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United, Delta cut Gulf routes

November 3, 2015 by unroadwarrior 3 Comments

Only two US based airlines fly to destinations in the Persian Gulf – United and Delta. That already short list now has been reduced to just one with Delta announcing it is ending it’s Atlanta-Dubai (ATL-DXB) route. United also announced it is ending it’s Washington Dulles – Kuwait – Bahrain (IAD-KWI-BAH) route. United now remains the…

Bloomberg: US Airlines are whiners

February 9, 2015 by unroadwarrior 2 Comments

Great article on Bloomberg this morning. US based airlines – mainly the large ones with huge international networks – United, Delta and American, have been in Washington, DC asking for help in competing against Gulf based carriers. The Gulf based carriers – Emirates, Qatar and Etihad are making big inroads into the US market and…

A tale of two Richards: NPR interview of Delta and Virgin Group leaders

April 4, 2014 by unroadwarrior Leave A Comment

Earlier today I heard an excellent interview of Richard Anderson, CEO of Delta Airlines, and Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, on NPR. They had a lively discussion (Sir Branson more so than Mr. Anderson) on customer experience, what customers care about, the future of airline travel and yes, the Delta – Virgin…

RMF and CLV – Wharton marketing professor defends Delta’s mileage changes

March 7, 2014 by unroadwarrior 1 Comment

RMF: Recency, Monetary value and Frequency CLV: Client Lifetime Value These are two of the technical terms that Wharton Marketing professor Peter Fader uses in this excellent interview to explain Delta’s changes to their mileage program. As you may have heard by now, Delta is switching to a new earning program from 2015 where passengers…

Alliance Wars: The post US Airways – American Airlines world – Part II

November 21, 2013 by unroadwarrior 7 Comments

In Part I of this post I looked at the impact of the two significant event in the OneWorld Alliance, namely: Qatar joining OneWorld US Airways and American Airline deciding to merge This has made me re-examine my loyalty to Star Alliance. In this post I will look at, or really just think aloud of…

Giveaway: Free code for FlightTrack Pro iOS App

July 25, 2013 by unroadwarrior 96 Comments

Starbucks had a recent promotion of their weekly iOS giveaway – the FlightTrack Pro App. This is an awesome iPhone, iPad App which usually sells for $9.99. You could get it from Starbucks for free using the free giveaway cards they have for songs, books and Apps. If your Starbucks has run out of these…

Chossing a Booking Class when buying a ticket

April 21, 2013 by unroadwarrior 6 Comments

One of my readers Jack asked a question after I posted my post on Earning United Miles on Jet Airways flights. In the article I talked about how I did not pay attention to the booking class I was being booked into on Jet Airways and I earned no United miles, as a result. His…

Three great Delta cards from AmEx

September 23, 2012 by unroadwarrior 8 Comments

I never realized this but American Express actually offers three different cards for Delta. I was asked by a reader to help him pick the right card and I did the following comparison for him. Check out the AmEx page for the three Delta cards here: Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express The…

US Airways – American Airlines Merger – a small first step?

April 21, 2012 by unroadwarrior 5 Comments

By no way does this mean that a merger is sure to happen, but the unions of bankrupt American Airlines have decided to support a potential merger with US Airways. US Airways’ CEO has been hinting on a possible merger for some time now. The unions are backing this because AA is in trouble. As…

Mile high taste buds

March 11, 2012 by unroadwarrior Leave A Comment

I have had my fair share of bad airline food; think tough chicken on a dried piece of ciabatta on a US Airways domestic flight in First; and a few good ones; think a three course meal on Emirates, in Economy that too! (I hate US Airways, so I may be biased…). In todays world…