Singapore Airlines is now a partner with Alaska Airlines and there are some real redemption opportunities with the partnership.
I’ve written about my five favorite ways to get to Hawaii. Others liked Virgin America awards or British Airways coach awards from the West Coast at 12,500 points each way.
Doctor of Credit thinks that Bank of America has a new ‘3/12 rule’. That’s a maximum of 3 new Bank of America cards every rolling 12 month period.
A Southwest Airlines passenger Tuesday evening complained to crew upon boarding her Baltimore – Los Angeles flight about an emotional support animal another passenger had on the aircraft. She claimed a severe allergy.
Southwest kicked her off the flight but she refused to leave the aircraft. Southwest escalated a customer service problem into a law enforcement problem. Law enforcement proceeded to grab the woman, yank her and push her off the flight!
From the looks of things the 737 collided with a Falcon business jet — or the Millenium Falcon — not a bird.
Riders and drivers have rated each other on Uber for a long time. In the beginning customers didn’t see their rating. Now it’s in the app.
Riders have been able to leave comments about drivers for a long time. Now drivers can leave comments about riders, too.
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Last week I received a call from a woman who identified herself as with American’s ‘executive liaison office’ asking about how I feel about American and AAdvantage as one of their most valued customers.
She agreed with my concerns and promised changes to the program soon.
Back in July I wrote that Delta was apparently considering eliminating the ability to spend on its credit card instead of meeting minimum spending on tickets for elite status for those qualifying for their top Diamond tier.
Supposedly they were only going to let you earn up to Platinum using this waiver. They didn’t do that, but effective January 1, 2018 for 2019 status they might as well have.
When schedules change or flights cancel it can be an opportunity to get an airline to open up award space that’s better than what you had.
Here though I wound up better off than I originally was because I wouldn’t even need to get myself to the gateway city and I get an extra night at home.
When American Airlines introduces two different providers for fast satellite internet, gogo and ViaSat, Gogo monthly internet subscriptions will work on both systems.
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 »
