Through January 31, Tumi — my preferred luggage vendor — is offering 40% off on discontinued items. Amazing sale, actually.
Monthly Archives
Monthly Archives for January 2006.
Mileage Pro Reviewed
Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Observer reviewed Mileage Pro yesterday. The whole world of miles and points makes Mecia’s head spin a bit. At a Christmas party last month, I joined a conversation between two friends — both frequent business travelers — who were commiserating about falling just a few nights short of qualifying for the highest level of Marriott’s elite traveler program. Each was trying to figure out how to requalify for Marriott Platinum, a program that showers perks such as room upgrades, free gifts and guaranteed rooms, even when the hotel is sold out. To qualify, travelers must stay 75 nights per year in a Marriott. They were strategizing on how to squeeze in just a few more hotel nights by the end of December to qualify. “Is it really worth it?” I…
Details on the new USAirways Credit Card
Jan
02
2006
The new USAirways Visa site is operational. It looks like a pretty sweet card, especially for the first year of cardmembership: 15,000 bonus miles with first purchase Up to 10,000 bonus miles for balance transfer 10,000 miles towards Preferred® status No fee for 2 years 1.5 miles per dollar spent for the first year Preferred check-in and boarding One complimentary US Airways Club® pass per year $75 off one annual US Airways Club® membership 0% introductory APR for 6 months on balance transfers No annual mileage cap Annual Certificate redeemable for two $99 Companion tickets
The End of Independence Announced
Independence Air has announced that it will shut down on Thursday. Flight 1777 at 7:26pm from White Plains, NY to Washington Dulles is expected to be the last departure.
New USAirways Credit Card Coming
Jan
02
2006
I’ve written previously about USAirways dumping Bank of America in favor of Juniper Bank (over $400 million cash infusion from the new bank certainly helps with that decision). The credit card was supposed to be available January 1, but the website still shows a ‘coming in 2006’ graphic. I’m anxiously awaiting details like annual fee, signup bonus, and elite qualifying miles for reaching a spending threshold, but I do know that it will offer 1.5 miles per dollar spent for the first 12 months of cardmembership and it will give 3 miles per dollar spent with USAirways (industry standard is 2).
WestJet to Get its own Independent Frequent Flyer Program
I just noticed that the Air Canada Aeroplan forum has a subforum for WestJet “Passenger Perks” which is odd since WestJet doesn’t have it’s own frequent flyer program. WestJet participates in AirMiles. I assume Randy Petersen knows something about what’s coming down the pike, I look forward to seeing what the program offers!
ANA Offers Star Alliance Award Search Online
I have an Air Canada Aeroplan account with zero miles in it. I use it only for checking award availability — Air Canada lets you search awards on all of its Star Alliance partners. Then I claim the awards with United or USAirways miles. I just noticed that ANA now offers Star Alliance award searches (login required) and their tool, though a bit more complicated, also seems more powerful. I’ll be testing it today. A big thumbs up to both Air Canada and ANA for offering powerful award search tools online — as far as I can tell, well ahead of any other airlines in any global alliance.
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