Janice Hough tells a story about a code-share flight between Lufthansa and United gone bad. This one for a member of United’s top tier frequent flier program, flying first class. It happens to the front of the plane too.
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What we’re reading: AA’s new iPhone app, domestic airfares rise, Shanghai Air to leave Star Alliance
American launches new iPhone app, domestic airfares rise in first quarter, Shanghai Air to leave Star Alliance
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Airline consolidation has been taking two tracks. First, airlines are merging. Second, antitrust immunity granted to airline alliances has created an international, government-approved oligopoly that controls 85 percent of the market.
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“I think we are seeing an evolution, seeing these alliances become tighter-knit partnerships,” noted AMR, parent company of American Airlines, chief financial officer Tom Horton at a recent travel conference.
Those are words that should terrify passengers, suppliers, airports and travel agents. His words, current action within the antitrust-immunized alliances and the crumbling of the Open Skies treaties are cause for serious concern.
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So now that Continental is part of Star Alliance, there are more ways than ever for United “Mileage Plus” and Continental “One Pass” members to get miles. In addition, these are especially valuable miles that qualify towards elite status.
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Brussels Airlines joins Star Alliance after their purchase by Lufthansa, Chinese airline alliance dance, Palazzo Resort in Vegas unveils 16-foot-high polar bear made of poinsettias.
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An Air France A380 was forced to turn around when it developed a problem with the navigation system.
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United will retire the last of its 737 on Wednesday. It will make its last landing at San Francisco International Airport.
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It hasn’t been front page news, certainly compared to the wayward Northwest-Delta pilots, but Continental is dropping their partnership with Delta and Skyteam. They have joined with United and USAir in the Star Alliance. Now, the ramifications of that change are becoming a frequent flier reality.
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The long-sought antitrust immunity between British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia for their OneWorld alliance has hit another patch of turbulence with the E.U. as they attempt to gain the same interoperability enjoyed by competing Star Alliance and SkyTeam.
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