Written by SharonKurheg @ Your Mileage May Vary
Happy Wednesday to all of our travel friends, both near and far! Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like, as well, so we’re passing them along. Gary from View From The Wing reports that the T…
Category: Korean Air
Is International First Class Condemned to Slowly Fade into Oblivion?
Written by Freddo Zabaleta @ LoyaltyLobby
In what lately seems to be becoming a worrisome trend among world’s top airlines, the two largest Korean carriers (Korean Air and Asiana) recently announced they are eliminating first class service from several of their routes. Two weeks ago, Korean Air announced that beginning in June they were eliminating first class service on 27 international […]
DLD 242: Cutting profits, cutting losses
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Cutting money-losing programs makes sense in many cases; airlines around the world have trimmed first class cabins from their fleet, for example, to control those costs. Selling off a profitable segment of the business is a little less normal, especial…
DLD 242: Cutting profits, cutting losses
Written by Seth Miller @ Dots, Lines & Destinations
Cutting money-losing programs makes sense in many cases. Selling off a profitable segment of the business is less normal. But here we are.
Korean slashes first class routes
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Can an airline drop its first class cabin and not have any passengers notice? Korean Air is about to find out as nearly half its F routes disappear at the end of the month.
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Is Southwest Pulling A Fast One?, New & Improved Lounge, Negative Changes to Bonvoy + IHG, & More!
Written by joeheg @ Your Mileage May Vary
Happy Sunday to all of our travel friends, both near and far! Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like, as well, so we’re passing them along. The Freddie Awards ceremony was last week. If you …
DLD 241: Quiet anger
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Can we talk about that new livery? Plus, more Mexico, SAS’s strike and who really owns Hong Kong Airlines these days?
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Getting to Delta’s “best” SkyMiles price
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
How much is a business class award ticket from Boston to Singapore booked with Delta SkyMiles? The carrier no longer publishes award charts for its loyalty program so that question is mighty hard to answer. But I finally got an answer I liked and made …
DLD 241: Quiet anger
Written by Seth Miller @ Dots, Lines & Destinations
Can we talk about that new livery? Plus, more Mexico, SAS’s strike and who really owns Hong Kong Airlines these days?
Korean Air CEO Dies
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
Cho Yang-ho, Korean Air CEO who has been under indictment due to accused embezzlement, passed away on Sunday in Los Angeles for unspecified chronic disease. His family been on the spotlight as of late due to the “nut raged” daughter Heather Cho and when Mr. Cho was ousted from the board last month. Reuters is […]
Korean Air SkyPass Is Eliminating Their Free Stopover Option On KE Award Flights Effective July 1st 2020
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
Korean Air SkyPass is one of the last few programs that still allows to book a free stopover even on one way awards as long as flights are operated by KE metal – this will change in mid 2020! The carrier has given a long advance notice to their members that the option to book […]
Hurricane Lane Update + Korean SkyPass Reminder
Written by Island Miler @ Jeffsetter Travel
If you’ve been following along with this blog of the national news, you’d know that a hurricane is barreling towards Hawaii. So let’s take do a Hurricane Lane update as it passes the islands. And if you’ve forgotten, remember that transferring points to Korean SkyPass will no longer be possible soon. Hurricane Lane Update As […]
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Read MoreReminder: Only a Few Days Left to Transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards to Korean Air
If you missed the shot heard ‘round the Chase Ultimate Rewards universe earlier this month, here’s a reminder: Korean Air SkyPass, a member of the SkyTeam alliance, will cease being an Ultimate Rewards transfer partner as of August 25, 2018. That means that you have but a few days left to make transfers. If you’re …
Read MoreUltimate Rewards Drops Partner Korean Aug 25: Reasons to Transfer Now
Written by Sarah Page Maxwell @ MileValue
Ultimate Rewards, the rewards currency of various Chase credit cards, transfer to nine airline loyalty programs… Aer Lingus British Airways Iberia Korean Air Singapore Airlines Southwest Airlines United Airlines Virgin Atlantic Flying Blue (Air France, KLM) …and three hotel programs. Hyatt Gold Passport IHG Marriott Rewards As of August 25, you can cross Korean Air […]
Chase Ultimate Rewards & Korean Air Skypass Will Cease Partnership On 25 August, 2018 – Last Call To Transfer Points!
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
JP Morgan Chase Bank and Korean Air Skypass have decided to end their partnership allowing for points transfer from Chase’s popular Ultimate Rewards Program effective August 25th, 2018. Ultimate Rewards customers have the last chance to transfer their points to SkyPass until 24th of August (Friday next week) to take advantage of some sweet spots […]
Wow: Chase losing Korean as a transfer partner
Written by Nick Reyes @ Frequent Miler's Quick Deals
In a surprising move with little notice, Chase will no longer partner with Korean Air SkyPass effective August 25th, 2018. You can still transfer to SkyPass until August 24th, but after that you will no longer be able to transfer Ultimate Rewards to Korean Air. Korean has long been a terrific Ultimate Rewards transfer partner for getting to and from Asia since Korean flies from many US gateways and offers a lot more availability in premium cabins to…
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Did Korean Air SkyPass End Award Booking Holds?
Korean Air’s SkyPass loyalty program is known for great value and solid premium cabin availability. Reports have been floating around that the program has ended the ability to put award tickets on hold — however that’s not the case. Korean allows you to put award tickets on hold for up to a 30 days — even …
Read MoreSelf-Upgrading Korean Air Passenger Forcibly Removed by Security (Video)
A self-upgrading Korean Air passenger was forcibly removed from the business-class cabin of a San Francisco-bound flight after refusing to move back to her assigned economy seat. On July 27, an American woman boarded Korean Air Flight 25 from Seoul (ICN) to San Francisco (SFO), ticketed as an economy-class passenger. Once on board the aircraft, …
Read MoreKorean SkyPass Eliminates Award Ticket Holds
Written by Island Miler @ Jeffsetter Travel
Award ticket holds, when available, makes booking award flights much more manageable; especially when you need to transfer points from a partner program. But, as is often the case with our hobby, good things eventually come to an end. Case in point, Korean SkyPass eliminates award ticket holds. So what does this mean for booking […]
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