A Lesson For If You’re In An Exit Row, Free WiFi On Delta, What They Did To London Landmarks, Rage Yoga & More!

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…

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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 […]

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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…

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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 …

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Korean Air CEO Dies

Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby

Korean Air Cho Yang-hoCho 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 […]

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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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Reminder: 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 …

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Ultimate 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 […]

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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 […]

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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 …

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Korean 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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