Through Monday night American is offering an additional 20% on purchased miles — on top of the mileage purchase bonus they’re already running. Maxing out the bonus means buying 270,000 miles for $4786.88, or 1.77 cents apiece.
The Best Restroom in America Is… In An Airport?
Idaho Senator Larry Craig was once arrested in a Minneapolis St. Paul airport restroom for having too wide a stance.
Senator Larry Craig’s incident is now memorialized with… an award for America’s best bathroom.
FARE DEAL: Fly Amazing Singapore Airlines to Asia for Under $500 Roundtrip
For travel throughout most of 2017 you can fly Singapore Airlines between Los Angeles and Tokyo for less than $500 roundtrip. In fact, the fare is really available, it’s not hard to find.
What makes this fare really interesting to me is that Singapore Airlines economy is pretty darned civilized as far as economy long haul travel goes. I personally wouldn’t want to contemplate China Eastern or United economy for that long a trip.
The End of United Club Conference Rooms and an Irony of the New Hyatt Program
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.
British Airways Now Has Its Own Gin
The British Airways Concorde Room is kind of a pit, at least as far as first class lounges in Europe or Asia go.
However they’ve finally done something interesting: the Concorde Room now has its own gin.
BLACK FRIDAY DEAL: 20% Off Access to Lounges You Probably Didn’t Even Know You Could Get Into
LoungeBuddy is selling lounge passes 20% off if you purchase by 11:59pm Central time on Friday.
I haven’t ever purchased a lounge pass through them, I get my lounge access from credit cards mostly. However one reason I’m passing this along is because they have a unique set of lounges not covered by other programs in many cases.
1000 Free Miles Just for Joining Fairmont Presidents Club, Keep Aeroplan Accounts Active for a Year
If you join Fairmont Presidents Club — it’s free and quick to do — you’ll get 1000 Air Canada Aeroplan miles. You’ll use embedded enrollment code ame16 and you must join by January 15 to get the miles.
Easy $15 With a Chase Card and Proposed Change to TSA Process for Travel Without ID
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.
Head of British Airways Shocked to Learn New Heathrow Runway Will Tear Down His Office — and He’ll Be Forced to Pay for the Demolition
Willie Walsh, the former head of British Airways and now head of the parent company that owns BA, Iberia, Aer Lingus, and Veuling, apparently didn’t know that the plan for adding a third runway at London’s Heathrow airport will involve tearing down the IAG and BA headquarters.
HURRY: Free and Easy $10 Amazon Credit, Won’t Last Long
This deal to add a $10 credit to your Amazon account will not last long. You can get $10 off your next purchase by January 14 using a MasterCard with these steps: