Monthly Archives for July 2016.
The Department of Transportation today announced its nominees to operate nonstop flights to Havana, Cuba. In all, eight airlines were approved for service to Havana from 10 U.S. airports, as follows: Alaska Airlines – from Los Angeles (daily) American – from Miami (4x daily) and Charlotte (daily) Delta – from New York (daily), Atlanta (daily),…
Judging by their load factors, U.S. airlines are doing just fine. For June, Alaska Airlines filled 86 percent of its seats; Delta flew 87.7 percent full; other carriers’ results are expected to be similarly robust. With such strong demand, there isn’t much reason to offer travelers extra incentives. And yet, Virgin America today announced a…
The world’s best this, the world’s best that. Everyone has an opinion. But those opinions only accrue real value when they’re aggregated with those of other people, and preferably other people with first-hand experience of the matter being judged. Which is a long way of saying that when more than 200,000 Travel + Leisure readers…
Just a week after Hilton announced decidedly benign changes to its award pricing, Hyatt is doing the same. Today Hyatt posted on its website a list of hotels that will change award categories beginning on August 1. On that day, 56 properties will shift to a lower category, requiring fewer points for a free night,…
Enter the Budget Travel “Incredible India” sweepstakes by August 7, 2016, for a chance to win the grand prize: a six-night tour of India for two, including air, hotels, coach transport, breakfast and dinner daily, tour guide. To enter, provide the requested information (name, email, etc.) on the sweepstakes landing page, and press “Submit.” Done!…
Following is our regular summary of the latest travel news and best frequent traveler promotions reviewed during the past week. If it was a good deal—or a notably bad deal—from an airline, hotel, or car rental loyalty program, you can read all about it here, and plan your travel accordingly. Delta Discounts CLEAR Memberships for…
JetBlue is on a promotional tear. Triple points for June flights. A fast track to elite status. Matching points for Virgin America flyers. And now this: free PreCheck enrollment for JetBlue’s Mosaic elite members. PreCheck normally costs $85 for five years’ worth of trusted-traveler status. For frequent flyers, it’s arguably worth more, especially with this…