Monthly Archives

Monthly Archives for January 2003.

Forbes has a

Forbes has a piece on iDine, one of the mileage junkies best friends (because it’s free and gives you miles for something you’re doing anyway).

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The 2003 Adult Video

The 2003 Adult Video News Awards were given out last night in Las Vegas. Apparently, it was a big night for Evil Angel productions, which took home 19 honors. I wonder, though, if it’s a sign of category-inflation when they give out “Best Gonzo Tape,” “Best Vignette Tape” (as distinguished from “Best Vignette Series” and “Best Foreign Vignette Series”), and “Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production.” Not to mention “Best Ethnic-Themed Video.” I guess that’s just self-esteem meets porn.

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The Delta-Continental-Northwest marketing alliance

The Delta-Continental-Northwest marketing alliance will be approved — but with yet undisclosed conditions. No idea what this will all look like yet, as the devil is in the details. Government approval aside, I don’t expect too much aligning of the respective frequent flyer programs because the Continental-Northwest programs (which are nearly identical) are far different from the Delta program (which has just been massively revamped).

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Northwest Airlines has a new

Northwest Airlines has a new bonus miles promotion called Mile-a-Palooza. Various Northwest activities earn points which will be converted to miles (up to 200,000). You must register to participate. Unlike the last Mileage Mania promotion, this one will allow you to track your points online — a big improvement! It isn’t as generous/easy as the Fly Free Faster and Fly Free Faster 2 promotions last year, but then those only netted 10,000 miles each. And it seems a bit more lucrative than MIleage Mania. So if there’s any chance you’ll be having anything to do with Northwest in the coming months, it’s definitely worth registering.

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