requirements, and American Airlines Extending Elite Status, Reducing Requirements, Southwest Airlines is the latest airline to announce what they’re doing for its members. The airline will be extending 2020 A-List and A-List Preferred Status through December 31, 2021. Additionally, Southwest will be extending current Companion…
Following Delta’s news of Delta Extending 2020 Medallion Status, and United Extending Premier Status, Reducing Requirements, American Airlines has now announced a similar move, where the airline will be extending 2020 AAdvantage Status for Gold, Platinum, Platinum Pro, and Executive Platinum members through January 31, 2022. American Airlines will also be reading elite elite status qualifications for…
Last week we shared how Delta Air Lines was considering making changes to their Medallion Upgrade policy, which would halt automatic Medallion upgrades to first class. Delta has finally announced they’ll be going forth with these changes, and will be suspending automatic complimentary Medallion upgrades at the respective upgrade window. Instead, all Medallion upgrades will…
Delta Donating 200,000 lbs Of Food To Hospitals & Food Banks Hope you are safe. As reported by Delta News, Delta is giving away 200,000 pounds of food that they can’t use because of Coronavirus. Delta is providing more than 200,000 pounds of food to hospitals, community food banks and other organizations around the world…
Following Delta’s news of Delta Extending 2020 Medallion Status, United has now announced a similar move, where the airline will be extending 2020 Premier Status for Silver, Gold, Platinum, and 1K Premier members through January 31, 2022. United will also be extending United Club memberships, Economy Plus, United Wi-Fi and checked bags by six months. Additionally, United will…
Delta has announced they’ll be extending 2020 Medallion Status for Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond Medallions through January 31, 2022. This is due to the COVID-19 pandemic preventing travel across the world. Additionally, Delta will be extending Sky Club memberships, companion certificates, Sky Club guest passes, drink vouchers and more. Delta will be rolling over all Medallion…
Delta Air Lines has closed their Aircrew Training Center (DATC) in Atlanta which is used for pilot training, as a result of COVID-19. It’s being reported that some 32 Delta pilots have tested positive for COVID-19. Additionally, many others are experiencing symptoms but haven’t been tested yet, so the actual number could be significantly higher.…
American Airlines has announced their latest Buy Miles promotion, where you can earn up to 150,000 bonus American Airlines AAdvantage miles. American Airlines constantly offers promotions when purchasing miles, so I’m not the least surprised to see another one being offered. With this new offer if you wanted to buy 150,000 American AAdvantage miles, meaning you’d…
Delta Air Lines is considering making significant changes to their Medallion Upgrade policy given the the coronavirus pandemic. The airline has already announced Reduced Inflight Service on All Flights, which includes only bottled water and a snack onboard, as well as closing most Delta SkyClubs. The latest change that could be forthcoming is changes to…
Following Southwest Airlines: No Inflight Service on All Flights and American Airlines Reduces Inflight Service on All Flights, Delta is next to announce their latest inflight changes which went into place today March 25, 2020. Delta will be slashing all alcohol and soda onboard their flights, leaving only bottled water for all passengers onboard all flights…
Following Southwest Airlines: No Inflight Service on All Flights, American Airlines has announced they’ll reducing inflight service onboard all their flights effective Friday March 27, 2020. The airline will be making significant changes broken down by flights either under/over 2,200 miles for the changes. Per American Airlines, For all flights shorter than 2,200 miles (typically…
Southwest Airlines has announced they’ll be discontinuing service onboard all their flights effective Wednesday, March 25, 2020. This follows their earlier announcement last week on them removing service on flights under 250 miles. The airline is doing all it can to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and they feel it’s safest for both their flight…
Delta announced some positive news for SkyMiles and Medallion members, as they’ll be extending regional and global upgrade certificates, companion certificates and more as a result of COVID-19. For anyone who had any of these that were set to expire prior to June 30, 2020, they’ll now be extended until December 31, 2020, and the…