Tag: skyteam

Why would I want Delta Skymiles status?

Airlines Aaron Wong - Jan 26, 2017 0

Complimentary status for 3 months.

Garuda pulls 90% award sale early, promises to honor existing award holds

Airlines Aaron Wong - Dec 24, 2016 8

Well that didn't last long. Garuda Indonesia has pulled its astounding 90% off award ticket sale, a full 7 days before it was originally scheduled to end. In a way, it's not surprising. Once the deal got picked up by the travel blogs, it was only a matter of time...

Garuda is offering 90% off redemptions. How do we make this work?

Airlines Aaron Wong - Dec 23, 2016 65

Garuda has announced a 90% off award redemptions sale for all routes, all cabin classes. This is real. This is happening. The interweb is going crazy. The biggest upside of this promotion for us in Singapore is that it excludes the majority of US-based flyers because (1) Garuda doesn't fly to the...

The Long Way to New York: Wingtips Lounge JFK & Delta to DCA

Trip Reports Aaron Wong - Oct 13, 2016 2

The Long Way to New York: Trip Planning Singapore Airlines SilverKris Lounge, Singapore Singapore Airlines A330 Business Class SIN-BKK Thai Airways First Class Lounge & Spa, BKK Thai Airways B747 First Class BKK-HND Getting from HND to NRT ANA First Class Lounge, NRT ANA B77W First Class NRT-ORD United Club ORD United B767 Economy ORD-EWR Visiting the US Open Sheraton New York...

Skyteam status match through Alitalia

Airlines Aaron Wong - Jul 12, 2015 0

Short post to let everyone know that if you have status with any other carrier (Except Skyteam carriers), Alitalia will match it until 31 Dec of this year. This means that status match opportunities now exist for all the major alliances. Oneworld- via airberlin Star Alliance- via Turkish Airlines Skyteam-...