by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 29, 2012 | Airlines, Industry News |
I’ve been away from internet connectivity most of the day, so I haven’t had a chance to share the news that you probably have heard of by now.
Lufthansa’s first 747-8i will enter service on their Frankfurt-Washington Dulles route. I’m personally a little disappointed that they did not put it to on the JFK route first as a tribute to their first ever 747 that flew over 40 years ago. I was convinced that would be the case since both of these milestone 747’s share the same registration, D-ABYA and the fact that the first 747 flew from Frankfurt to New York City.
Being that Washington DC will be the only airport in the US served by all 3 major Mideast Carriers, I wonder if that factored into Lufthansa’s decision. They have been vocal in the past about the expansion of Mid East carriers so it would not be surprising if this was a small gesture towards the Middle Eastern Airlines…..
But the good news is that it is finally entering service and we’ll see several more enter service in the coming months and years. It’s expected that Lufthansa will get “the keys” to D-ABYA on April 23 and I would expect the plane to start flying the FRA-IAD route sometime in late May or early June.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 28, 2012 | Airlines |
United Airlines is offering double award miles for travel between Washington DC and Dublin or Manchester. Keep in mind this does not mean double PQM or Premier Qualifying Miles.
The Manchester bonus miles promo runs from May 1 to September 30 and requires you to register for the promo which can be done from within your MileagePlus account.
The Dublin bonus miles promo runs from June 7 to September 30 and also require you to register in order to be eligible.
There are no limits as to how many miles can be earned with this promo!!
There are some minor terms and conditions that you need to be aware so please read through them carefully to make sure you qualify! I’d post them here, but my IPad is challenging my cut and paste skills today……
EDIT: Now that I’m home, I can add the T/C’s:
WASHINGTON-DUBLIN:
To qualify for this offer, members must register before travel, then purchase and complete a paid qualifying roundtrip between Washington, DC (IAD) and Dublin (DUB) on United® operated flights within the qualifying ticketing and travel periods. For this offer, a roundtrip is defined as travel from an origin city to a destination city with return travel beginning in the outbound destination city back to the first origin city with all segments on United; a segment is defined as one takeoff and one landing. One-way, circle trips, multi-city itineraries and itineraries with stopovers do not qualify for this offer.
Offer valid on qualifying paid, published fares. Not valid on government fares.
Ticketing dates: March 26, 2012 through September 30, 2012
Travel dates: June 7, 2012 through September 30, 2012.
Offer is not valid on United-marketed code-share flights operated by other carriers.
E-Ticket® purchase is required. Tickets purchased in the US through United Reservations are subject to a $25 ticketing fee and tickets purchased at airport ticket counters are subject to a $30 ticketing fee. Fees are subject to change.
Registered members will earn double award miles on paid qualifying round-trip flights flown during qualifying promotional period.
Double award miles are defined as two award miles for each mile flown and include base miles earned on paid qualifying segments flown during qualifying promotional period.
This offer does not apply to class-of-service, premier bonus miles, or promotional premier qualifying miles (PQM).
Offer is not combinable and can be earned an unlimited number of times. Bonus is credited 6–8 weeks after qualifying activity.
Flight activity must be posted to the member’s account in order to qualify for this offer.
Offer is subject to change without notice. Other restrictions may apply.
Miles accrued, awards issued and bonus offers are subject to the rules of the United MileagePlus program.
WASHINGTON-MANCHESTER:
To qualify for this offer, members must register before travel, then purchase and complete a paid qualifying roundtrip between Washington, DC (IAD) and Manchester, England on United® operated flights within the qualifying ticketing and travel periods. For this offer, a roundtrip is defined as travel from an origin city to a destination city with return travel beginning in the outbound destination city back to the first origin city with all segments on United; a segment is defined as one takeoff and one landing. One-way, circle trips, multi-city itineraries and itineraries with stopovers do not qualify for this offer.
Offer valid on qualifying paid, published fares. Not valid on government fares.
Ticketing dates: March 26, 2012 through September 30, 2012.
Travel dates: May 1, 2012 through September 30, 2012.
Offer is not valid on United-marketed code-share flights operated by other carriers.
E-Ticket® purchase is required. Tickets purchased in the US through United Reservations are subject to a $25 ticketing fee and tickets purchased at airport ticket counters are subject to a $30 ticketing fee. Fees are subject to change.
Registered members will earn double award miles on paid qualifying round-trip flights flown during qualifying promotional period.
Double award miles are defined as two award miles for each mile flown and include base miles earned on paid qualifying segments flown during qualifying promotional period.
This offer does not apply to class-of-service, premier bonus miles, or promotional premier qualifying miles (PQM).
Offer is not combinable and can be earned an unlimited number of times. Bonus is credited 6–8 weeks after qualifying activity.
Flight activity must be posted to the member’s account in order to qualify for this offer.
Offer is subject to change without notice. Other restrictions may apply.
Miles accrued, awards issued and bonus offers are subject to the rules of the United MileagePlus program.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 28, 2012 | Airlines |
Air China:
Wenzhou-Taipei (Taoyuan) effective May 2 will begin 3x/week service (Postponed from initial March 25 start date).
Air New Zealand:
Auckland-Beijing effective July 1 is canceled (previously 2x/week).
South African Airways (via SA Airlink):
Johannesburg-Maun effective June 15 will begin 1x/day service.
Turkish:
Istanbul-Kigali effective May 16 will begin 3x/week service, effective May 31 will increase to 4x/week.
Istanbul-Accra-Abidjan effective July 17 will begin 4x/week service.
Istanbul-Accra effective July 17 will increase from 4x/week to 1x/DAY.
United:
Denver-Oakland effective June 4 is CANCELED.
Previous Star Alliance Upates: One Two Three
Source: Airlineroute.net
