I am not the typical college student. While many of my friends spend their weekends at parties, or sleeping in, I spend my time traveling throughout the world. Past weekend trips have included London, Frankfurt, Shanghai, and Sydney. I’ve also fallen in love with Hawaii, taking more than five trips to the Hawaiian islands since December 2010. Thanks to frequent fare wars between United/American & Hawaiian, I’ve been able to take advantage of round-trip tickets from San ...
There are good years and then there are good years. This has been a good year.
I said my goodbyes yesterday and have left Germany, another chapter in my life now complete. For those who did not know, I have supported the Legal and Strategic Sourcing Departments at Star Alliance for the last year and have had an absolutely amazing experience.
After years of public service and government work, this was my first private sector job and my ...
While not a widely published benefit, Turkish Airlines offers extended transit passengers in Istanbul the choice of a free hotel room or free tour of Istanbul during their wait. In order to take advantage of this, you must be connecting from a Turkish to a Turkish flight and the layover for business class passengers must be at least seven hours and at least ten hours for economy class passengers. If you qualify, simply go through passport control at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, ...
Hot off the press, Star Alliance has named a replacement for departing CEO Jaan Albrecht. Mark Schwab, former Senior Vice President of Alliances at United Airlines, will continue his close work with Star Alliance, now as the head of the company.
Here's the press release:
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – December 14th, 2011 -The Chief Executive Board of Star Alliance has appointed Mark Schwab to head the Star Alliance central organisation, based in Frankfurt, Germany as its new ...
On August 1, 2012, Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) Airport will become the first airport in Texas to receive A380 service, when Lufthansa upgrades the aircraft type it uses to operate the Houston-Frankfurt flight. LH440. IAH will be Lufthansa’s fourth destination in the United States with A380 service.
The LH A380 will operate from Terminal D at IAH. Over the next several months, the Houston Airport will be renovating Terminal D to make accommodations to handle the extra-large aircraft.
There also looks like some good reward space in Y and C for this flight.
Already the best Star Alliance award search engine, Continental has added the ability to search for and book Singapore Airlines, Egypt Air, and Air China awards on continental.com
Already this year Continental has added a number of carriers to their award search site including Austrian and Turkish Airlines.
The addition of Singapore Airlines is particularly valuable because of the generous amounts of award seats they have made available on the New York - Frankfurt route ...
