Air Transat indicated this year that it was up for sale and made an announcement earlier this month that several parties had approached it
Air Canada has today reached an exclusive agreement to negotiate buying the airline’s parent. Air Canada will pay a fee to Air Transat if the purchase doesn’t go through due to regulator scrutiny.
When Sebastian wrote about two new hotel additions to the Hyatt’s portfolio in Tokyo, a reader pointed out an unfortunate dish on their menu.
Hyatt made a commitment back in 2012 to remove all shark fin products from its restaurant menus and confirmed that this was effective as of May 2014 (read more here). Now, however, shark fin products are back at Hyatt affiliated hotel(s).
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to JAL and American Airlines and basic season midweek business class advanced purchase round trip fares between Vancouver and Bangkok.
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As we have received a lot of feedback regarding our Cathay Pacific First Class Error Fare articles I’d like to report back about my personal experience of changing the date of the return flight as many readers inquired about.
Several people reported problems getting either Cathay Pacific or their OTA to change the date on this ticket which per the ticket rules is explicitly allowed.
This week we already covered that American Airlines and Hyatt launched a partnership that allows each others elites to earn bonus miles and points plus a status match/challenge – I gave it a try and it worked perfectly.
I’m was already AAdvantage Lifetime Gold and the status match with Hyatt Globalist bumped my account to Platinum within a couple of minutes.
Hyatt acquired Two Roads hospitality and its brands late last year (read more here) and roughly third of the hotels decided not to continue under Hyatt and have rebrabded.
Thompson Hotels already became World of Hyatt participating at the end of March and today (May 15, 2019) Joie De Vivre-hotels are also part of the program.
Seems that Aimia may be on the hook for Aeroplan fuel and other surcharges it collected from Quebec residents since December 12, 2011.
This class action lawsuit was first intended for all members in Canada but was restricted by the judge for Quebec residents only.
IHG today announced new addition to its ever growing portfolio of brands called Atwell Suites.
The Atwell Suites is positioned between IHG’s other extended stay suite brands (Candlewood and Staybridge) in the upper midscale segment.
Readers are in for a special treat this week, as I rarely have a whine in my travels but my recent experiences at the Hilton Tokyo were notable in that regard.
The Hilton Tokyo recently completed a lengthy lounge refurbishment and expansion, as the previous iteration often became overcrowded especially around public holidays. Did the new lounge fix this… apparently not.
American Express Membership Rewards has a new campaign for their U.S. based members, offering a small 10% bonus on Membership Rewards transfers to Air Canada Aeroplan.
Meanwhile the Virgin Atlantic 30% transfer bonus is still available as well for members who like an alternative to Aeroplan.
Le Club AccorHotels has launched a promotion for 500 bonus points that requires a stay in Europe between July 12 – September 1, 2019.
This offer is valid for a stay in Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden or the United Kingdom booked by June 14.
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to American Airlines and their premium economy promotional round trip fares between London and New York.
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