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Goodbye USAirways (soon!) – You will not be missed

December 8, 2014 by unroadwarrior 2 Comments

The end of US Airways is coming near. American Airlines and US Airways have both sent out emails stating that the mileage programs of US Airways will be combined with that of American sometime in Q2 2015. This is just one step of the merger process, but it is a major one. The rebranding and…

‘Welcome to US Airways – the new American and a proud member of the Star Alliance network’

February 10, 2014 by unroadwarrior 5 Comments

‘Welcome to US Airways – the new American and a proud member of the Star Alliance network’ We are in ‘limbo-land’. Until March, when US Airways officially exits in the Star Alliance, this is the interesting greeting one gets to hear (or at least I got to hear) on US Airways flights, now a part…

2013 – A (Personal) Travel Year in Review

January 6, 2014 by unroadwarrior Leave A Comment

2013 was an interesting year. Both for me personally from a travel perspective and also for the travel industry. Several firsts and several changes – some for the good and some for the bad. Here are a few I care about. Personal Travel recap: Personally, 2013 was a very interesting year. I made it to…

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…

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

November 19, 2013 by unroadwarrior 7 Comments

There are three alliances in the world of Air Travel: Star Alliance OneWorld and SkyTeam Of these three, Star Alliance has been a very dominant alliance – mainly because of the sheer number of airlines they have (28 at the time of posting this), as opposed to OneWorld (13) and SkyTeam (19). Across their members,…

Is India getting another airline?

September 20, 2013 by unroadwarrior 2 Comments

Tata Sons, a mega-corporation in India and one of the oldest companies in the sub-continent, and SIA, the parent company of Singapore Airlines, has announced the intention to form a joint-venture airline in India. This is tagged to be a $100 Million venture. This is exciting news. Tata’s actually had started the first ever airline…

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…

Is it over for Kingfisher?

October 15, 2012 by unroadwarrior Leave A Comment

Kingfisher airlines of India got in the news in many ways over the years: It was an upstart airline owned by a liquor baron, who tried to be India’s Richard Branson It bought low-cost carrier Deccan Air to jump the line to get a license to fly internationally It declared plans to be the first…

And the Best Airline in the World is…

July 22, 2012 by unroadwarrior 6 Comments

Skytrak announced its annual rankings for 2012. They rank all the airlines in the world by polling 18m airline cutovers around the world. And for the year 2012 (drumroll please) the top 10 airlines are: Qatar Airways (Qatar) – No Alliance Asiana Airlines (South Korea) – Star Alliance Singapore Airlines (Singapore) – Star Alliance Cathay…

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…