Aegean continues its frequent sales, and Dubai is the destination that is deeply discounted this time in both economy and business. If booked by May 1, you can save 30% to 50% on economy class and 30% on business class for travel between May 13 and October 23, 2024. You can access this offer on Aegean’s website here. Note that the sale is valid from Aegean’s entire network to and from Dubai. Discount Schedule: Economy 50% discount applies on Light/Flex/Family fares for direct flights and travel between 13/05/2024 – 23/10/2024. 40% discount applies on ComfortFlex fare for direct flights and tr ..read more

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced two new rules yesterday that will help air travelers get refunds for services the airlines have not provided and ban junk fees such as forced fees for seat selection. You should not, however, confuse these rules with EU’s EC261/2004, which deals with delay and downgrade compensation and the Duty to Care that Community Carriers need to provide and non-community carriers on trips starting in EU/EEA. You can access US DOT here. Cash Refunds: Requiring Automatic Cash Airline Refunds The first rule requires airlines to promptly provide passeng ..read more

Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Turkish Airlines and their business class excursion fares valid for round trip travel departing from Washington DC (IAD), United States to Amsterdam (AMS), Netherlands with possible free stopovers in Istanbul (IST), Turkey. Image by millionairemob from Pixabay Remember to  or message us via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with your airfare-related questions or discoveries! IN CASE YOU MISSED IT! PHOTO REVIEW: Turkish Airlines New Business Class Seat fare: Turkish Airlines (TK) JV3BX14 WAS to AMS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS: -/-BLACKOUT DATES:travel ..read more

Hyatt yesterday started rolling out Mr & Mrs Smith Hotels, a booking platform for independent hotels it acquired last year, into its website, and many have been really surprised about how child-unfriendly, some could say hostile, many of these properties are. One of the Hyatt’s Mr & Mrs Smith calls toddlers “snack-size” for the wild nature, and many outright won’t accept guests younger than 12 or 18. You can access Hyatt’s Mr & Mrs Smith page here. READ MORE: World of Hyatt Rate & Bonus Points Offers You can read our Mr & Mrs Smith Piece from yesterday: Mr & Mrs Smith ..read more

GHA Discovery program has launched a bonus offer for stays at six ASMALLWORLD hotels through June 30, 2024. To earn double Discovery Dollars (D$), you must register for this offer and book by April 30. You can access and register for this offer on GHA’s website here. Participating Hotels: Althoff St. James’s Hotel & Club Grand Cosmopolitan Hotel The Mandrake Fivelements Retreat Bali Resort Hotel Alex The Chedi Andermatt Double Points: GHA promotions always double the elite bonus as well. You earn D$ based on your room rate before taxes and fees. Silver: 4% base + 4% bonus = 8% total G ..read more

Virgin Voyages is a popular new cruise line that offers adult passengers a chance to sail in many different markets, and this week, they have a unique status match opportunity, matching a variety of travel statuses outside of the regular cruise programs. For a limited time of two days, 24-26 April, Virgin Voyages will match select programs, including airlines and hotels, to obtain status with the Virgin Voyages Sailing Club, rather than the usual selection of competing cruise lines only – with the caveat that matches requires one booked cruise itinerary. You can access the current promotion h ..read more

Significant cancellations are occurring at all major French Airports today (April 25, 2024) after Air Traffic Controllers were set to strike and the airlines were ordered to cancel most scheduled flights. It appears, however, that a deal was reached late last night, but it was too late to reverse the cancellations that were ordered a few hours earlier. You can access the page for Air France here. The airlines were ordered to cancel 75% of the flights at Orly, 55% at Paris Charles-De-Gaulle, and 65% at Marseille. DGAC’s Announcement: #Perturbations | Mouvement social du jeudi 25 avril 2024. p ..read more

American Airlines announced back in February (read more here) that it will remove Loyalty Points and AAdvantage miles earnings on most tickets not purchased directly with the airline for tickets issued on or after May 1 that have now been delayed until July 11. You can continue earning Loyalty Points and AAdvantage miles for tickets purchased directly with American, eligible partner airlines, and through preferred agencies, whatever they might be. You can access American Airlines here. American’s Original Email to AAdvantage Members: American Airlines Release from February: Booking directly ..read more

IHG continues its Buy Points Sales in 2024 and now has a Mystery Bonus sale for purchases through June 8. IHG frequently sells its points (the maximum bonus is 100%), and members can buy up to 150,000 (sometimes with an increased limit of 250,000) every calendar year before any targeted offers. You can check your personalized IHG Rewards buy points offer here. READ MORE: IHG One Rewards Rate & Bonus Points And Miles Promotions Price at 80% Bonus: My account was eligible for an 80% bonus. A point purchased under this 80% bonus costs 0.56 US cents each. Does it make sense to buy ..read more

Marriott has pushed out a second Bonvoy Terms and Conditions update this month, which is rare because they usually limit these to one (here’s the first for April). The update that was rolled out overnight deals with earning points for F&B when not staying and implements new limits on points transfers between accounts. You can access Marriott here. READ MORE: Marriott Bonvoy Rate & Bonus Points Offers Earn-Without-A-Stay Marriott now clarifies what we covered earlier: the number of Bonvoy points you earn for F&B spend when NOT staying at the property or charging them to the folio i ..read more