Source: Frontier Airlines First U.S. Airline to Offer Disruption Assistance for Any Reason, in Partnership with HTS, Hopper's B2B Division Frontier Airlines has announced a new customer-first travel flexibility benefit, Disruption Assistance for Any Reason, now available for purchase when booking on FlyFrontier.com. This industry-first product — powered by HTS, Hopper's B2B division — further advances The New Frontier mission of delivering more choice and flexibility for travelers. Through this new benefit, Frontier becomes the first U.S. airline to enable instant, automated solutions in the event of a qualifying disruption (typically a delay of 2+ hours or same-day cancellation). Customers who opt in receive automatic, proactive notifications and can self-serve with real-time options — including booking an alternate flight on any airline or [...]

Source: Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic has put a spicy spin on a British tradition, announcing the launch of a new fiesta-fuelled afternoon tea, inspired by the flavours and the airline’s new destination - Cancun, Mexico Created by Virgin Hotels Chef, Barry Vera, the Afternoon Tea-quila lives up to its name with a watermelon and steak finger sandwich, a grilled strawberry burrito, tequila chilli macarons, an iced earl grey margarita and even cheddar and jalapeños butter scones topped with sticky short rib   Available during Afternoon Tea Week (11th - 24th August) from 1pm - 4pm at Virgin Hotels London-Shoreditch, including both alcoholic and non-alcoholic offerings, plus the opportunity to save up to 65% on a Virgin Atlantic Holidays package to Cancun [...]

Source: JetBlue JetBlue and United have announced they have completed the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) review of their Blue Sky collaboration and are able to proceed to implementation. JetBlue and United appreciate Secretary Duffy, Assistant Secretary Edwards, and the entire team at the DOT for their review of Blue Sky. JetBlue and United will share more details in the coming weeks as implementation of the Blue Sky collaboration begins. Blue Sky is a new and unique collaboration designed to give customers of both airlines even more options to find flights that fit their plans as well as new opportunities to earn and use MileagePlus® miles and TrueBlue points across both airlines. Blue Sky will begin introducing new customer benefits [...]