Accompanying Barbara Peterson‘s critical take on airline consolidation in Conde’ Nast Traveler is an interesting infographic that’s worth perusing. One item in particular stood out to me as likely incorrect, but that turns out to be accurate, and offers some interesting historical perspective on the current American-US Airways deal. When I saw the above graphic, and that claim that ‘0’ mergers had been rejected by the government as anti-competitive I knew that was wrong — because the Department of Justice announced that it would sue to stop the proposed United-US Airways merger in July 2001. Except the infographic is right, reading the statistic on the left it refers to ‘the first decade after deregulation’ so only extends through 1988. And the statistic on the right — 0 mergers fought by the government — is accurate…
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Monthly Archives for August 2013.
Review of the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables, My Current Pick Near the Miami Airport
About a month ago I had to be in South Florida for business and stayed for the first time at the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables. It served my needs perfectly on a one-night stay near the Miami airport and near my morning meetings, and I’ll be staying there again in a few weeks. This wouldn’t be my choice for an airport overnight. It’s not close enough to the airport and there’s no shuttle. But it’s the perfect hotel for me if I need to be in the area of the airport, in and around Coral Gables, the next day. And it’s the perfect hotel for me if I’m coming into Miami late, renting a car, and and have business in South Florida the next day. It’s close enough to the airport, but it’s a hotel…
Buy One-Way Star Alliance Award Tickets at a Discount: Avianca LifeMiles 100% Purchase Bonus Back for August
Avianca is back with a 100% bonus on purchased LifeMiles through August 30. That brings the price of purchased miles down from 3 cents to 1.5 cents apiece — which is cheaper than purchasing US Airways under their 100% bonus. Lifemiles seems to run these bonuses quite frequently. You can buy up to 75,000 miles under this offer and will receive 150,000 miles. The most miles you can buy in a calendar year is 150,000. (That means if you max out this bonus that’s also your limit for the year.) The rules say you have to have been enrolled in the prior prior to August 1 to take advantage of the offer. They say that each time they run this bonus, which is why I suggest enrolling in the program even speculatively just in case…
100% Bonus on Purchased US Airways Miles is Back for August – Not Targeted This Time
US Airways is running tiered bonuses for mileage purchases through August 31. For purchases of 50,000 miles you get 50,000 bonus miles, and your 100,000 miles cost you 1.88 cents per mile. The American Merger and Star Alliance Awards US Airways has been dubbed the ‘consolidator of Star Alliance premium class seats’ (credit to eponymous coward) since seats that aren’t expected to be sold (distressed inventory) tend to be offered as awards, and US Airways has been the most aggressive about letting members straight up buy those seats cheaply via purchased miles — even putting awards on hold before buying the miles (which post instantly). Here’s my guide to using US Airways miles to book awards. It’s an open question whether the merged American-US Airways will similarly become oneworld’s official consolidator once US Airways joins…
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