I realize I am a bit late to the game for this promotion, but I want to bring it to your attention just the same, as the Air France/KLM Flying Blue loyalty program has become more valuable of late.
Receive a 35% bonus when you transfer Membership Rewards® points to Flying Blue through September 16, 2012. Rather than 1,000 Award Miles, for the period of the promotion, you will receive 1,350 Award Miles when you transfer 1,000 Membership Rewards points to your Flying Blue ...
After my flight on the new Lufthansa 747-8i in First Class, I arrived in Frankfurt, with about 6 hours until my A380 flight to Tokyo. I could have stayed air side in the very nice First Class lounges in Frankfurt, but since I just got off a long haul flight, and had an even longer flight coming up, I decided to get some fresh air, and head to the wonderful Lufthansa First Class Terminal.
For those of you set to fly Lufthansa today or in the coming days, I feel your pain. A strike is in the air and both sides are doubling down on their positions. This gridlock will lead to more delays and cancelled flight, but already we see hundreds of cancelled flights for today and over 1,000 flights tomorrow.
Lufthansa is exchanging airplane tickets for Deutsche Bahn rail tickets and many--read tens of thousands--are taking advantage. I talked to my friend in Frankfurt this evening ...
I've spent a lot of time discussing Virgin Australia on this site, particularly since I live far from their home base. I had a great trip to Australia last year, and got some excellent value out of some Delta SkyMiles for the trip. I wish I had more opportunities to go to and around Australia, but unfortunately I do not. Hopefully some readers who also hold some Delta status do, since the partnership between Delta and Virgin Australia continues to expand. I ...
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, The world's longest passenger aircraft.
I was quite excited to get on the new Boeing 747-8i, the newest 747. Lufthansa is the launch customer for this model, and the Dulles to Frankfurt is the first route. The initial delivery was just this one aircraft. I was a little nervous that something could happen, and I would miss my chance to get on this bird, but ...
"The Journey the Destination"
I was looking at a rather slow upcoming business travel schedule, and a lot of vacation time banked, plus a growing balance of United Mileage Plus miles. My wife didn't have as much vacation time, and she was very gracious to give me a free pass for a leisure trip without her. Since she wasn't there, that allowed me to get crazy on some of the arrangements, since when we travel together, she brings a heavy dose of ...
