For a card with a $450 annual fee, something that makes it go down much easier is that it comes with a $300 airline fee credit. Here’s what you need to know about the airline fee credit – how it works, what you can claim, and how to claim it.
Armrests Used to Move in First Class (Donald Trump Sexual Assault Defense Debunked)
Jessica Leeds claimed that in the early 1980s she was on a flight to New York and was upgraded into an empty first class seat next to Donald Trump. She says Trump lifted the armrest and began to touch her inappropriately (“He was like an octopus”).
Trump spokesperson Katrina Pierson went on television and invoked ‘the aviation defense’ where she just starts naming older aircraft models. Bizarrely she suggests that L-1011s and DC-10s didn’t fly to New York, so we don’t have to look at those aircraft. And first class armrests don’t move. Except they did.
PROMO: Discount Earning Miles When You Pay Rent or Mortgage With a Credit Card
Bill payment service Plastiq lets you pay people by check and they charge your credit card.
Plastiq has a promotion where instead of their normal 2.5% fee for processing payments, they’ll charge you:
Kate Middleton Flies Commercial. And You Travel Better Than She Does!
British Airways offers a pretty mediocre intra-European business class. But they haven’t lost the loyalty of the British royals.
Kate Middleton, the the Duchess of Cambridge, visited the Netherlands on her first solo international trip as a member of the British royal family. She returned home on British Airways.
No, the American-US Airways Merger Wasn’t Allowed to Happen Because Politicians Were Bought Off. Why Do You Ask?
ProPublica came out with a piece this week on the American-US Airways merger, airline consolidation in general, that suggests lobbying played an undue influence in the Justice Department’s decision to settle and stop blocking consolidation — the upshot being “you’re paying for it.”
I’ve gotten about two dozen emails and tweets about it, and I’ve responded with some thoughts, but given the volume of interest the piece and some concerns about make sense to share more broadly.
Now Delta is Just Making Stuff Up in Their War Against the Gulf Airlines
After Qatar Airways placed an order for up to 100 Boeing planes on Friday, Delta CEO Ed Bastian returned to his soap box crusading against having to compete against smaller and less successful airlines that he claims are as subsidized as Delta is.
But this time he seems to just be making stuff up.
How to Leverage Unlimited Use of the $100 Visa Infinite Companion Airfare Discount
The benefit is $100 off the total price for everyone on the itinerary. So if your fare is less than $100 per person, you’re still going to get $100 off. Take an $80 roundtrip, $160 for 2 passengers, your net cost is $60 for both.
Here’s how you book.
American’s Award Search Calendar is Broken
In the middle of last month updated flight search on their website. That upended the way they display flights for sale. But it also changed award search, too.
No, they didn’t add any new partners for online booking. But they did screw up the award calendar. Limiting your search to American Airlines flights doesn’t actually limit your search to American Airlines flights anymore.
Trump Hotels Guest Requests Hillary Clinton Photo in Room, and Did 2 Airlines Make Recent Safety Blunders?
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.
500 More Free Virgin America Miles (or “Get $11 for One Minute’s Work”)
Last month there were 2 offers of 500 Virgin America miles each for signing up for emails.
Now there’s another one: 500 Elevate points if you sign up for the Virgin Produced newsletter by October 26. That’s easy points worth $11, that should become Alaska Airlines miles if you don’t redeem them first.