The American Airlines Uruguay site has a promo in Spanish — only 30,000 miles to redeem an Air Tahiti Nui roundtrip between New York-JFK and Papeete (Tahiti). The usual price is 75,000 miles. This is only valid in coach, and for travel complete by May 31 (U.S. summer is high season there…). Unfortunately, nobody at American seems to know about this! So it remains to be seen whether it’s bookable. But it’s clearly being advertised by American. The terms and conditions do not restrict redemption to members from any particular country. I do not see the offer anywhere in English. If only the offer was for business or first class I’d be pursuing it pretty hard. Air Tahiti Nui’s hard product (seats) are pretty last generation, but the soft product (meals, service, emenity kits) are…
Yearly Archives
Yearly Archives for 2008.
GetAbstract – 10,000 Delta Miles for Modern Cliff Notes Service
Jan
18
2008
A rather strange (to me) offer of miles for subscribing to an online service: Access over 4000 best-selling business books—each succinctly summarized in five pages, and earn 10,000 SkyMiles. GetAbstract’s expertly-written summaries are available online, 24×7, downloadable to your PC, PDA or iPod. I can’t imagine I actually want this. 12 months for $299 or 6 months for $179, and either apparently earns 10,000 miles. At 1.79 cents a mile it’s a bite more than I would be willing to spend to buy Delta miles (a penny is my limit) but if anyone finds this even remotely appealing it’s likely a good deal. Update: that’ll teach me to read promos when I first wake up in the morning, before my coffee. The offer states: You receive 10,000 Delta award miles for a one year subscription!…
15% Off American Flights to Los Angeles-area Airports
Jan
17
2008
Promo code DFHOLLYWDGO is valid for 15% off American Airlines one-way or roundtrip flights to Los Angeles, Burbank, Orange County, and Ontario. Book by January 22 for travel between February 26, 2008 and April 30, 2008 (excluding March 14-16, March 21-25, or March 28-31). Valid for coach only, up to six passengers on one reservation.
9,000 Free Miles for bmi Diamond Club signup
Jan
17
2008
Currently on the main bmi Diamond Club page is an offer to join the program (promotion code FF19KD) and receive 9,000 miles straight away. Terms and conditions of the offer are pretty much as you’d expect: you get 9,000 miles added to your account within 3 business days of signup, and don’t you dare open up a second account for the purpose of taking advantage of this offer! I’d save up my miles rather than just grabbing the free redemption this offers, however: 9,000 destinations miles is sufficient for 1 return direct flight with bmi or our Star Alliance partners in the UK, or between the UK and Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Switzerland. All flights are strictly subject to availability. The real value in the bmi program is cash and…
Alitalia Signup Bonus
Alitalia is offering a 2000 mile signup bonus which will credit to new accounts if you take an Alitalia flight or credit an airline partner flight to your account within 3 months of enrollment. (Thanks for Free Frequent Flyer MIles for the pointer.)
250 Free Priority Club Points
Jan
17
2008
Priority Club has a short survey about their program for 250 points. Survey runs through February 29, 2008. Every bit helps!
USAirways to Upgrade to Two Buck Chuck
The Arizona Republic covers improvements in USAirways’ wine offerings. After several years of settling for whatever was cheapest, US Airways is upgrading its wine list, especially in first and business class, where it’s a free perk. Travelers in coach, where wine costs $5 a pop, won’t be totally left out. US Airways is replacing its current no-name wine in coach with a Beringer brand and plans to offer a second, more expensive ($8) choice, too. [Snip] “Everyone has tried to raise the bar,” she said. “Everybody has kind of said, “Oh my gosh, we have a teeny bit more money, we can offer our consumers a great glass of wine instead of a crap class of wine.’ “ Somehow there’s a real honesty here, even as the piece massively exaggerates the improvements in USAirways’ soft…
Making the Most of Your LAX Layover
Here’s an idea for what to do during a layover at LAX… take a free off-airport parking shuttle to the In-N-Out Burger on Sepulveda. An In-N-Out is located on nearby Sepulveda Boulevard right next to the Parking Spot–a parking structure that conveniently provides free shuttle service. All you have to do is wait under the red “Hotel and Courtesy Shuttle” sign outside of any airport terminal, and when the yellow and black polka-dotted Parking Spot shuttle swings by, jump on board. It will take you literally next door to In-N-Out. Follow your nose through the back door, across the parking lot, and right inside where you need to order a double-double and fries to enjoy the best layover of your life. There are a few things to be very careful about, however. First off, you…
New Year’s Resolutions for Miles and Points
I’ve seen several New Year’s Resolution stories, most of them are silly, and none are worse than the median piece on New Year’s resolutions for managing your miles, points, and travel — because anyone who would actually use the advice likely knows far more than the person writing the piece. So here’s my brief attempt at a set of New Year’s Resolutions. As always, your mileage may vary… And for many of my readers, even these will seem utterly pedantic. Keep track of your miles. A free tool like MilePort is my preferred method. It’s a program on your computer, you enter your frequent flyer numbers and passwords, and it updates your balances with a single click. And since they’re all in one place it’s easier to keep track of what miles you still need…
New ‘Best Rate Guarantee’ Blog
Most hotel chain ‘best rate guarantees’ are bogus marketing gimmicks, designed to give you confidence that you’ll get the best prices on their own websites whether this is accurate or not. The promised benefits to finding a lower rate elsewhere are often elusive, with complex and arcane rules and sometimes incompetent claims staff who deny otherwise valid submission. The one real exception to this is the TripRewards program, which regularly honors its one night free policy when you submit a competing lower price elsewhere. There’s an extensive Flyertalk post on the subject with nearly 500 replies. There’s also now a Best Rate Guarantee Blog dedicated to identifying hotels where lower prices are found on websites other than the Triprewards site, with the goal of allowing you to claim a free hotel night there.As a brand…
