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Passengers check in for United Airlines flights at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, Dec. 13, 2022.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesHere's a friendship test: Would you share your frequent flyer miles with your pals? United Airlines is betting customers will be open to it.The airline on Thursday started allowing members of its MileagePlus loyalty program to pool their frequent flyer miles and tap into that stash for trips on United.A "pool leader" can pick up to four other family members or friends to participate…

A Frontier Airlines plane lands at the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. Elizabeth Page Brumley | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesFirst class on Frontier? Not quite. But the budget airline on Tuesday launched a new add-on to get more room at the front of its tightly packed planes — with no middle seat neighbor.On flights starting April 10, Frontier will offer UpFront Plus in the first two rows of its Airbus planes, where it will block the sale of the middle seat. Those seats will…

A JetBlue Airways plane sits on the tarmac at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on January 31, 2024 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesJetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines on Monday said they are ending their agreement to merge, weeks after losing a federal antitrust lawsuit that challenged the deal.A federal judge in January blocked JetBlue's attempted takeover of budget carrier Spirit after the Justice Department sued to bar the deal last year. The Justice Department alleged the …

The inaugural flight of an Avelo Airlines Boeing 737-800 takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport to Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa on April 28, 2021.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesIn the nearly four years since the Covid-19 pandemic upended air travel, the largest U.S. airlines have returned to profitability. The CEOs of two upstart airlines that launched in the middle of the pandemic say they're about to join them.Avelo and Breeze Airways, two low-cost carriers that debuted in 2021 when…

Travelers arrive for flights at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on March 16, 2021.Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAirlines are raising their prices to check a bag — again. Just how much you it will cost you, however, depends on when you pay for the service.United Airlines, American Airlines and JetBlue Airways are among the carriers that have raised the price to check bags this year. Each of them charge customers more if they check their bags at the airport or close to their departure compared with…

Travelers at LaGuardia Airport in New York on June 30, 2022.Leslie Josephs | CNBCAirfare fell 6.4% in January from a year earlier, the Labor Department said in its monthly consumer price index on Tuesday. It might not last too long.January is typically a slower month for travel as customers take fewer trips following the new year. Domestic travel usually picks up during school breaks and spring holidays.The drop comes even though carriers are facing capacity constraints this year, in part because of an engine recall from…

A JetBlue Airways plane prepares to depart New York's LaGuardia Airport.Leslie Josephs/CNBCIn the 24 years since JetBlue Airways' first flight, the New York-based airline has pushed the envelope for a carrier of its size. Now, with some veteran executive hires and cost-cutting, it's trying to get back to basics.JetBlue was a pioneer in seat-back entertainment, free Wi-Fi, good snacks and a business-class cabin with lie-flat seats that debuted at lower prices than rivals'. More recently, it's ventured across the Atlantic…

A JetBlue airliner lands past a Spirit Airlines jet on taxi way at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport on Monday, April 25, 2022.Joe Cavaretta | Sun Sentinel | Getty ImagesSpirit Airlines is on shaky footing after JetBlue Airways' proposed $3.8 billion takeover of the budget carrier was blocked by a federal judge this week.Industry-watchers say the carrier could be forced to cut its already low fares even more. Some Wall Street analysts argue the discount carrier could have to restructure, if not…

LaGuardia International Airport Terminal A for JetBlue and Spirit Airlines in New York.Leslie Josephs | CNBCA federal judge Tuesday blocked JetBlue Airways' purchase of Spirit Airlines after the Justice Department sued to stop the merger, saying the deal would drive up fares for price-sensitive consumers by taking the discount carrier out of the market.JetBlue's proposed $3.8 billion purchase of discounter Spirit would have produced the country's fifth-largest airline, a deal the carriers had said would help them better…

A display showing the 'fasten your seatbelt' sign and the 'no smoking' sign illuminated on board an aircraft.Jeff Overs | BBC News & Current Affairs | Getty ImagesYou trudge down the aisle to your seat. You double- and triple-check that you've arrived at the right row. You heave your luggage into the overhead bin and squeeze past your fellow passenger to settle into your seat.Job done. Stress-filled boarding process complete. You zone out.Never mind that flight attendants have begun their pre-flight safety…