by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 22, 2016 | Economy Class, Fare Sale, Featured, Swiss |
SWISS is running an Economy Class fare sale for travel between their USA gateways and most of Europe with fares starting as low as $630.
The sale covers a large window of travel that is open through May 2017. The only blackout period for the fare sale is over the Christmas holiday (December 14-23) otherwise there is plenty of inventory.
The best fares are predictably from the East Coast where Boston to Amsterdam can be booked for only $630. Fares from New York to most SWISS destinations in Europe range between $750 and $900.
From the West Coast, the best deal is to Paris which can be booked for only $750 from Los Angeles or San Francisco.
Based on the info I have, I don’t know when the fare sale ends but I can say that a Saturday night stay is required in order to receive the best fares.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 20, 2016 | Featured, Mileage Plus, Points/Miles, United |
United once again is trying to incent us to buy miles and it’s hard to resist if you still have room to by miles this year.
The latest sale offers a bonus of up to 75% and the deal is in place until October 31. In order to get the 75% bonus, you need to buy at least 30,000 miles. Buying 30,000 miles will get you a bonus of 22,500 miles for a total of 52,500 miles and will cost about $1100 including taxes. That amounts to 2.09 cents per mile (CPM), which makes for an attractive proposition, especially if you are short a handful of miles for premium award travel redemptions.
If you buy between 5,000 and 14,000 miles, you’ll get a bonus of 25%, if you buy between 15,000 and 29,000 miles you’ll get a 50% bonus. You can buy a maximum of 85,000 miles which will give you a bonus of 63,750 miles for a total of 148,750 miles.
From my observations lately, it’s been a bit easier to find Lufthansa First and Business Class inventory and even Austrian and SWISS Business class awards. This may actually be a good time to take advantage of a deal like this.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 19, 2016 | Austrian, Corporate, Featured, Industry News, Lufthansa, Swiss |
Expanding on their initial ban of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 aboard flights between the US and Europe, Lufthansa has now banned this ‘Smart Tinderbox’ from all flights on their timetable worldwide. The Lufthansa bans cover the phone being brought into the cabin and as well as being place in checked luggage.
The expansion of the ban comes after the FAA has made it a Federal crime to bring the phone aboard any flight operating to, from, or within the USA. Offenders are subject to civil penalties of up to approximately $180,000. Don’t even try to ship it via Air Mail, that’s been made a crime as well!
The ban applies to all Lufthansa Group Airlines and is effective immediately.
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