Should Airlines & Hotels Offer Last-Minute Discounts?
Airline seats and hotel rooms are perishable goods, yet travel companies usually raise prices at the last minute – even if many seats or rooms remain unsold. Why?
Category: Planning & Booking
Compassionate Airfares: Barely Worth the Hassle
Airlines including Qantas and Air New Zealand offer discounted compassionate or bereavement airfares for people who need to travel urgently due to a family member’s medical emergency or funeral. But the savings might not be worth it.
Where to Find Accurate Airline Seat Maps
SeatGuru, once the go-to resource for finding airline seat maps, is officially dead. AeroLOPA is a much better replacement, with highly accurate and up-to-date seat maps for many airlines.
Easily Find Qantas & Velocity Reward Availability with Seats.aero
Seats.aero shows award availability across many routes and dates on one page, including Qantas and Velocity Frequent Flyer reward seats.
Is Redeeming Points for Domestic Flights Better Value Than International?
Many frequent flyers save their points to use for long-haul Business Class flights. That’s a sexy redemption, but does this strategy it still make the most sense?