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Monthly Archives for December 2016.

AwardWallet Plus Price Tripling, Lock In Current Pricing Now

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Dec 23 2016

The free version of AwardWallet suffices for some. You enter your frequent flyer account numbers and passwords. Then you can update most of your account balances with a single click and see them on one page. You can log into your accounts with a single click.

When I first signed up I realized quickly I was happy to pay the minimum required for their premium membership that included expiration date tracking for many of my accounts.

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Boston Flight Threatens to Divert Over Passenger’s Wifi Hotspot Name

Dec 23 2016

There are some pretty clever wifi network names. I boarded a flight once and saw someone’s called “Pretty Fly for a WiFi.” They’re not all clever, at home I can see a neighbor in my building with a network named “condogirl.”

If you’re on a plane, though, you need to turn off your wireless transmitting devices (use airplane mode) once the door closes and you need to not name your network “bomb” or…

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Ivanka Trump and Family Accosted While Flying JetBlue to Palm Beach

Dec 22 2016

Striking about the whole incident of course is Ivanka flying JetBlue from New York JFK — rather than Delta from JFK (offering a first class cabin) or even from New York LaGuardia or for that matter United out of Newark.

While some might expect their family to be flying private, I’d rather expect them to fly commercial on two-cabin aircraft so that she could put her upgrade advice to the test.

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Your Airline is Recommitted to Screwing Up Your Travels This Holiday Season

Dec 22 2016

In the race to develop new ancillary fees, the airline that wins is going to be the one that’s first to charge you for your emotional baggage. So Funny or Die revives a fictional Western Airlines (no, not the Western that Delta Air Lines acquired in late 1986) and they’re sharing with you what you can expect this holiday season. You are a cog in the modern transportation machine and we will burn your a– up like jet fuel. You are nothing to us. Nothing. You have no choice in air travel. You have no one to turn to if we wrong you. You are the dirty water we make coffee with. You are the flavorless peanuts we shove down your throats to keep you quiet for an extra minute. So this holiday season we…

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Holy Smokes: 90% Off Award Tickets in All Classes of Service on Garuda Indonesia

Dec 22 2016

Citibank ThankYou points transfer partner and SkyTeam member Garuda Indonesia just introduced online award booking last month. Until then you had to ticket in person at a sales office (there are only four in the U.S.).

I have a ton of Citibank points as a result of spending over the past year or so earning triple points on air and hotel and double points on restaurants and entertainment with my Citi Prestige Card — and I’m really tempted to use them on this new offer.

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