I love a feel-good airline marketing story, and KLM has just come up with an awesome one. I'll let them describe it themselves: "Arnold Neuhaus recently turned 90. His great-grandson, Jagger, teamed up with KLM to surprise Arnold with the flight of a…
Yesterday I shared some good Qatar Airways business class fares for travel from the US to Asia. They're not the lowest fares we've ever seen, but Qatar has an excellent business class product, they don't publish as many fare sales out of the US as they…
At the beginning of May, Amex introduced a 25% bonus on points transfers to the Air France KLM Flying Blue program. This is a transfer bonus we don't see often, and if you've been thinking about whether or not to transfer points, this is your last chance.…
We've seen quite a few acquisitions the past few years in the travel space, and we've also seen some strategic investments. However, typically we see airlines investing in airlines, and hotels investing in hotels. This situation is different. Reuters…
Yesterday some major changes were made to the Air France-KLM Flying Blue program. As of yesterday Flying Blue is a revenue based frequent flyer program, meaning that you're awarded miles based on how much your ticket costs, rather than based on the distance…
Air Belgium is a startup airline that intends to operate a fleet of Airbus A340-300s for flights between Charleroi (outside of Brussels) and China (including the mainland and Hong Kong). The airline has business class, premium economy, and economy, and…
For those of you not familiar with Amex Offers, it’s a program available through most Amex cards, where different cards are eligible for different savings and bonus offers. In many cases the offers can be huge, and more than offset the annual fee on…
I love a loyalty program that makes it easy to search and book award flights online. What are the characteristics of a perfect award search tool? -- The ability to search award availability for weeks at a time with the click of a button -- The ability…
Based on my rankings, Air France offers one of the world's best first class experiences. When I last ranked the world's best first class products, Air France's 777-300ER first class topped the list (though in fairness, Emirates' new 777-300ER first class…
As is being discussed in this FlyerTalk thread, at the moment Air France has some incredibly low first class fares for travel out of Istanbul. Air France first class is one of the most inaccessible first class products in the world on miles, so this…
You will often see reference to the 'US3' or the 'ME3' when reading about global aviation. The US3 refers to the biggest three airlines in the US -- American, Delta and United which as a result of mergers and consolidation now have by far the most market…
Through June 15, 2018, the US American Express Membership Rewards program is offering a 25% bonus when you convert points into Air France-KLM Flying Blue miles. Points ordinarily convert at a 1:1 ratio, though during this promotion you can convert 1,000…
KLM has had a video series called "Intern On A Mission," which is intended to teach social media interns at the airline (and in turn, us) as much as possible about the airline. For example, last year I wrote about how KLM had an intern test out their…
I'm a huge fan of Air France's marketing, or really am a huge fan of any time they highlight just how French they are. For example, Air France's safety video is easily one of my favorite safety videos out there, because it's just so, so, so French. Why…
Last November, Air France-KLM announced some major changes to their FlyingBlue loyalty program. They're describing this as FlyingBlue being "reinvented," and most of the changes kick in as of April 1, 2018. I've already covered most of the changes in…
One of the best uses of Air France/KLM FlyingBlue miles is booking their Promo Awards. FlyingBlue publishes these every month, and they offer 20-50% off select award tickets on Air France and KLM metal. Back in the day Promo Awards would consistently…
Over the past few years I've been making an effort to review as many new business class products as possible (you can find all the reviews in the trip report index). It has been really fun to do so. As much as I enjoy my umpteenth flight in Cathay Pacific…
Just over a month ago I wrote about the trip that I have planned to the Seychelles -- I'll be flying Air Seychelles business class from Paris to the Seychelles, and then I'll be flying back to the US on Turkish Airlines. Go figure my Air Seychelles review…
One of the best uses of Air France/KLM FlyingBlue miles is booking their Promo Awards. FlyingBlue publishes these every month, and they offer 20-50% off select award tickets on Air France and KLM metal. Back in the day Promo Awards would consistently…
At the moment SkyTeam has some phenomenal business class fares for travel from Germany to the US. Roundtrip fares are $1,600-1,700, and perhaps what's most exceptional is that you can travel as far as Los Angeles for that price. Fares are valid out of…
The past couple of years we've seen a massive increase in the number of discounted business class fares that airlines publish. It used to be that a $2,000 roundtrip transatlantic business class fare was exceptional, while nowadays it's quite common.…
