Jan
15
2005
Register to earn 1200 bonus United miles when flying with a pet by May 27th. The bonus can be earned twice, and is valid on almost all booking classes (but not on T fares).
Bonus miles for traveling with pets
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$10 Gift Card
Jan
15
2005
American Express is offering a $10 gift card for viewing their expense management report demo. It’s geared towards corporate cardmembers, but isn’t anywhere that they ask for a card number to verify eligibility.
American Bonus for Premium Class Flights to London
Jan
15
2005
American is offering 42,000 bonus miles for premium class flights to London. The move is very similar to British Airways’ offer of 40,250 bonus miles. Registration is required.
Time to Vote for the Freddie Awards
Jan
15
2005
Balloting for the Freddie Awards has begun. For 17 years, frequent travelers have been asked to make their picks for the best frequent travel programs via the Freddie Awards. Introduced by InsideFlyer magazine publisher Randy Petersen in 1988, the Freddies allow consumers to rank airline and hotel programs from their point of view. The awards have grown in stature and importance and are the most prestigious consumer-generated awards in the industry. The nice thing is that the Freddies are voted on by hundreds of thousands of real travelers. I get rather sick of having to roll my eyes at the hotels and airlines that claim to be world’s best this and that as determined by an award they’ve funded themselves. When a program wins a Freddie Award they tend to trumpet it pretty loudly. I’ll…
Subscribe to InsideFlyer
Now’s the time to subscribe to Inside Flyer magazine. They’re offering 50% off subscriptions in conjunction with the Freddie Awards. The usual $45 a year may be rich for some, but a few new tactics or bonus offers to take advantage of and it more than pays for itself. At $22.50 it’s a steal.
BA Bonus for Premium Cabin Transatlantic Travel
Jan
11
2005
British Airways is offering 40,250 bonus miles for transatlantic roundtrip flights in first or business class through April 30. Registration required and offer is available to residents of the US and Canada only. As NotiFlyer observes, BA is trying to make itself relevant to North American flyers by marketing the way that these bonus miles can be used on partner airlines for domestic travel.
Amtrak bonus
Register to earn 500 bonus Amtrak points on your next train trip by March 31.
Whose miles are the most valuable?
Speaking as someone with a hefty seven-figure total mileage balance (which doesn’t compare to some folks I know with an eight-figure balance), my own preferences are as follows, in order: Starwood: hotel rooms are almost always available, plus points transfer into most airline programs is at 1:1 — plus 5k bonus for transferring 20k. Starwood Amex is the best points-earning card to the extent that spending earns 1.25 miles per dollar on all spending when transferring points in 20k blocks to airlines with 1:1 ratio, which is better than the AA Mastercard for instance. Not to mention the card is cheaper. American: I’ve never had any problems with availability. Partner awards are great. All miles earned count towards lifetime elite (we’ll see if that feature lasts). United: Availability on UA metal ain’t what it used…
Best Offer Yet for Best Mileage Earning Card Yet
Jan
09
2005
The Starwood American Express is now offering 6000 points with first purchase and 6000 bonus points for hotel stays. Fee waived the first year. (Hat tip to Free Frequent Flyer Miles.)
Up to $100 off on Travelocity Last Minute Deals
Travelocity has a new promo code, TRAVEL_MORE, which will take: $50 off any Last Minute Deals package purchase of at least $300. $100 off any Last Minute Deals package purchase of at least $600. Valid through April 30. Anecdotally it appeared to take $150 off a $900 package as well, but it may be an anomaly.
