Gary Leff, Author at View from the Wing

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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 »

Q & A on Free Electronics

by Gary Leff on December 17, 2004

Dec 17 2004

In response to several e-mail requests, I’m going to offer up a brief summary of the free electronics offers that are out there. Gratis Internet has six free offers that I’m aware of: Free Game System. Free designer handbag Free photo iPod. Free iPod. Free flatscreen TV. Free desktop computer There are several other ‘free stuff’ offers out there on the internet. Several of them are scams. They promise you computers or cameras in exchange for ‘testing’ products. In the end they all require money and I don’t personally know of anyone that has received products. Not so with the Gratis Internet offers. I’ve personally gotten an iPod, a television, and a computer and I haven’t spent any money. The way it works is that you sign up. Then they make several offers to you…

Q & A on Free Electronics

by Gary Leff on December 17, 2004

Dec 17 2004

Q & A on Free Electronics

by Gary Leff on December 17, 2004

Dec 17 2004

Delta American Express Bonus Offers

by Gary Leff on December 17, 2004

Dec 17 2004

The Delta Amex is offering a 20.05% bonus on purchases in January, up to 10,000 bonus miles. Registration required. You can also earn triple miles for Delta purchases of $265 or more from February 15 to March 15, 2005. Registration required. These bonuses are in addition to double miles on retail purchases in February and the “always double miles” offered on certain purchases. Hat tip to Free Frequent Flyer Miles.

Bonus for Converting Hotel Points to British Airways

by Gary Leff on December 16, 2004

Dec 16 2004

Converting hotel points into British Airways miles will earn a 50% bonus through January 31, 2005. The offer applies to points from Hyatt, Hilton, Starwood, Marriott, and Priority Club.

Lufthansa Introduces New Top Tier

by Gary Leff on December 16, 2004

Dec 16 2004

Lufthansa has announced a new top tier elite level for their frequent flyer program, HON Circle. Link to details are on the airlines homepage. There’s a nice summary in the current MilesLink newsletter. Members who earn at least 600,000 status miles in two consecutive years on Lufthansa, Lufthansa Regional, Austrian, LOT, Air One, Air Dolomiti or United will achieve the status, represented by a sexy new black membership card (up to 100,000 miles earned by rail travel will count toward the status, as well). …Members will enjoy use of the new first-class terminal and two new first class lounges at Frankfurt, which offer gourmet meals and limousine service to departing flights. A personal assistant will be available at both departure and arrival for each member. Members will also receive free subscriptions to Stern, Financial Times,…

Hilton Member-Get-Member Bonus

by Gary Leff on December 16, 2004

Dec 16 2004

Hilton is running a “member-get-member” promotion: refer a member, and if they stay at a Hilton hotel in 2005 you get 1000 bonus points. If they twice, they get 1000 bonus points. That’s my understanding of the offer via MilesLink, though the website still lists the 2004 expiration date. Sign up here, and if you need to be referred for the bonus miles feel free to use my Hilton HHonors number 839900993.

Save Skymiles: Total Victory

by Gary Leff on December 15, 2004

Dec 15 2004

The latest NotiFlyer brings news of total victory for the Save Skymiles movement. The threshold for Platinum Medallion qualification reduces from 100,000 miles to 75,000 miles – in line with partners Continental and Northwest. All discount fares will earn a full qualifying mile for each mile flown. First and business class as well as Y, B, and M coach fares will earn 1.5 qualifying miles per mile flown. The minimum miles per segment will be reduced from 750 to 500. Full information on the changes, which go into effect January 1, can be found here.I’m really glad to see all fares earning a full qualifying mile per mile flown. That’s good business and it’s a much simpler system than the craziness that had been spreading across some parts of the airline industry. My one concern…

New Free Electronics Offer

by Gary Leff on December 15, 2004

Dec 15 2004

Gratis Internet has a new free offer — a Free Game System. You can get an Xbox, Nintendo GameCube or Handheld, or a Sony Playstation 2. Click on the link, sign up. Then you’ll be asked whether you’re interested in several marketing offers. Each one has a yes/no. Choose no, as they don’t help you get your Xbox. Once you’re through that screen, you need to choose one trial offer from a long list. I just signed up for a free 30-day trial with eFax (which I’ll cancel in a couple of days once the offer credits to my account). Then you need to refer 4 friends who complete offers. This is the easiest of the free offers yet — the iPod takes 5 offers, the flatscreen 8, the computer 10… so this one is…

View from the Wing in the Washington Post

by Gary Leff on December 13, 2004

Dec 13 2004

This blog is apparently recommended for a very specific niche of traveler. [I]f you’re a road warrior who will make three ugly flight connections for triple bonus points, you may want to go straight to a pro-blogger who focuses on mileage programs, such as WebFlyer (www.webflyer.com/blog) If only “pro” in this context meant “participating for gain or livelihood”…

	Bilt Mastercard® Earn Points Paying Rent (up to 100,000 each year) plus earn 3x at restaurants; 2x on travel; as long as you make at least 5 purchases per month. No annual fee.
	Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card Earn 75,000 bonus miles when you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months (See rates and fees)
	Citi® / AAdvantage Business^TM World Elite Mastercard® Earn 65,000 American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles after spending $4,000 in purchases within the first 4 months of account opening. AAdvantage miles are the currency I've redeemed most.[See rates and fees]

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