Virgin America is offerig up to 20% off of flights through April 3 using promo code SPRING20. Take 10% off Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday flights, and enjoy 20% off Tuesday and Wednesday departures. Book by Thursday to travel February 25 to April 3. This offer ends at 4:00AM PT on January 30, 2014. Travel must occur between February 25, 2014 and April 3, 2014. …Promo code is valid for non-refundable Main Cabin only. Promo code is valid for a 10% discount off the base fare for travel on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 20% discount off the base fare for travel on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Promo code is not applicable for travel on Sundays. Additional blackout dates are 3/21/14 – 3/22/14 and 3/28/14 – 3/29/14. …Promo code may only be used for bookings…
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Virgin Atlantic May Have The Worst Miles, But There Are 8 Great Ways You Can Use Them
Best use of Virgin Atlantic miles: Virgin Atlantic may have one of the worst frequent flyer programs in the world, at least compared to major world airlines as opposed to regional players (I mean, I’d take Virgin’s miles over Frontier’s for instance). Their award chart is expensive (many flights take a whole lot of miles compared to what other airlines charge for the same itinerary). They add fuel surcharges onto award tickets, so you play a lot of miles and cash They have partner airline awards, but many of those are roundtrip one (no one ways) and you can’t mix and match partner airlines on a single itinerary. Virgin Atlantic’s miles aren’t even the best for redeeming travel on… Virgin Atlantic. Delta will let you redeem for travel on Virgin, and if you begin your…
The Most Important Things to See, Do, Eat, and Know When Visiting Washington DC
Meagan tweets, Excited to head to DC this weekend. Do any travel bloggers have tips/tricks/places I need to know? Giving tourist advice about your home town can be hard, at least it is for me, I’m not a tourist in DC — I live here. I’ve shown visitors around, for sure, and set up tours of the Capitol and whatnot. But it’s also easy to let the attractions blend into the background. So I had to give this a little bit of thought. Go to the Spy Museum. Just go. The rest of the museums are great, the Smithsonian unfortunately only displays something like 1% of its collection. You can’t miss Air and Space, or Museum of Natural History. The Newseum is worth seeing, and the Holocaust Museum is important. Get your tickets for that…
United Wants You Flying Singapore Airlines Coach Even Less Than You Do, Delta Will Shine Your Shoes, and American Will Sell You Your Status (Bits ‘n Pieces for January 28, 2014)
News and notes from around the interweb: Singapore Airlines offers fantastic award availability to their own Krisflyer members (and American Express and Starwood points transfer well to Singapore) but very little long haul premium cabin space to their partners. Since you can’t book business and first class on Singapore using United miles anyway, it wasn’t such a big deal that United pulled Singapore Airlines award availability off its website and misled membes that it was somehow Singapore’s doing. Now it turns out that United is having trouble ‘seing’ Singapore Airlines coach award space for flights to and from the U.S.. But United promises it isn’t intentional. Chase is sending out targeted spending bonuses to their Hyatt Visa cardholders. How to Fly Spirit Airlines (A guide for the perplexed.) Delta is going to test making their…
American to Add Seats to Aircraft, Wants to Cramp Your Style Just Like Their Competitors Do
American is adding seats to aircraft, with a goal of becoming just as cramped as United and Delta. “The seating configurations we’re going to are the same number of seats on the 737, for example, that Delta has. We haven’t finished the analysis on the 777 yet, but it will be consistent with what airlines like Delta have,” Kirby said. …“We think it’s important to be competitive with United and Delta. You can have a premium product, but a premium product in markets where there is premium demand and customers who are willing to pay for it,” Kirby said. American’s MD80s already have had more seats added, and 737s will be getting more seats soon. Both of these moves were reported last June. Now they’re working out how they’ll add seats to their 777-200s as…
100,000 Mile Signup Bonus for Citi Executive American Airlines MasterCard
Last week I wrote about an offer for a 75,000 mile signup bonus for the Citi Executive / AAdvantage World Elite Mastercard. I applied and was approved for that card myself. It requires $7500 in spending within 3 months, comes with a $100 statement credit, and is the $450 annual fee card that includes American Airlines lounge membership. The card also offers 10,000 elite qualifying miles after $40,000 in spend during a year. In the comments to that post, reader MilesAbound noted that there seemed to be a 100,000 mile offer for the card out there. And it turns out that he was correct. Here’s the application link. 100,000 American Airlines miles after you make $10,000 in purchases within 3 months of account opening. $200 in statement credits on purchases within 12 months of account…
How One Airline Ticket Let a Man Eat Free for a Year
It’s hardly a new technique, ever since September 11th and the requirement that you actually be flying same-day to go past security, I’ve always said it’s easier to buy a refundable ticket, meet your friends at their gate, and then refund the ticket than it is to get a gate pass. And that you might as well buy an international first class ticket, to take advantage of any available first class lounge while you wait. Back when you didn’t need a ticket to go through security there were plenty of folks who lived or worked near the airport who would exercise their club memberships for evening cocktails (at those lounges which offered free drinks). Nonetheless there’s been lots of coverage for the man who used one first class ticket to eat free for a year.…
Virgin Atlantic Transfers to Hilton Will Devalue on February 6
Effective February 6, transfers from Virgin Atlantic to Hilton HHonors will be at a rate of 1 mile to 1.5 points instead of the current 1 mile to 2 points. Please note from 6 February 2014 the exchange miles to points rate is changing. Flying Club members will be able to exchange miles at the following rate: 2 Flying Club miles for 3 Hilton HHonors points. You can currently exchange miles at a rate of (up until 5 February 2014): 1 Flying Club mile for 2 HHonors point. Minimum Level: 10,000 miles and then in increments of 5,000. Just call the Flying Club Helpline with your HHonors account number. *Please note your name on your Flying Club membership account must match exactly with the name on your Hilton HHonors account for a successful transfer. Your…
American and US Airways Choose the Better Reservation System, But Process to Combine Could Take Two Years
One of the biggest issues from a customer perspective about the American Airlines-US Airways merger is the computer system that will manage the reservations process, from ticket purchase through to check-in and boarding. It’s one of the easiest things to screw up. When America West and US Airways merged, the airline went with the cheaper system the former had used — much to the detriment of customers and to airline sales. I chose to fly the weekend of the airlines’ integration and found lines wrapped around the Ft. Lauderdale airport, including a 45 minute first class line wait. The airline had recommended checking in online, but online check-in didn’t work and neither did kiosks. Problems persisted for weeks, but the legacy of the choice lasted much longer. US Airways couldn’t even sell international partner flights…
40% Off Everything at the W Hotels Store Through February 28
If you’re looking for a W bed, this offer isn’t as good as the 50% off offer from last month. But the nice thing is that this is valid on all items site-wide except mattresses, so if you got in on that earlier and want to pick up other items it’s a good deal. They’ll give you 40% off with discount code M4G7V through February 28. W Hotel Store purchases post as double points earning when paying with a Starwood Preferred Guest American Express. You can join the 30,000+ people who see these deals and analysis every day — sign up to receive posts by email (just one e-mail per day) or subscribe to the RSS feed. It’s free. You can also follow me on Twitter for the latest deals. Don’t miss out!
