But the most intriguing new routes belong to United Airlines, which is adding two new countries — Thailand and Vietnam — to its route map. However, neither of those will be served directly from the U.S., with United’s network planners turning to a creative strategy to push the carrier’s route map farther into Asia.
By far the biggest one comes from Air France, which began flying its new La Premiere first-class seat to New York this week. La Premiere is very hard to snag with miles — and very expensive to buy — but it’s considered one of the best in the sky. TPG was aboard the flight, so check out our sneak peek of the swanky new cabin. There’s also Frontier Airlines, which chose the new first-class seating it intends to begin flying later this year.
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