A few hours ago I received an email from Delta in regards to update to Skymiles.  The email reads:

Over the past year, more than 1,000,000 Award Tickets were canceled or changed within 72 hours of departure. As a result, almost all of these seats departed empty as other members did not have enough time to book them.

In an effort to make these seats available to others and to improve Award Travel availability, we need to implement a policy change. Effective ...

Not accepting denial from the first attempt, Delta and US Airways announced they are reattempting their slow swap, albeit with different terms.

The new proposal has Delta giving US Airways 42 slot pairs at DC National, $65.6 million in cash and rights for flights to Sao Paulo, Brazil.  In exchange, US Airways is giving Delta 132 slot pairs at LaGuardia. 

Lets break this down a bit.  Delta wants to grow its operation at LaGuardia, seems honest enough.  Delta ...

For as long as airports have existed, gate areas have existed.  A place where one can arrive before your flight, lounge around until your turn to board comes.  Well, thanks to Delta, this experience may be going away.  A few weeks ago I headed to JFK T2 for a quick trip to Las Vegas.  Imagine my surprise when I clear security, turn left and see tables and bars as far as I can see in what used to be ...

With the recent completion of the merger of Continental and United, American is left a distant third in the Airline race.   Some of the reasons to be concerned about American are:

First, American was just recently awarded antitrust immunity for transatlantic flights, meanwhile United, Continental and Delta have been enjoying the benefits of their ATIs for quite some time. 

Second, While United, Continental and Delta have been growing their ...

According to this filing, the new United has applied to fly to Cancun seasonally from Austin, Raleigh/Durham and San Antonio.  

Delta recently applied to serve Cancun seasonally from Austin, Columbus, San Antonio and Tampa.

Based on this, it looks like there may be some real competition between United and Delta.  I'm also very happy to see the new United break out from its hubs.

Well it appears that Delta and US Airways have given up on attempting to slot swaps at LaGuardia and Reagan National.  The deal was originally announced almost a year ago and has been the subject of heavy scrutiny by the government and other airlines.   The deal was also being fought by US Airways pilots union as it was going to mean the closure of another base.

While both airlines attempted to make some concessions in hopes of getting approval, ...