News and Notes from around the interweb:
- Air Canada’s Aeroplan doesn’t appear to be seeing some Lufthansa transatlantic first class award seats that are available to other Star Alliance programs like ANA and United. I’ve noticed the same thing, and it means that I have to shift away from the Aeroplan website for searching transatlantic award space (which I’m booking using miles in other programs).
- Using Frequent Flyer Miles? You Need a Plan summary of WTOP radio interview I did a week and a half ago.
- Frequent Traveler University in the media. >Mommy Points, Pizza in Motion, and Million Mile Secrets are quotes. Here’s the conclusion:
There’s so much to learn about the miles and points game that it’s just not possible to set it all out in a single online article. But in addition to the basic points outlined here, what you need to know is this: You can learn a lot by reading blogs, you can earn a lot by using the right cards and using them wisely, and you can learn a lot by attending one of the FTU weekends. (They take place in different cities each time, so you may not need to travel far.)
- One year of Travel + Leisure for free.
- How Cheating (and Duffle Bags of Gold) Got Me a First-Class Flight to London: Million Mile Secrets and I are quoted extensively in an article by a former colleague of mine — about the U.S. Mint, mistake fares, buying and selling products for miles, and where you draw the personal line for yourself in taking advantage of loopholes.
- United’s California-based flight attendants share in a million dollar settlement because, although they received all of their pay, their pay stubs weren’t printed in a way that complied with California labor law.
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When and where is the next FTU?
Umm, the Travel + Leisure offer isn’t exactly free – you need to sign up for some service, which can potentially sell your name and address for more junk mail.
I didn’t know Daraius of MMS had ethical boundaries that he wouldn’t cross. Very insightful article!
@Ted – hasn’t been announced yet, stay tuned, expect West Coast end of April
ING Pointbreaks should be announced in the next day or so.
@ptahcha.
It is free. You don’t need to signup for anything and you’re free to give a fake email address.
You’re welcome to give a fake address as well if you don’t want junk mail but that may be self-defeating 😉
We’re currently getting a daily print and digital WSJ, Time, Bloomberg, Barron’s, US Weekly, and several other magazines from them for free with no catch. They just want to boost their subscriber numbers. I haven’t noticed any junk mail because of it.
tassojunior — that would be IHG Pointbreaks, right?