Lufthansa's A380 goes to Asia: MUC-LAX and MUC-SFO get A350s in Jan-Feb.

Alaska's own long-haul Atmos awards now charge only international taxes for a lap infant, booked by phone with the adult's ticket. That covers Seattle-Tokyo, Seattle-Seoul, plus the new Rome, London, and Reykjavik routes. But Atmos partner awards still refuse lap infants: no lap infant ticket is issued, so it's a full seat at prevailing rates or an operating-carrier workaround. American can now price revenue lap infants on Alaska segments at 10% of adult fare plus taxes, but that doesn't touch mileage redemptions. The fix is half-done: own metal yes, partner awards no.

Delta's new Austin-Paris nonstop starts March 27, 2027, and the award pricing is a perfect mirror of the cash fare. Delta One round trip costs 990,400 SkyMiles plus $228 — a result of dynamic pricing locking awards to a fixed ratio of the $11,564 cash ticket, not a glitch. Across Main Classic at 151,600 miles, Premium Select at 437,700, and Delta One at 990,400, all cabins land between 1.01 and 1.15 cents per mile, a tight band. The TakeOff 15 discount from any Delta co-branded Amex card drops Delta One to about 841,800 miles, moving the value to roughly 1.35 cents per mile. That discount only applies if every segment is Delta metal, so connecting onward to Barcelona on Air France kills the 15% on the whole ticket.