Aviafares Journal
Travel advice from real agents
Route guides, airline deep dives, and the inside baseball our booking team learns on the job.
Lufthansa Allegris Business Class on the A350: An Honest Review of the New Cabin
Lufthansa's Allegris business cabin splits J fare into seven different seats. The Suite Plus is world-class, the Standard is middle of the pack. Here's how to tell.
Read article →Booking on a Foreign Airline Website: When Currency Arbitrage Actually Saves You Money
The same Lufthansa seat prices in three currencies on lufthansa.com. Here's how to use foreign airline websites to cut transatlantic and Asia business fares.
Read article →Dallas to Tokyo: Cheapest Months, Best Airlines, and the DFW-Haneda Reality
American's daily DFW to Haneda nonstop is the only US-Texas to Tokyo direct. Here's when to fly, what it costs, and when a SkyTeam connection beats it.
Read article →Married Segments Explained: Why Your Fare Doubles When You Change One Leg
Married-segment pricing is why your $640 connecting fare reprices to $1,180 when you try to change one leg. Here's what's happening inside the airline's pricing engine and how to work with it.
Read article →Taipei for US Travelers: When to Fly, Where to Land, and What It Costs in 2026
Round-trip economy from the US West Coast to Taipei runs $750 to $1,150 most of the year, and EVA Air still flies the 777-300ER it built its name on. Here's the timing, costs, and gateway breakdown.
Read article →Cathay Pacific Aria Suite Business Class on the 777-300ER: An Honest Review
Cathay Pacific's Aria Suite finally retired the old Cirrus seat. Here's what the new business-class product gets right, what it gets wrong, and how to actually book it.
Read article →Open-Jaw Tickets: How Flying Into One City and Out of Another Saves Hundreds
An open-jaw ticket lets you fly into one city and home from another, often for the same price as a round-trip. Here's when the math works and when it doesn't.
Read article →New York to Rome: Cheapest Months, Best Airlines, and the FCO Reality
When to fly JFK or EWR to Rome FCO, which carriers actually deliver value (and which charge tourist tax), plus the month-by-month pricing pattern.
Read article →Mistake Fares: Why Some Get Honored and Most Don't in 2026
Mistake fares used to be a sure thing under DOT pressure. Since 2015 they're not. Here's what makes airlines honor some and cancel most.
Read article →Marrakech for US Travelers: How to Get There, When to Go, and What It Costs in 2026
Casablanca nonstop or one-stop through Madrid? Best months to dodge the desert heat? Here's what a Marrakech trip actually costs from the US in 2026.
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