10 ways to maximize your miles

If you’re not able to redeem your miles or points for the flights you want, it could be that either you’re in the wrong program or you’re not employing the new tools and strategies you need in this changing landscape. Here’s a step-by-step plan for using your miles to fly where you want, when you [...]

Discount airlines start new round of short sales

Leading discount airlines have launched a new round of airfare sales for summer, but travelers may have to act fast and be flexible on dates to grab the best deals. Sales from JetBlue Airways, Frontier Airlines and AirTran Airways end this week. Frontier is touting fares as low as $98 roundtrip between Denver and West [...]

Delta Air Lines to shift flights at Cincinnati’s main airport

Delta Air Lines Inc. said Tuesday that it plans to reduce operations at Cincinnati’s main airport from two concourses to one and take over the functions of a subsidiary that now provides ground-handling services at the airport. The changes could lead to layoffs for 840 Regional Elite Airline Services employees that now handle ground operations [...]

JetBlue adds 2nd daily flight to Kingston, Jamaica

JetBlue Airways said Tuesday it has added a second daily nonstop flight to Kingston, Jamaica from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport starting June 17. The airline will now run two nonstop flights from JFK to Kingston, two nonstops from JFK to Montego Bay, one daily nonstop from Orlando to Montego Bay and biweekly [...]

Paris and Prague, air/6 nights, from $1,096

The Real Deal: Multicity airfare on Air France or Delta (U.S. to Paris, Paris to Prague, Prague to U.S.); three nights in Paris at the 30-room Hotel Opera Deauville; three nights in Prague at the 53-room Hotel Akcent; breakfast daily; hotel taxes and fees; airport taxes and fees; and fuel surcharges, from $1,096 per person. [...]

Southwest Airlines launches 72-hour Philadelphia sale

Southwest Airlines on Tuesday launched a 72-hour fare sale for flights between Philadelphia and three cities, a step in its plan to grab customers from major Philly competitor US Airways. Fares are available for travel between Philadelphia and Raleigh/Durham, N.C. starting at $30 each way, between Philadelphia and Chicago for $60 each way and between [...]

Flight attendants, American Airlines at odds over contract

Contract talks between American Airlines and its flight attendants broke off Wednesday night, with the union declaring that negotiations were hopelessly stalemated while the company said it is looking forward to more bargaining. The union said that it would ask federal officials to start a 30-day cooling-off period, after which the flight attendants could strike. [...]