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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…
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…
Jet Blue announced yesterday that they intend “to fly to London from New York and Boston.” They plan to fly their Airbus A321LRs with promises that their “transatlantic Mint service would include more lie-flat seats than currently offered on the A321, all at a fraction of what other airlines are charging today for premium seats.” Jet Blue…
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…
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…
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…
The recent announcement of WOW airlines ceasing operations immediately is not a new occurrence. Several low-cost airlines have shut down over the past year and more are possible. In 2018 Primera Air and earlier this year Flybmi both stopped operating with minimum notice to travelers. These events left travelers stranded at destinations and caused major…
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. Southwest Airlines has announced plans to serve four airports in Hawaii including Honolulu (Oahu), Kahului (Maui), Lihue (Kauai), and Kona (Big Island). However one airport which wasn’t…
Last year, we shared how Hyatt announced they’d be acquiring Two Roads Hospitality, which is composed of Joie de Vivre Hotels, Thompson Hotels, Destination Hotels, tommie and Alila Hotels & Resorts. As part of the acquisition, Thompson Hotels will be the first join the World of Hyatt loyalty program for stays starting March 28, 2019. World of Hyatt…
BLADE announced they’ll be offering continuous helicopter flights between BLADE Lounge West and John F. Kennedy Int’l. Airport (“JFKâ€) every weekday between 7am to 7pm in both directions. Looking at the schedule it seems that they have between 1-2 flights each hour throughout the day. BLADE is offering their new service for $195 which will…
Priority Pass members will have another new option to check out as they add a new restaurant called Kafe Kalik, located at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Terminal 4. It’s in Terminal 4 which is home to Spirit, Frontier, Avianca, British Airways, and Emirates. Additionally, those in Terminal 3 can easily get to Terminal 4 as…
The airline industry is considered the safest mode of transportation in the world. The industry has extremely high standards and is heavily regulated by authorities. Over the past few decades, aircraft have become extreme complex machines to not only improve safety but increase efficiency. The basic design of the Boeing 737 has been around for…
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. News Hyatt Centric Announces 3 New U.S. Locations Hyatt Place Early Check-In and Late Checkout Options Southwest Airlines New Domestic Routes Announced Lucrative SkyMiles welcome Offers…
Two JetBlue flight attendants are suing the airline after they are claiming that two pilots drugged and raped them on an overnight in San Juan, Puerto Rico last May. They’re claiming that the flight attendants met the pilots on the beach who offered them beer that was laced with drugs. Per Fox News, Two JetBlue…
As the top selling aircraft in aviation, the Boeing 737 has sold over 10,000 airframes since inception. The history of the Boeing 737 goes back to the 1964 with the first stages of development. The manufacture was looking to design an aircraft to complement its existing 707 and 727 models. After announcement of this new…
The Andaz West Hollywood is the latest hotel to add a mandatory resort fee, which their referring to as a Destination Fee. It used to be that resorts would charge these, however recently most hotels in NYC have tacked on these mandatory fees, and now we’re seeing these head to Los Angeles. Resort fees are…
Starbucks Rewards has announced some major changes to their rewards program which will go into effect on April 16, 2019, however for those used to the current system, these changes could be considered a devaluation. The reason for this is with their current program you earn a free drink after 125 stars, however starting next…
Priority Pass members will have another new Lounge to check out sometime this year. The Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) is planned to have a new lounge open possibly by August, 2019. It’s always nice to see Priority Pass expanding the lounges in their program, which means more lounges for cardholders of The Platinum Card from American Express or The…
Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, and United Airlines all have elite status programs to reward loyal fliers. For every paid flight that a passenger travels, they accrue mileage based on the distance that is used to calculate a status level. Alternatively, airlines will credit a passenger one segment for each flight that is flown. There…
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. News Lucrative SkyMiles welcome Offers on Delta Cards Southwest Airlines New Domestic Routes Announced Hyatt Award Category Changes Coming Overview of Aircraft Manufacturers American Express To Acquire…