Jun 20 2015

American Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines are partners — but starting September 1 you will only be able to redeem American miles for travel on Hawaiian for intra-island flights and flights beyond Hawaii to their Asia Pacific destinations. You will no longer be able to redeem for Hawaiian flights between Hawaii and the US mainland.

There’s more than two months’ notice to this change, and there are plenty of other options to Hawaiian on both American and Alaska Airlines. Hawaii awards aren’t getting more expensive, just a little harder. And there are many ways still to get those Hawaiian flights to and from Hawaiian. So this isn’t devastating. But it is disappointing.

Here are the ways you can still use American miles for travel on Hawaiian, the ways you can use American miles to get to Hawaii, and the other ways you can fly between the mainland and Hawaii on Hawaiian.

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Jun 20 2015

A collection of the most interesting links you’ll want to see, many you’ll want to click.

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Jun 19 2015

I love my Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles. They’re about the only currency I’m tempted to buy when bonus offers are around.

Thomas W. …suggests that Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan is getting a lot more aggressive in its fraud department, shutting down frequent flyer accounts for suspected violations of rules. Including applying for multiple credit cards at a time.

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Jun 19 2015

Philadelphia airport will have a $12 an hour minimum wage, and it won’t just apply to airlines but also the companies they contract with at the airport. Here’s why airports are at the vanguard of fights over minimum wages, and why unions have seen success pushing for them in places like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Minneapolis.

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Jun 19 2015

A collection of the most interesting links you’ll want to see, many you’ll want to click.

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Jun 19 2015

United will let some members book awards for 25,000 miles that Delta charges as much as 65,000 for and American charges as much as 75,000 for.

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Jun 19 2015

Delta’s lease for gates at Dallas Love Field expires July 6 but they continue to sell tickets after that. Southwest is growing its schedule assuming use of the gates. The federal government says Delta has to be accommodated because it already serves the airport. No matter what the airport does, it gets sued. Now they’re suing to stop the suits.

And even American now says that if DOT claims everyone needs to be accommodated they want gates too even though they pushed for a law that prevents the airport from increasing the number of gates there.

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Jun 18 2015

You can now use points to pay down student debt. But if you do it, and accept the low value redemptions offered, are you really learning the right financial lessons?

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Jun 18 2015

Singapore flew non-stop Newark – Singapore as the longest flight in the world onboard an Airbus A340-500. They also flew Los Angeles – Singapore non-stop, and Thai Airways flew New York JFK – Bangkok using that plane type.

The Singapore Airlines ultra-long haul flights were originally operated in two cabin configuration, and changed to all business class service. The goal was selling fewer seats at a significant premium. The economics didn’t work.

The A340-500 was more or less a flying gas can. And carrying so much fuel for such a long distance means carrying more fuel to handle the weight of that fuel. As the price of avgas rose, operating costs of the plane became worse and worse. Eventually all three of those flights came to and end.

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Jun 18 2015

Data breaches and account security are a pretty big deal these days. Is this the best way for United to be promoting that?

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