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Monthly Archives for October 2012.

Club Carlson Fall Promotion: Stay More Nights, Earn More Points

Club Carlson’s fall promotion is out: The total number of nights stayed with Club Carlson (Radisson, Country Inn, Park Inn, Park Plaza) between October 1 and December 31 will earn progressively more bonus points per night. 2,000 bonus points per night when you stay one to five nights 4,000 bonus points per night when you stay six to nine nights 6,000 bonus points per night when you stay 10 to 20 nights Registration required. Points will be awarded in January.

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US Airways 100% Bonus on Shared Miles in October

US Airways is offering a 100% bonus on shared miles (miles transferred between accounts) during the month of October. You can earn up to 50,000 bonus miles with the offer, which should appear instantly with the transfer. The cost for this is “$0.01 per mile plus a processing fee of $30 and a tax recovery charge of 7.5%” — transferring 50,000 miles from one account to another will deposit 100,000 in that account at a cost of $567.50. Since that’s a net increase of 50,000 miles you’re buying miles at $0.01135 per mile. At that price I’m a buyer. What I love about US Airways is awards in premium cabins on Star Alliance partner airlines, and a generally reasonable award chart — in some cases downright generous such as 90,000 miles roundtrip between the US…

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Enter Here to Win a Seat on Star MegaDO 4!

BoardingArea is giving away two seats on the upcoming Star MegaDO 4. And the winners will even have their hotel accommodations paid for plus a little spending money as well. It’s the ultimate frequent flyer adventure. Join a couple hundred of your newest frequent flyer enthusiast friends, meeting with airline executives, getting behind the scenes tours, bringing home amazing souvenirs and memories, and earning bonus elite qualifying miles in the MileagePlus program along the way. Details of the program were released at the launch party. The event will begin the evening of Tuesday, November 13 in San Francisco. Wednesday flies San Francisco to Houston on the charter, a newly refurbished 767-400. Thursday is Houston to Chicago. And there’ll be plenty of United senior managers involved, other Star Alliance partners in San Francisco, and a whole…

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