Monthly Archives for March 2017.
I was talking with Yana about Virgin Atlantic’s amazing ANA awards — seriously, roundtrip in one of the world’s better first class products for 110,000 miles between the US and Tokyo — and I was outlining all of the hoops you have to jump through.
Yana’s response to that whole discussion was perfect and just 5 words: the Law of One Price.
The new Emirates Newark – Athens – Dubai flight launches today. This competes against United’s Newark – Athens flight, so they do not like this very much.
Delta, United, and American argue that competition from Emirates (and Etihad, Qatar) is unfair and in the long run bad for their businesses.
Last month Muhammad Ali, Jr. was detained at the border on his way back into the U.S. and reportedly questioned about his religion.
His mother was with him, and apparently since she was carrying a photo of herself with the late Muhammad Ali she was allowed to pass. Without his own ‘get out of Customs and Border Protection free photo’ he was subjected to greater scrutiny.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
I’ve always loved being able to put lots of work charges on my personal credit card and get reimbursed. There’s a risk involved, of course, what if you spend money and your accounting department kicks back the charges? What if your business.. goes out of business before you’re reimbursed?
Life on the road, when you don’t have to use a company credit card, lets you rack up plenty of miles. But it’s nothing like what one waiter did at a steakhouse.
The Trump Administration has made moves and signals that it wants to repeal all or part of Dodd Frank financial reform.
Airline Weekly notes that Wolfe Research believes repealing Dodd Frank financial reform would cost the airline industry $215 million per year in higher debit card fees.
Aer Lingus is running a business class sale from New York JFK, Newark and Boston. Prices start at $1999 roundtrip.
Aer Lingus has a strong business class product considering the short flights between the East Coast and Ireland.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
American Express has created popup lounges to promote their product, such as one a year ago at Chicago O’Hare, and one at LAX.
For years Chase has had a popup lounge around the holidays at the major mall in Short Hills, New Jersey (Newark is a United hub) and more recently at the Westfield San Francisco Center (San Francisco is another United hub).
Last month I wrote that it’s the golden age of air travel with cheap fares all over the world. Most of those fares have been in economy, with sub-$400 roundtrips to Europe and Asia with amazing flash sales. I certainly prefer travel in business class, and readers have been asking for those deals, in the past month I’ve highlighted West Coast to several European cities from $2000 roundtrip, business class to several Asian destinations for $1954, West Coast to Africa from $2146 roundtrip, and Singapore Airlines Business Class to Europe or Asia for Less Than $2000 roundtrip. This last was the best deal of all. Airlines are more aggressively discounting business class than before, not just economy, even if most of the eye-popping sales are in coach (and even if $2000 is of course still…
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
