Cathay Pacific’s Premium Airport Lounges are being shut down in Hong Kong temporarily from February 17, 2020, onwards. This means, much lesser lounge capacity for those who are transiting through Hong Kong at the moment.
Alaska Airlines is signing up for the oneworld alliance by 2021. This will mean the smallest of the three alliances will get a new member in the USA and Alaska will get a global partner network going forward.
American Airlines has just announced their return to the Indian market by the launch of a Seattle – Bengaluru flight, which will be launched in October 2020. Tickets go on sale in February 2020 itself.
Hyatt has made some changes to the World of Hyatt programme, which will go live on March 22, 2020. One of the major changes will be a move to the peak/off-peak pricing model, which will be different as compared to the Marriott Bonvoy implementation of the concept.
World of Hyatt is rolling out award chart changes as of March 22, 2020. Book the 117 hotels going up in prices now or be ready to pay more once the new pricing comes into effect.
Air India is reducing frequencies on many flights during summer 2020, including flights to Milan, Sydney, Hong Kong, Seoul and Vienna. Let’s take a peep into how the Air India summer schedule looks after all the cuts, some of them very deep!
You can now use your InterMiles to redeem for Vistara flights. This presents an interesting double-dip opportunity for those who are looking to fly Vistara with their InterMiles.
Hyatt has introduced a new global promotion which gets you double Hyatt points for three months starting February 15, 2020. Register now for this promotion.
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan is offering an interesting bonus on flights coming in and out of North America for the rest of 2020. You get at least 5,000 miles per segment when you credit your flights to Alaska’s programme.
Cathay Pacific is cancelling a host of flights from India on the back of the Coronavirus causing disruption in demand on the airline. Here is an update on how Cathay’s flights from India will be affected over the next few weeks.