In April and May and August through end of year you can fly round the world — with stops in Hong Kong, Bali, and Frankfurt — from just $891 on Singapore Airlines.
The American Airlines pilot who was arrested for attacking one of the airline’s ground agents sure seems like a piece of work — and not just for this one incident where he is reported to have pushed the woman and grabbed her by the neck.
American and British Airways, along with Delta and their partners, are offering premium economy roundtrips from the East and West Coasts to many cities in Europe starting at $753 roundtrip. That’s an incredible deal.
American is investing in the domestic fleet, adding seat power and bigger overhead bins and high speed internet even as they’re cramming in more seats. AAdvantage has been devalued, but so have most of their competitor frequent flyer programs. There are a lot of things that the airline really has going for itself. There are fantastic assets and improvements that shouldn’t be overlooked, and should even be celebrated.
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Instead of earning miles, cash back, or travel credit you’ll earn bitcoin or ethereum.
Somehow merely dropping the word “bitcoin” makes some people believe they have a business model. Blockrize doesn’t yet have a bank issuing partner. And the company’s founder only just “started investing his own savings in cryptocurrency in September.”
United Airlines prevailed in a federal class action case over its decision to eliminate the Silver Wings senior citizen discount program in which they had sold lifetime memberships.
The program was founded in 1986 for customers 55 years and older. In 1996 the program is said to have had 560,000 members. They continued to add lifetime members through 2005, costing at that time ~ $250. The program was terminated (‘closed to new members and renewals’) in 2007.
Right now there’s as many as four first class award seats on Cathay Pacific, New York JFK – Hong Kong — although it can be cumbersome to see and book the space.
A year ago Delta announced they would serve meals in coach in 12 markets. In response American announced meals in coach.. for New York JFK – Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Other airlines offer lie flat seats competing again American’s standard first class domestic seats. American believes they have the better service. Here’s why.
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.
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 »
