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Finding award space can be quite complicated – it may not always be as easy as going to the airline’s website and typing in your desired journey. With lots of terms, conditions, and exceptions, finding a First or Business Class award ticket can be a challenge. There are some airlines…
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The way airlines price tickets is complicated – it all depends on a variety of factors including your origin, destination, dates, trip type, cabin, and much more. Airline revenue management and flight inventory will always be a mystery to me and every airline determines how they price their tickets and…
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There are three main types of frequent flyer programs and how they allow you to redeem miles – traditional region/zone-based programs, distance-based programs, and revenue-based programs. The first two types of a frequent flyer program have both their positives and negatives, while there are rarely any positive aspects about revenue-based…
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An airline ticket price is composed of three different parts – the Base Fare, the Carrier-Imposed Surcharges, and the Mandatory Government & Airport Taxes/Fees. All three of these added up together make up your total ticket price – some airlines also charge credit card or payment processing fees on top…
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The best frequent flyer program in the SkyTeam alliance is Air France/KLM Flying Blue. SkyTeam is generally the worst alliance in terms of just about everything – ranging from quality of airlines to frequent flyer benefits to aspirational flying experiences, etc., not a lot of people like SkyTeam. While Delta…
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A few weeks ago, Air France/KLM and Etihad Airways signed a new cooperation agreement whereby the airlines would codeshare on some routes and also eventually provide elevated frequent flyer benefits to flyers. While the agreement went into place a while ago, we haven’t been able to redeem miles on each…
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