Air Canada

Southwest adds Platinum status, Aeroplan pays points for restaurant tables, United uses Starlink to lure rival elites. Loyalty is moving beyond the seat.

Qantas has confirmed nonstop Sydney–New York flights from mid-2028, completing a promise made in 2017. In a category that compresses every launch into a week, it has sold the same story for over a decade.

United, American and Air Canada are building their transatlantic growth around the Airbus A321XLR. Delta is the only major US network carrier refusing it, and the choice reveals two opposite theories of what premium is for.