Israel Airfare for Passover

TLV2JFK presents the 2010 Pre Pesach Price Planner for those taking the family to the states for Passover. The sooner you start hunting for tickets, the better. Right now ElAl, Delta and Continental are charging around $1500 for non-stop. Adding a stop can get you down to about $1200 and even down to about $1000 [...]

Jet Blue Unlimited Flight Promotion

Sorry, readers – this promotion is SOLD OUT. Lots of buzz in the frequent flyer world about JetBlue’s just announced “All You Can Jet” Promotion. For $599 you get a full month (Sept 8 – Oct 8 ) of travel between 50 US cities and a few Caribbean and Central America destinations. The rules are [...]

US Air Begins Nonstop Tel Aviv to Philadelphia Service

US Air has started daily flights to Israel from Philadelphia.  Prices seem quite low to places other than Philadelphia.  I managed to book a flight on their Israel site to Boston for $875 (via Philadelphia). Interestingly enough, the exact same flight to Philadelphia costs $200 more. Flights leave TLV at 11:15p and arrive at PHL [...]

El Al Frequent Flyer Stealth Program

No – El Al is not using stealth technology on their planes, but they are trying to use  stealth sneaky shady methods to steal poach the competition’s frequent flyer data. And they were not very shy about this disgraceful business tactic.  From the Jerusalem Post: El Al reached out to the travel agent community last [...]

El AL Nonstop to Brazil, South America

ElAl just GRU! (GRU is code for Sao Paulo, Brasil) Starting May 2, ElAl flies 3 time a week non-stop to Sao Paulo. Through interline agreements, passengers can continue on to most main South American destinations. That means you have one ticket and your bags are checked all the way through. It is not a [...]

Bar Refaeli – Not A Cheap Publicity Stunt

Unlike Southwest Airlines, TLV2JFK will not stoop so low as to use an Israeli supermodel to sell our product. We  simply want to solicit snappy captions for this picture.   Or intelligent comments. Or in Sully-speak – “ACKNOWLEDGE” If you are offended by this picture of a repainted Southwest Airlines 737 – in the past we [...]

Talk like Sully

Its time we learn to communicate. Lets email (and talk)  like Sully. When advised to return to LGA, Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger III  simply answered “UNABLE” and got on with his business of saving 155 lives. I recommend we use Pilot Radio Communications Phraseology and Techniques for our business communications. It may not sound friendly [...]

US Air Crashes into Hudson River NY

Breaking news: US Air 1549 just crash landed in the Hudson River and it seems that everyone survived. This is really a miracle – only other time it happened was in 1970 – ALM Flight 980 (DC9) – 40 out of 63 survived. NOW – AIR CANADA – WILL YOU PUT BACK THE LIFE VESTS [...]

ElAl Great Fares – $199 RT This Weekend (Jan 16)

I am definitely a fan of the ElAl Spontani and they have some very good fares to Europe for this weekend. Flights leave Thursday night or Friday morning and return Monday or Tuesday. Great idea for people working with the US. Monday is Martin Luther King Day Day and Tuesday is Inauguration Day, so it [...]

A look back at 2008, for the TLV to JFK frequent flyer

A look back at 2008, for the TLV to JFK frequent flyer. Airfare shot up with fuel prices but didn’t really come down. But there have been some good fare sales lately on domestic flights. To save money, airlines charged for everything – from pillows to bags to water to food to movies. That is [...]