Why Your 'Free' Flight Costs $700 (and How to Dodge It)
You found the seat, you have the points, and the checkout page wants $700 anyway. Carrier surcharges are the tax on not paying attention, and they're almost always routable around.
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Qatar’s A380 Business Class from Paris to Doha
Among premium airlines, few carry the reputation for refinement that Qatar Airways does. This A380 flight from Paris to Doha was no exception.
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Hyatt Points at 2.08 Cents, and This Time the Chart Is New
A 20% discount on purchased Hyatt points runs through October 5. The rule for buying points has not changed, but the chart you are buying against has, so run the numbers again.
Alaska Is Flying Seattle to Athens, and the Award Space Is Already There
The longest route Alaska has ever flown, the only nonstop between Athens and the US West Coast, and business class already loading at 95,000 points to Paris. A US airline is quietly building a long-haul network.
World of Hyatt Is Still the Best Hotel Program. It Just Got More Expensive.
Hyatt rewrote its award chart in May: eight categories, five pricing bands, 78 price points. Here is what a night actually costs now, what survived intact, and why this is still the one hotel currency worth holding.
American Is Putting the Screens Back In. It Only Took a Decade.
Seatback entertainment returns to every mainline narrowbody, premium seating goes from a quarter of the cabin to nearly half, and the first aircraft arrives in 2028. Progress, at the pace of a fleet plan.
Flying Blue Kept the Price and Took the Product
The 60,000-mile business award to Europe survives. What it buys does not. Air France-KLM is splitting every award into three tiers on September 8, and only one of them is the deal you remember.
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All deals Hyatt Points at 2.08 Cents, and This Time the Chart Is New
A 20% discount on purchased Hyatt points runs through October 5. The rule for buying points has not changed, but the chart you are buying against has, so run the numbers again.
Amex Is Paying You 30% Extra to Learn the Avios Trick
Through September 27, a thousand Membership Rewards points become 1,300 Avios, in any of three programs at once. The bonus is good. The currency's party trick is better.
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