Aeromexico is launching flights to Barcelona, though their motives may not be as straightforward as you'd assume... For several years now, Emirates has been wanting to launch flights to Mexico City. The problem is that there’s no way they could operate…
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BRILLIANT: Aeromexico Gives Flight Discounts To Bigots Who Are Unknowingly Mexican
Aeromexico has gotten political in some of their ads recently. Aeromexico's biggest foreign market is the US, though obviously right now there's some contention between the US and Mexico, especially regarding the wall (heck, we've had our longest government…
Transfer Amex Points To Aeromexico With A 25% Bonus
Through November 30, 2018, you can receive a 25% bonus when you convert points from the US Amex Membership Rewards program to Aeromexico Club Premier. Amex points usually transfer to Aeromexico at a 1,000:1,600 ratio, given that Aeromexico uses kilometers…
Aeromexico Fires Pilots Involved In Accident (But Not Due To Pilot Error)
On July 31, 2018, an Aeromexico Connect Embraer 190 had a major accident on takeoff from Durango while enroute to Mexico City. The video footage from inside the plane looked terrifying: Fortunately everyone onboard survived. It's kind of incredible that…
Breaking: Aeromexico Embraer E190 Involved In Accident
While details are still emerging, Aeromexico has confirmed that there was an accident involving an Embraer E190 with a capacity of roughly 100 passengers. The flight, AM2431, was scheduled to operate the short ~480 mile flight from Durango to Mexico…
Aeromexico Tries To Buy Back Their Loyalty Program With A Lowball Offer
This is quite a week for Aimia. Aimia is the parent company of Aeroplan, which is Air Canada's spun off loyalty program. The contract between Aeroplan and Air Canada expires in 2020, and yesterday Air Canada made an offer to acquire Aeroplan at the cost…
Aeromexico Offers Hilarious World Cup Discount To Thank Korea For Saving Them
Yesterday when I called my dad and asked him how he was, he said "not good, not good at all, Benny." I was worried. "Is everything okay? What's wrong? You're scaring me." "Germany iz out ov zhe World Cup." So while many are pretty sad right now about…
Huge Improvement To Complimentary Delta Medallion Upgrades On Aeromexico
Delta owns a bit over a third of Aeromexico, and the two airlines also have a joint venture for flights between the US and Mexico. One thing Delta does really well is offer reciprocal benefits when flying with their joint venture partners: -- Since May…
Aeromexico Throws Tantrum Over Emirates’ New Flight To Mexico City
For several years we saw a feud between the "big three" US carriers and the "big three" Gulf carriers. A few weeks ago the governments of the US and UAE came to an agreement regarding this matter, which essentially allows the US carriers to save face…
Delta Cuts Some Mileage Earning Rates On Aeromexico
Delta SkyMiles is no stranger to making program changes without notice. On the redemption side they don't publish an award chart, and on the earnings side we've frequently seen them make changes with limited or no notice. One of the things that makes…
Limited Dates: Amazing Aeromexico Business Class Fares From New York To Mexico City
I visited Mexico City for the first time late last year, and loved it. While I had connected at the airport before, that was my first time actually going into the city, and I was blown away. Traffic sucks, but otherwise it's on par (if not better) than…
Great Aeromexico Business Class Fares To Asia (Earn Tons Of Delta MQMs & MQDs)
At the moment Aeromexico has some great business class fares for travel between Mexico and Asia. The reason I'm calling these out isn't because they're that exceptional as such for someone who doesn't care about miles, but rather because they're phenomenal…
The FAA Is Investigating Yet Another SFO Runway Incident
Man, I don't know what's going on at SFO, but... Last July an Air Canada flight had an incident at SFO. The A320 was flying from Toronto to San Francisco, and accidentally lined up to land on the taxiway instead of the runway. To make matters worse,…
You Can Now Redeem Delta SkyMiles To Upgrade On Aeromexico
Delta has a unique global dominance strategy. Rather than simply having codeshare and alliance partnerships with other airlines, they're instead focused on joint ventures and equity partnerships. As a result, they have a lot more influence over their…
Amazing Deal: $1,100 Roundtrip Aeromexico Business Class Tickets From New York To Santiago
At the moment Aeromexico has some incredible business class fares between New York and Santiago, starting at ~$1,100 roundtrip. Availability is excellent through the end of the schedule, and the flights are bookable directly through Aeromexico, or through…
Aeromexico May Get Some Of Delta’s CSeries Planes Due To Trade Dispute
This has the potential to get interesting. The Bombardier CSeries is one of the hottest new single-aisle jets, and Delta is the launch customer for the plane in the US. Or at least they were supposed to be. In mid-October we learned that due to a trade…
You Can Now Redeem Delta Upgrade Certificates On Aeromexico
While there are many things that frustrate me about Delta SkyMiles, there are also areas where they make genuine improvements, where their competitors could learn a thing or two. One of those areas is how they've added fairly straightforward reciprocal…
Alaska & Aeromexico Cut Ties As Of January 1, 2018
One of the great things about Alaska Mileage Plan is how many unique airline partners they have, including airlines belonging to the major alliances, and also many independent airlines. They're working hard to add more partners as well. For example,…
Delta Elite Members Now Receive Complimentary Upgrades On Aeromexico
Points, Miles & Martinis reports that Delta SkyMiles Medallion members are now eligible for complimentary upgrades when traveling on Aeromexico flights. Apparently this new benefit applies on all Aeromexico flights between Mexico and the United States,…
Crazy Footage Of A Plane Missing The Runway On Landing. By A Lot.
Some insane footage has emerged of an Aeromexico Connect Embraer 145 coming in for landing and missing the runway by a long shot. In the video you can see the plane making several turns on approach, including on short final. The video is shot by a passenger,…
MORE Great Business Class Fares: LAX To Buenos Aires For $2,200
It has been something of a big news day for relatively affordable roundtrip business class airfares to typically expensive destinations. Earlier today I posted about a fairly amazing ~$2,100 airfare from Los Angeles to Nairobi on SkyTeam carriers, and…