Early this month I had written about the Virgin America Status Match that VX is currently offering for United and American Airline Elite Members. This limited time offer will grant you a status match with VX until April 30, 2013. After this time if you want to retain either Gold or Silver status for the rest of 2013 you must earn either 12,000 points for Gold or 8,000 points for Silver. Since Virgin America status points are unlike the legacy carriers and are similar to SWA and JetBlue, this ...

The BA owned and operated airline, OpenSkies, will FINALLY be joining OneWorld as an affiliate airline under BA on December 1, 2012. Thus meaning, all OneWorld frequent flyers will be able to earn and burn miles on flights from Paris Orly to New York’s Newark airport.

The airline has had an interesting history since 2007 when it was known as L’Avolin and launched it’s first all business flight from Paris to Newark. In 2008 when BA bought the airline and renamed it ...

Are you traveling today or this weekend? If so, I honestly pity you, especially if you’re on one of the crowded domestic flights! Nevertheless , if you are traveling take a minute and remember, most people who are traveling this weekend are not frequent flyers. They are not use to the TSA, not use to being man handled, stripping down, emptying their pickets etc. The idea of taking off their shoes may be foreign to them and everything else will be as well. The baggage fee requirements ...

Do you fly the same routes often? Do you live in a non-hub city and see the same flight attendants time after time? Do you have friends that work for the airlines? If so, consider yourself lucky! Twice in my life, I have lived in a city with a small flight crew base. The first time was when I lived in Seattle where I flew between Asia and Seattle every month or so and now, in San Diego where I fly almost every week from a non-hub city to a hub city and beyond. Flying the same route often has its ...

Are you looking for some last minute options for cheaper holiday travel? Here are some sales you won’t want to miss, but you’ll have to be flexible and buy quick! Also be on the watch for Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales. Alaska Airlines and other Low Cost Carriers have been known to launch some good sale fares for travel for the weeks directly before and after the holiday season.

50% off First and Main Cabin Select flights from Virgin America & Bonus ...