Business Travel Tips

Delta SkyMiles members can earn double miles when they book a Delta, Air France, KLM or Alitalia itinerary that includes a connecting flight on Alaska Airlines.

The ticket must contains both a Delta marketed and operated flight segment (or an Air France, KLM or Alitalia marketed and operated flight segment) and an Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air marketed and operated flight segment.

To participate in this offer, eligible members must register online at delta.com/alaskaoffer and purchase their ticket by November 15, 2010.
Travel Period: between September 15 and November 15, 2010 (travel must be completed by November 15, 2010).

United Airlines has launched “short-haul” promotion to reduce the number of miles customers need to redeem when booking award tickets for flights within the continental U.S. or between the continental U.S. and Canada that are 700 miles or less.

In this United’s promotion, customers can book a one-way award ticket for 30% fewer award miles. A roundtrip award ticket is reduced to 17,500 miles and a one-way award ticket is reduced to 8,750 miles, from 25,000 miles and 12,500 respectively.

To take advantage of the promotion, customers must book by August 31,2010 and fly before January 7, 2011.
Details of the United’s “short-haul” promotion are available here.

Beginning August 9, 2010 Continental and Brussels Airlines will start codeshare flights between New York and Brussels, as well as on selected flights operated by each carrier on both sides of the Atlantic.

The agreement will offer Continental customers quicker and easier access to several destinations in Europe (Bologna, Italy; Bristol, London/Heathrow and Newcastle, United Kingdom; Hanover, Germany; and Lyons, Marseilles, Paris/Charles de Gaulle and Toulouse, France) as well as in Africa (Accra, Ghana; Banjul, Gambia; Bujumbura, Burundi; Cotonou, Benin; Dakar, Senegal; Douala and Yaounde, Cameroon; Entebbe, Uganda; Kigali, Rwanda; Monrovia, Liberia; Nairobi, Kenya; and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso).

At the same time, Brussels Airlines passengers will take advantage of the agreement getting easier access on Continental’s daily flights between Brussels and its New York hub, Newark Liberty International Airport, as well as on selected flights to five U.S. destinations including Cleveland, Dallas/Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale, Houston and Orlando.

Because both Continental and Brussels Airlines are members of Star Alliance, under the agreement, frequent flyer programme members of both airlines are able to earn and redeem miles on flights on either airline’s global route network.

Europe’s third-biggest low-cost carrier Air Berlin will join the oneworld® global alliance.
First big low-cost carrier to join one of the three large global airline alliances, Air Berlin will develop co-operative agreements with group members American Airlines and Finnair.

The partnerships with American and Finnair will provide codeshare flights to 15 additional U.S. destinations as well as on routes to points in Europe and Asia.

Air Berlin is Germany’s second-biggest carrier and offers service to Germany from a number of North American airports including Fort Myers, Miami, Los Angeles, New York JFK, San Francisco, and Vancouver. (source)

Members of US Airways’ frequent flyer program Dividend Miles, can bump their status to Chairman’s Preferred, if they book their trips and fly between July 7 and October 10, 2010 on certain routes.

The promotion, named “Hop, skip and jump for Preferred status“, reads: “Every hop, skip or jump you take will get you closer to Preferred status.”

Here’s how:
- Book your trips and travel July 7 – October 10, 2010.
- Include your Dividend Miles number when you book.
- Keep in mind that you only get awarded once for each hop, skip or jump.
Find out details of this Dividend Miles’ promotion here.