The Unannounced MAAsacre Continues
More nasty surprises since the elimination of stopovers and new AAnytime award chart I covered in the wee hours of the moring:
1. On the...
The Other Shoe Drops: American Eliminates Free Stopovers On Awards
Ever since American started allowing one-way awards they have allowed for a free stopover at the North American international gateway. That meant 2 free...
American Modifying AAnytime Award Chart Rates
I've never redeemed miles for an AAnytime award, but American did have the best value AAnytime award chart, charging only double miles to book...
Excellent Delta Business Class Award Availability To Tel Aviv
Update: Many of the dates have been snapped up, I've updated the available dates below.
In the good news department, it seems that only Alitalia's...
123 Direct Flights From Philadelphia That Can Be Booked With British Airways Avios
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6 Cards=600K And Counting…
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10 Days Until USAirways Joins OneWorld, 10 Things You Should Know
Reminder: Sunday, 03/30 is the final day of USAirways being part of the Star Alliance. They will transition to OneWorld on Monday, 03/31.
Originally posted...
Southwest Rapid Rewards Devaluation
Update: Book Southwest tickets by Sunday, 03/30, to lock in lower rates before they are devalued. You can always cancel for free later on...
Earn American AAdvantage Miles On Facebook: Extend Your Mileage Expiration Date
Earn American AAdvantage Miles On Facebook
Play trivia games and earn AA miles.
I maintain an extra Facebook account with no friends for apps like this...
JetBlue Status Match And Challenge Info
Lots of airlines and hotels offer status matches. I wrote an article about status matching back in 2011 (note that some info there is...
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Card: Get 50,000 Points
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Delta SkyPesos To Become Even More Irrelevant, But What Does It Mean For Better Programs?
Update 2, 03/06: In the face of harsh criticism Delta has released the 5 level 2015 award chart. It's applicable for flights booked starting...
The Unique Benefits Of The United Explorer Card: Expanded Award Space, Primary CDW Insurance, And Much More
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United “Cancel Without Redeposit Trick” Successful Beyond My Wildest Dreams; Having Old Awards Gives Backdoor Access To The Old Award Chart
In mid-December I advised folks to beat the United devaluation by booking awards and then cancelling them without redepositing the miles.
By doing that you...
Flights To Or From Tel Aviv In United BusinessFirst Round-Trip For $2,371 For United Credit Cardholders
Update: Commenter Dov notes that you can actually get a BusinessFirst ticket to Israel for just $1,743 per passenger. I have just tried it...
CLE News I Like To Cover And You Don’t Like Reading About: Ohio Attorney General Will Audit United, Regional Carriers Dropping United, Airlines Adding...
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Free Entrance To National Parks Between 02/15 And 02/17
Free Entrance To National Parks Between 02/15 And 02/17
For all of those in Hawaii now on Delta glitch tickets you can enjoy cooling off...
Discounted American Awards: Las Vegas And Los Angeles
Update:
-Here is the link for the Las Vegas promo details.
-Here is the link for the Los Angeles promo details.
The discounts are valid for bookings...
United Devaluation Clarifications
1. If you booked before yesterday's devaluation then you will have much more flexibility then United previously announced.
It's on the confusing side though, so...
Smisek Lies Again: “Our hub in Cleveland hasn’t been profitable for over a decade”
Related post: CLE Is Dehubbed; The Continental-United Merger Has Brought Nothing But Misery To All
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Cleveland and United have a rocky history.
United had a hub...
CLE Is Dehubbed; The Continental-United Merger Has Brought Nothing But Misery To All
In perhaps the worst CLE news since LeBron's decision, United will officially announce tomorrow that it is de-hubbing Cleveland.
It's no surprise. I said 4...
1 Day Until United Devaluation: What We Know, What We Don’t.
Update: United is delaying the implementation of the new award chart until Monday.
Book what you can today!
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@united Raising award levels by 87%!?! That's...
A Sad, Sad Day For ATL, CLE, DCA, And MSP Flyers
Within hours of British Airways launching the Avios program in November of 2011 I noted how the 4.5K short-haul flights like from LaGuardia-Cleveland were...
Where Will You Be Crediting The Miles From Your Delta Flights To?
Delta's Skymiles program is awful enough to be known as Skypesos. The Delta Credit Card is useful for free baggage for up to 9...
Flight Passed And Still Haven’t Gotten Through To Delta? You May Be In Luck!
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American And USAirways Cross-Promotion Flight Bonus
-Credit an American Airlines flight to USAirways Dividend miles and get a 50% bonus.
-Credit an USAirways flight to American AAdvantage miles and get a...
Today Only: 10% Off Virgin America Flights
Virgin America Sale Linky
-10% off with code: BREAK10
-Book by today, 01/11
-Fly between January 18, 2014 and February 13, 2014
-Not valid for flights on Sundays...
Aeroplan To USAirways Transfers May Not Be Dead And Other Items You Need To Know For The Final Months Of USAirways
Update (as promised in the post I made below last July): You can once again use Points.com to transfer American Express Membership Rewards points to...
Are You Opening A Delta Card For Your Trip?
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Get A 20% Bonus When You Transfer American Express Membership Rewards Points Into British Airways Avios
Update: This offer ends 12/31.
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American-USAirways Merger Finalized
Update 12/09/13: The merger has been finalized.
Estimated key dates (subject to change):
01/07/14: Earn and redeem miles between both airlines. Lounge and elite status...
Get A 100% Mileage Bonus When You Share USAirways Miles!
Update: This fantastic offer ends today!
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Get A 100% Mileage Bonus When You Share USAirways Miles
For your reference:
USAirways Award Chart
USAirways Partner/Star Alliance Award Chart...
DIRT CHEAP UNITED FARES!
Update: Tickets are being charged and confirmed!
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United tickets are ridiculously cheap via Wideroe Airlines, though prices are in NOK. DEAD!
To figure out the price in...
20% Off Virgin America Flights
Virgin America Sale Linky
-Take 20% off flights between the east coast or midwest and Los Angeles or S. Francisco.
-Book by today, 11/22
-Fly December 7,...
Chase United Mall Lounges
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20% Off JetBlue Flights
Bookable only on jetblue.com/promo
-Use code: COLDTURKEY
-Bookable today only, 11/18 by 11:59pm PST.
-Travel 12/03-12/18 or 01/07-02/12
-Not valid for Friday or Sunday flights.
-Not valid on previous...
Excellent Asiana First Class Availability Now Bookable On United.com
AJK broke the news to the internets earlier today on DDF that Asiana had opened an unprecedented amount of first class award availability between...
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Card: Get 50,000 Points!
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United: Fly To Europe For Just 48,000 Miles Round Trip Instead Of 60,000 Miles.
United Offer Linky
These are bookable now online on United.com.
View United's route map here or United's interactive route map here.
-You can book a round-trip or...
My Thoughts On The United Devaluation
I rushed to break the news and compile a chart of the pain in the wee-hours this morning about the United devaluation. Here are...
